WOPD - Women Organisation for Peace and Development was founded in June 1999 by women refugees from the Great Lakes Region in Nairobi, Kenya. It is a non-profit, non-governmental, and independent organisation.
The mission of WOPD is nonviolence education in order to defend the human rights of women who are suffering from violence and exploitation in all its forms. It is an establishment of a mutual network committed to the nonviolent conflict resolution process, reconciliation, and building peaceable communities.
Some of WOPD's activities include:
- Training and information on the human rights for the woman in her community.
- Nonviolence education; active nonviolence, etc.
- Training and information on the participation of women in making decisions on political, economic, social, and cultural matters.
- Consciousness-raising and awareness on the rights and duties of women in society.
- Seminars on:
a) From the cult of violence to the culture of peace
b) Participation of women in peaceful conflict
c) Preparing refugees and the displaced for reconciliation work and peacekeeping in order to strengthen the peace in the region.

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