Creating spaces for the participatory innovators / innovative farmers to showcase
their integrated farm plans amongst themselves and share experiences.
In Amolatar district, Facilitation for Peace and Development (FAPAD) with funding support
from Broederlijk Delen (BD) is implementing a food security project (2022-2026). The
project outcome; Family farmers and youth (m/f) belonging to family farmer households
in Amolatar achieve improved food-, nutrition- and income security on resilient and
productive farms and actively participate in decision-making processes at household,
community and national level is being realized through the promotion of implementation
of agroecological principles and practices. To arrive at the desired outcome, FAPAD has
embraced a methodology of integrated farm planning (IFP) approach. This approach
motivates and empowers farmers to take the lead in their household development agenda. The
motivation is realized through encouraging households to sit as a family, reflect on their
current household farm situation, visualize the farm situation in the next 5 years and draw
an integrated action plan to achieve the vision.
USIP Women Building Peace Award 2022: Congratulations Eunice Otuko Apio
The US Institute of Peace has recognised the lifelong work of Eunice Otuko Apio (Executive Director of FAPAD). Eunice is among six finalists shortlisted for consideration at the end of November 2022. We congratulate and celebrate Eunice for her life-long work in peacebuilding in northern Uganda.
Women, Peace and Security and the U.S. Continued Role in Afghanistan
TUE, NOV 15, 2022 – 11:00am – 12:00pm ET
Now that Afghanistan is off the media radar, what’s going on behind closed doors, is there hope for Afghan women and have strides been made to improve US-Afghan relations with the defacto government, and what is the US role in Afghanistan?
SPEAKERS
Belquis Ahmadi
Belquis Ahmadi has over 20 years of experience working in Afghanistan on issues related to gender, human rights, civil society development, rule of law, governance, and democracy. From 2006 to 2009, Ahmadi served as senior human rights advisor in Afghanistan. She has also published extensively on democracy, governance, and women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Omar Samad
Omar Samad was a senior Afghan expert in residence with the Center for Conflict Management at the US Institute of Peace from January 2012 to January 2013. He also served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to France from 2009 to 2011 and Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009.
Mohammad Farid Hamidi
Mohammad Farid Hamidi is an Afghan lawyer, and human rights activist, and was the Attorney General of Afghanistan from 2016 to 2021.
MODERATOR
Humira Noorestani
Humira Noorestani is Senior Fellow at American Council on Women’s Peace and Security. She is a Corporate Attorney and the founder of DigiCounsel.
Susan Yoshihara , PHD
Susan Yoshihara is the founder and president of the American Council on Women’s Peace and Security. She is a WPS advisor at Defense Security Cooperation University.