#### Summer Seminar Series -- Gender and Conflict in Africa, August 30, 2005

Sponsored by USAID/Africa Bureau

Session Organizer: Afia Zakiya, AFR Gender Advisor

Research Presentation on Best Practices and Lessons Learned by Alice
Morton and Jackie Vavra, Management Systems International

AFRICAN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS

**Burundi:**

**Burundi Association des Femmes Burundaises pour la Paix**\
Deputé à l\'Assemblée Nationale\
PO 5721, Bujumbura\
Ph #: 257 223-619\
Fax #: 257 223-775\
\
**Programme de Formation des Formation Resolution des Conflicts**\
Marie-GorettNdacajisaba\
BP 561 Bujumbura\
Ph #: 257 21 9310 , 257 21 8409\
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**Women For Peace Association**\
PO Box 2800 Jumbura, Burundi\
Ph \# : 257-221 835 / -212 721 / -221 853 / -226 424\
Email: <Tharcie@cbinf.com>

**Women\'s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)**\
Centre pour Femmes\
Old East Building, 1st Floor\
BP 6180 Bujumbura\
Email: <prdmr@cbinf.com>\
Website: [www.wilpf.int.ch](http://www.wilpf.int.ch/)

## Ethiopia

**African Women Committee on Peace and Development**\
C/o Organisation of African Unity\
P.O. Box 3243\
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia\
Tel + 251 1 517200\
Fax + 251 1 514416 / 512785\
*Contact: Mrs H. G. Sellassie*

**Ethiopian Peace and Development Committee**\
P.O. Box 41879\
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia\
Tel + 251 1 511 966\
Fax + 251 1 515 714\
*Contact: Yusuf Hassen Noah*

**Horn of Africa Peace Center**\
P.O. Box 1260\
Addis Ababa, Ethopia\
Tel + 251 1 511 561\
Fax + 251 1 511 470\
Email: <h.af.peace@telecom.net.et>

## Ghana

**West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)**\
PO Box DS 2256 Amopomah House, 3rd Floor Accra, Ghana\
Ph#: +233 21 221318\
Fax#:+233-21-221735\
Email:<gbaydee@africaonline.com.gh>

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## Kenya

**African Peace Forum**\
P.O. Box 76621\
Nairobi , Kenya\
Tel + 254 2 574092\
Fax + 254 2 561 357\
Email: <kilenem@africaonline.co.ke>\
*Contact: Ambassador B. Kiplagat, director*

**African Women\'s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)**\
Off Westlands Road, Next to Bavaria Hotel\
P O Box 54562, Nairobi, Kenya\
Ph#: +254 2 741301/20\
Fax#: +254 2 742927\
E-mail: <femnet@africaonline.co.ke>\
Website:
[www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet](http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet)

**Centre for Conflict Resolutions**\
P.O. Box 15626\
Nakuru, Kenya\
Tel + 254 372 12435\
Fax + 254 372 61442\
Email: <eu-cs@net2000ke.com>\
*Contact: Machira Appolos, director*

**Life & Peace Institute**\
P.O. Box 21186\
Nairobi, Kenya\
Tel + 254 2 561 158 / 570696\
Fax + 254 2 570614\
Email: <lpihap@users.africaonline.co.ke>\
<http://www.nordset.se/lpi>\
*Contact: Johan Svenson, regional representative*

**Nairobi Peace Initiative**\
P.O. Box 14894\
Nairobi, Kenya\
Tel + 254 2 441444 /440098\
Fax + 254 2 442533 /445177\
Email: <npi@africaonline.co.ke>\
*Contact: George Wachira, director*

**People for Peace in Africa**\
P.O. Box 14877\
Nairobi, Kenya\
Tel + 254 2 441 372\
Email: <ppa@africaonline.co.ke>\
*Contact: Joseph A'Ngala, director*

**Wajir Peace and Development Committee**\
P.O. Box 444\
Wajir, Kenya\
Tel + 254 136 21427 /21175/ 21396\
Fax + 254 136 21563\
*Contact: Nuria Abdullahi*

**Women\'s Voice for Peace**\
PO Box 21186, Nairobi, Kenya\
Ph #: 254 2 561-158\
Fax #: 254 2 570-614\
Email: <Ipihap@AfricaOnline.co.ke>

**Rwanda:**

**Federation of African Women Peace Networks (FERFAP)**\
call for women\'s participation in conflict resolution at the highest
levels of decision-making\
BP 2758, Kigali, Rwanda\
Ph & Fax#: (250) 72750

**Pro-Femmes Twese Hamwe**\
Immaculate Habiyambere, Executive Secretary\
P.O. Box 2362\
Kigali, Rwanda\
Tel: 011-250-77543 or 71948\
Fax: 011-250-77543 or 78432\
Email: <profemme@rwanda1.com>

