Youth and women plays a very pivotal role in peace building in Nigeria. The roles and contributions of youth and women in peace building process in Nigeria are essential for nation building and national development, and as such their roles and contributions in the peace process cannot be overemphasized. Nigeria as a country is richly blessed with a very youthful population with about 70% of her population made up of the youths. This rich human resource can be meaningfully utilized for national development and also used as a tool to foster social cohesion and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria.
THE NIGERIAN YOUTH AS AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE.
Youths any where in the world are the backbone and lifeblood of any given society, and Nigeria is not an exception. With the teeming population of youths in Nigeria, which serves as strength rather than as a weakness, are key critical success factor for nation building and national development. youths in Nigeria can use this strength to mobilize action for social re-engineering, form coalitions and alliances that drives positive change that can add great value for societal transformation through harnessing their skills, potentials, expertise, energies, knowledge and intellect to achieve positive peace in Nigeria by acting as positive change agents in their various communities in Nigeria and as vanguard of peace and actors of a united, indivisible and one Nigeria.
NATIONAL YOUTH DIALOGUE CONFERENCE ON YOUTH, PEACE AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA. ABUJA, NIGERIA, 2019. (GROUP PHOTOGRAPH).
YOUTHS AS DRIVERS OF POSITIVE PEACE IN NIGERIA.
Nigeria as a country has been bedeviled with ethnic and religious crisis for over two decades now and is in dire need of peace, and a peaceful society. Peace as a virtue seems to be elusive and far from Nigeria at this critical moment, and as such the youths in Nigeria has an enormous roles to play in ensuring peaceful societies by channelling their youthful energies in meaningful activities and projects that promotes peace and peaceful coexistence in our communities. Youths in Nigeria can engaged in community sports to promote peace and bridge the gap of division among people and communities across Nigeria. The sport for peace program is one of the viable and veritable tool to build blocks of peace among people and communities in Nigeria. Studies have showned that Over 90% of violent atrocities in communities in Nigeria are perpetuated by young people as non state actors who engages in violent extremism and violent crisis that leads to scores of deaths and wanton destruction of properties running into billions of naira. The insecurity challenges and the incessant ethno-religious crisis, insurgency, kidnapping, banditry, cattle rustling and the recent farmers herders conflicts in Nigeria are some of the violent tendencies carried out by young people in Nigeria. All these societal vices perpetuated by young people in Nigeria can also be quelled by young people themselves if the youth in local communities can come together as a team to say no to violent extremism, collaborate and build interfaith and intercultural dialogue forums for youth engagement and networking for continued conversations on peace education and peace building to foster unity, social cohesion so as to enhance intergenerational harmony, and to build trust among the diverse people of various ethnic and religious affiliations in Nigeria. Youths can also form voluntary local communities security outfits and volunteered on pro bono basis to safeguard their communities against external aggressions and intruders to protect the lives and properties of their community members.
WEST AFRICA CONSULTATION MEETING ON THE ROLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUTH, PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA. ABUJA, NIGERIA, 2019. (GROUP PHOTOGRAPH). DAY 1.
THE ROLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUTHS TO PEACE BUILDING AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA.
Young people have great roles and contributions to make to promote peace and security in their communities in Nigeria, some of these roles and contributions are;
1. Youths at the community level, sub national and national levels should build synergies, collaborate and form partnerships through peer to peer intercommunity peace building forums for knowledge exchange to promote inclusiveness.
2. Organize intercommunity sporting activities to enhance peaceful coexistence among people and local communities in Nigeria.
3. Use their energies, abilities, knowledge and expertise to advocate for peace in all the nooks and crannies of Nigeria both online and offline.
4. Use their advocacy skills and power to demand for good security sector reforms from duty bearers and to hold them accountable to protect lives and properties of citizenry.
5. Youth can act as community watchdogs to mirror what is happening in their communities and report any strange incident that can lead to break down of law and order to the appropriate security agencies for investigation.
WEST AFRICA CONSULTATION MEETING ON THE ROLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUTH, PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA. ABUJA, NIGERIA, 2019. (GROUP PHOTOGRAPH). DAY 2.
