DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION of National Action Plans ...

About WANEPThe West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) is a leading RegionalPeacebuilding organization founded in 1998 in response to civil wars that plaguedWest Africa in the 1990s. Over the years, WANEP has succeeded in establishing strongnational networks and membership base of over 500 civil society organisations acrossthe Member States of ECOWAS. WANEP places special emphasis on collaborativeapproaches to conflict prevention, and peacebuilding; working with diverse actorsfrom civil society, governments, intergovernmental bodies, women groups and otherpartners.As part of its contribution to women, peace and security issues in West Africa and incomplementing the efforts of the United Nations, African Union and EconomicCommunity of West African States, WANEP took the initiative of developing a practicalGuide that will inform the implementation of National Action Plans (NAPs) towards therealisation of the provisions of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and relatedresolutions. This is in line with the vision of WANEP through its Women in PeacebuildingProgram (WIPNET) to ensure that women’s issues and needs are central to all forms ofpeacebuilding processes in the West African sub-region and beyond.WANEP believes that the guide will enhance and speed up the development of NAPsand ultimately ensure the full and equal participation of women in peace and securityagenda as enshrined in the various UN resolutions especially resolution 1325About the LEAD CONSULTANTPatricia Donli, the Chairperson of WANEP Nigeria Board is an educationist and lecturerof over 30 years in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maiduguri. Sheholds a B.Sc (Botany), M.Sc (Crop Protection) and Ph.D Degree in Agriculture withspecialization in Plant Pathology from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. She iscurrently a Professor of Plant Pathology in the University of Maiduguri. She holdsvarious certificates in the area of gender, environment & sustainable development,good governance, conflict management and mediation, monitoring and evaluation.She was the North East Zonal Coordinator of WANEP Nigeria and is currently theExecutive Director of Gender Equality, Peace and Development Centre and Chairs theCitizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform (CFCR), the Constitutional Reform DialogueMechanism (CRDM) and Board of ActionAid Nigeria and Zonal Coordinator Gender andConstitutional Reform Network (GECORN). Prof Donli is a gender activist who consultsfor both national and international organizations.Design & Printed by:TYPE +233 030 223 2252