**Rwandan-Women-Net**\
Issues: Non Formal Education, Political Participation, Health, Economic
Opportunity\
P.O. Box 3157, Kigali\
Ph #: 250 77213\
Fax #: 250 77199

### Senegal

**West African Women\'s Association**\
BP 5802 Fann, Dakar, Senegal\
Ph#: 221 825 25 52\
Fax#: 221 825 25 52\
Email: <afao@ecowasmail.net>

**Sierra Leone**

**Mothers Against Military Advancement in Sierra Leone (MAMAS)**\
Issues: Rapid response solution for communication planning\
Email: <lindahi@earthlink.net>\
\
**National Forum for Peace and Reconciliation**\
PMB 705, Freetown\
Ph#: +232-22-232264\
Fax#: +232-22-241620\
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**Sierra Leone Association on Women\'s Welfare (SLAWW)**\
Issues: Promoting women\'s rights and welfare\
P. O. Box 1069, Freetown\
Ph#: (232) 33 24456\
Fax#: (232) 33 226031

**Women\'s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)**\
Forut-SL P.M. Bag 17, Freetown, Sierra Leone\
Ph#: (+232 22) 23 34 15\
fax#: (+232 22) 22 44 39\
Email: <louloua@hotmail.com>\
Website: [www.wilpf.int.ch](http://www.wilpf.int.ch/)

**Women\'s Movement for Peace**\
PO Box 220, 18 Gloucester Street,Freetown\
Ph #: 232 222283

## Somalia

**Somalia Peace Line**\
S.B. 195 - BC\
Mogadishu, Somalia\
c/o P.O. Box 3313, Dubai, United Arab Emirates\
Tel + 252 1 658325\
Fax + 252 1 657600\
Contact: Abdullahi M. Shirwa, deputy chairman

## South Africa

**African Gender Institute**\
University of Cape Town, All Africa House, Private Bag Rondebosch 7701,
South Africa\
Ph #: 011-(927-21) 650-2970\
Fax #:011-(92767-21) 650-2142\
Email: <jradloff@humanitites.uct.ac.za> or
<bmartin@humanities.uct.ac.za>\
Web-site: [www.uct.ac.za/org/agi](http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi)\
\
**African Women Anti-War Coalition**\
University of Witswatersrand, 11, Plantation Road Gardens, Johannesburg,
2192

**Africian Women\'s Anti-War Coalition**\
PO Box 30653, Braamfontein, Johannesburg\
2107, South Africa\
Email: <anu@sn.apc.org>

**Anglican Women\'s International Network**\
Issues: Human Rights/Political Status of Women, Conflict Resolution and
Peace Building, Interfaith Dialogue, Refugees, Disarmament\
P.O. Box 5839 Halfway House 1685\
Ph#: 27 12 661 7459\
Fax#: 27 12 661 7459\
E-mail: <nesbar@iafrica.com>\
Website:
[www.dfms.org/women/awinnet.html](http://www.dfms.org/women/awinnet.html)\
\
**Women for Peace SA**\
PO Box 1763/2711, Bromley 2018\
Ph#: 27 11 440 1334

**Women\'s Institute for Leadership Development and Democracy**\
Contact Person: Dinah Nkobo\
187 Bree Street, Longsbank Building, 12th Floor Johannesburg, Gauteng

**Women Working Worldwide for Peace, Prosperity and Preservation**\
WP Johannesburg\
P O Box 67608 Bryanston, 2021\
073-197-9094\
Website:
[www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=6815](http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=6815)

**UMTAPO Peace Education Centre**\
PO Box 2792, Durban 4000\
Ph#: +27-31-305-3506\
Fax#: +27-31-301-4030\
E-mail: <umtape@hot.co.za>

**Sudan**

**Sudanese Women Civil Society Network for Peace**\
c/o Dr. Amina A. Rahana\
Ahfad University for Women\
P.O. Box 167, Khartoum, Sudan\
Tel + 249 11 467957\
email: <baldorabab@hotmail.com>\
*Contact: Ms. Rabab Baldo*

**Sudanese Women\'s Voice for Peace**\
c/o P.O. Box 21123, Nairobi, Kenya\
Tel + 254 2 562156\
Fax + 254 2 570614\
email: <Ipihap@africaonline.com>

## Tanzania

**Advocacy for Women in Africa**\
P.O. Box 31293, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania\
Ph #/Fax #: 255-51-451308

**African Dialogue Centre for Conflict Management and Development
Issues**\
Arusha International Conference Centre\
Serengeti Wing, Room 628/ 629\
P.O. Box 6202, Arusha, Tanzania\
Tel + 255 578 125\
Fax + 255 578 482\
email: <adc@habari.co.tz>\
*Contact: Felix G. N. Mosha, coordinator*

## Uganda

**People\'s Voice for Peace**\
P.O. Box 861, Gulu, Uganda\
Tel + 256 41 267667\
Fax + 256 41 250828\
*Contact: Rosalba Oywa, director*