THE NIGERIAN WOMEN AS AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE.
The development of any given society is not complete without women. Women as mothers plays a very significant role in moulding the character and attitudes of children, youth and the family as a whole for nation building and national development. Their motherly roles and contributions in rendering useful advice to young people and shaping the minds of young people and members of their households cannot be overemphasized. Hence women plays pivotal roles as catalyst for social change in the larger society.
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMEN AT A PEACE BUILDING WORKSHOP, LAGOS, NIGERIA.
WOMEN AS DRIVERS OF POSITIVE PEACE IN NIGERIA.
The Nigerian women just like their counterparts anywhere in the world has contributed immensely to the enthrenchment of positive peace frameworks in their communities and have played key roles in building positive peace in their various local communities in Nigeria. Women groups and notable individuals in Nigeria have use their voice to advocate and advance the cause of peaceful coexistence in Nigeria. Notable among such women groups are the West African Network of Peace builders (WANEP) Nigeria, Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) Nigeria, the federation of women lawyers Nigeria, National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) and Women lnterfaith Council (WIC) and host of many others. Notable women leaders in Nigeria such as the current United Nations (UN) Deputy - General, Mrs Amina Mohammed, and the current World Trade Organization (WTO) Director - General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo lweala, and Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, an educationists and a social activist in Nigeria have used their voices to call for peaceful coexistence and harmonious living among the various diverse ethnic and religious affiliations in Nigeria.
WOMEN GROUPS ADVOCATING FOR POSITIVE PEACE IN NIGERIA.
WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE IN NIGERIA ADVOCATING FOR POSITIVE PEACE IN NIGERIA.
MRS AMINA J MOHAMMED - UNITED NATIONS (UN) DEPUTY - GENERAL.
DR. NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA - DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO).
DR. OBY EZEKWESILI - EDUCATIONIST AND A SOCIAL ACTIVIST IN NIGERIA.
THE ROLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO PEACE BUILDING AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA.
Women have great roles and contributions to make to promote peace and security in their communities in Nigeria, some of these roles and contributions are;
1. Women stands in the gap and serves as good advisers and counsellors to deviants with juvenile delinquencies, thereby helping to mould the minds of young people towards peaceful tendencies.
2. Women should take that bold step to report criminal elements to the appropriate security agencies in their communities, work hand in hand with youth leaders, women leaders, community leaders, faith leaders and traditional leaders to give useful information on the security situations in their communities.
3. Women can help promote peace in their various local communities through the initiation of community extra curricular activities such as women intercommunity town hall meetings, women interfaith and intercultural forums and also through the establishment of women cooperative and thrift societies to empower women and to bring women of different socio- cultural backgrounds together towards achieving a common purpose which is women empowerment through peace forums.
- Written by Enobong Ekwere.
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https://enobongekwere.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-social-works-as-program-manager-of.html
https://enobongekwere.blogspot.com/2022/04/peace-education-training-program-rotary.html
My professional development trainings/awards/fellowship programs can be viewed here below:
https://enobongekwere.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-professional-trainingsawardsrecognit.html
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A BRIEF PERSONAL BACKGROUND OF MR. ENOBONG EKWERE ( PEACE ADVOCATE AND A LOCAL PEACE BUILDER) IN NIGERIA.
