81308703-Strengthening Civil Society in the Localisation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Great Lakes Region

kes Region (ICGLR), a platform for cooperation and conflict prevention among 12 countries in the Great Lakes Region. In 2021, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) announced the launch of a feminist development policy that pursues a gender-transformative approach

that questions gender roles and power structures and works toward changing unjust social norms and behaviours. Strengthening the rights of women and girls and dismantling discriminatory power structures and social norms are key elements of