Content_paragraphs:  The prefectural committees, supported by the Peacebuilding Fund, continued to
  
  address security issues and the root causes of the conflict, although their effectiveness
  
  required improvement. The participation of women remained limited, at around
  
  20 per cent, with 44 women in 15 committees. Only the three women prefects of
  
  Bangassou, Mobaye and Mambéré-Kadéï are members of technical security
  
  committees. Victims’ associations participate, representing all victims of the conflict,
  
  not only conflict-related sexual violence. In Ouham Prefecture, the establishment of
  
  the prefectural committee enabled Muslim leaders and some ex-Séléka members to
  
  return for the first time since 2013.