Comrade Enobong Ekwere is a social influencer, blogger, vlogger, human rights activist, peace practitioner, grassroot social mobilizer, SDGs advocate and a global citizen. Enobong Ekwere have vast knowledge and professional expertise in copy writing, content creation, online and offline media campaigning. He is the program manager of children and young people living for peace (CYPLP), an organic, volunteer of experts, youth focused and a think-tank non-governmental organization based in Kaduna state, Nigeria. He works as a local peace builder across local communities in Nigeria. A Higher National Diploma (HND) graduate of Public Administration (Upper Credit) from the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. Enobong Ekwere holds a proficiency certificate in management from the Nigerian Institute of Management, Chartered (NIM) Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a graduate member of the institute (Associate member in view). He works with young people in local communities across Nigeria localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) (SDG16+ SDG4 and SDG5 in particular) and positive peace frameworks in Nigeria, accelerating action online and offline, engaging duty bearers and policy makers to be accountable for it's implementation by 2030. He is a strong advocate of peace, good governance and democracy, accountability in government, freedom of information, freedom of expression, access to information, free press, social justice and social inclusion. As a youth advocate and a global leader who loves to see social reforms in the society, he uses his personalized blog to write compelling stories on developmental and topical issues on national and global discourse that shapes and transform people's lives and impact the larger society for knowledge transfer and lifelong learning. He engages in community service and volunteerism, community outreach, social mobilization and advocacy tours to hard to reach local communities in Nigeria advocating and advancing the cause of the SDGs (SDG16+ SDG4 and SDG5 in particular) so that no community and youth in Kaduna state and Nigeria at large would be left behind. CYPLP as an organization works primarily in serving vulnerable population of children, youth, elderly persons, people living with disabilities (PLWD's) and women in unserved, underserved, underrepresented, disadvantaged and marginalized local communities in Nigeria.
My areas of competence in peace education and peace building process includes;
1. Conflict mapping, sensitivity and analysis
2. Negotiation, mediation and reconciliation
3. Interreligious and intercultural dialogue
4. Protection of civilians
5. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)
6. Security sector reforms (SSR)
7. Mainstreaming gender in peace keeping
8. Mainstreaming gender in peace and state building
9. Crisis management/resolution
10. Media and conflict
11. Conflict and natural resources
12. Conflict prevention
13. Peace support operations (PSOs)
14. Post- conflict reconstruction and development
15. Humanitarian action
16. Transnational organized crime
17. Piracy and maritime security
18. Preventing violent extremism (PVE) etc.
Enobong Ekwere has an extensive professional working experience in projects such as;
1. PRELT (Prevention of radicalization and extremism leading to terrorism)
2. BRAVE (Building resilience against violent extremism)
3. iDOVE (Interfaith dialogue on violent extremism) in local communities across Kaduna state and Nigeria at large.
I have initiated two projects to counter religious and violent extremism among the youths in local communities in Nigeria, and one empowerment program, these are;
1. CAARE ( Countering Attitudes Against Religious Extremism)
2. CAAVE (Countering Attitudes Against Violent Extremism)
3. NEET (Not in Education, Empowerment or Training) an empowerment training program aimed at training vulnerable population of young people in local communities in Nigeria with leadership skills, entrepreneurial and vocational skills acquisition.
He can be reached via:
Tel/WhatsApp: +2347082558952
Email: julyenobong2020@gmail.com
: enobongekwere825@gmail.com
MY PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/enobong.ekwere.372
TWITTER:
http://www.twitter.com/Enobongekwere2
INSTAGRAM:
http://www.instagram.com/enobongekwere825
LINKEDIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/enobong-ekwere-3271b116b
MY ORGANIZATION'S SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/cyplp.net.ng/
TWITTER:
http://www.twitter.com/youngpeoplefor/
INSTAGRAM:
http://www.instagram.com/cyplp/
WEBSITE:
www.cyplp.net.ng
MY CERTIFICATIONS IN PEACE EDUCATION AND PEACE BUILDING.
HWPL PEACE EDUCATOR EMPOWERMENT TRAINING PROGRAM CERTIFICATE, SOUTH KOREA, 2021.
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT AS A PEACE EDUCATOR OF THE HWPL PEACE ACADEMY, SOUTH KOREA, 2021.
CERTIFIED AS AN AFRICAN CIVIC ACTOR-AFRICAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACADEMY (ACEA FELLOW 2021) UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, USA.
ACEA BADGE 2021
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AS A TRAINED ROTARY BESPOKE POSITIVE PEACE ADVOCATE 2022.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION - ROTARY POSITIVE PEACE ACADEMY, 2022.
AWARD OF CERTIFICATE AS A NIGERIAN PEACE AMBASSADOR OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL/INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE (IEP) 2022.
AWARD OF CERTIFICATE AS AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AMBASSADOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE (IEP) 2022.
VOLUNTEER - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (IHRC) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. 2023.
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