| dc.description.abstract | Uganda hosts huge numbers of refugees from its neighboring countries most of them from South Sudan, DRC, Rwanda and Somalia at large. According to Uganda's Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), between 2008 and 2017 the number of registered Somali refugees in the country increased from 8239 to 41,234, with 43% of the total registered in Kampala and the rest in Nakivale refugee settlement. A very strong sense of community exists between these refugees and their country of origin as seen in the economic activities and strong settlement in Kampala Kisenyi predominantly for the Somalis. The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of Somalia Women to peacebuilding in Mogadishu-Somalia between 1991-2021. The study objectives were; to establish the level of participation of women in peace building in Mogadishu-Somalia, to establish the perception of women on their role in negotiation and mediation practices on peace building in Mogadishu-Somalia, to assess the perception of women in dialogue and representation in peace building and finally analyse challenges hindering women from contributing more towards peace building in their country of origin. The study used a Case study Research Design based and used quantitative and
qualitative approaches. The sample population was 300 respondents and attained a response rate of 100%.
The study revealed that the state of women’s role in peace building is moderately low, this is marked with low representation and areas in negotiations and dialogue that are only seen in local conflicts. The results further indicate that the peace building efforts in Mogadishu Somalia are still fairly good though the efforts have not yet yielded enough in terms of peace. The study also revealed that women’s role in supporting the peace building efforts in Mogadishu Somalia is still low. The study also concludes that the state and nature of the challenges are limited to women participation of women at grass roots, Women oppression
and gender inequality, cultural and clan systems, rigidities in religious systems, limited technical support for the women and high degree bureaucracy hence the need to effectively address these challenges if Somalia women have to contribute to the ongoing peace process. The study recommends that the African Union should revise its peace support design to incorporate men and women equally in operations to promote inclusive security apparatus in host countries so that they can effectively contribute to peace in Somalia. There is further need for developing interests in peace building and development in the country with
connections to the host countries like Uganda which was the focus of the study. On the third objective, peace building needs to been enhanced by the local cultural institutions such as clan leadership be organized, sensitized and supported for effective and useful gender mainstreaming. by implementing of the policy demanding the women to participate in the process of peace or having the women role of how active engagement for the peace process and peace building for women agencies for the solving the conflicts. | en_US |
