Because Only Together We Can

Build a World Where All Women Are Safe, Strong & Valued

Who We Are

Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT) is an Alliance of 45 member organizations of which 27 are local women’s community- based organizations.

The members of CoACT are organizations that
work on gender equality and women empowerment, ranging from conflict prevention, peace building, and mediation, promoting social accountability and inclusive governance.

The members of CoACT are organizations that
work on gender equality and women empowerment, ranging from conflict prevention, peace
building, and mediation, promoting social accountability and inclusive governance.

What We Do

—Localization of the implementation of Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Through this programme, we advocate for
conditions that sustain women’s peace and
security as a pre-requisite for good governance.

— Women and Leadership Program
(WLP)

Meaningful participation and
leadership increase of women in decision
making and peace process is our main goal in this program.

— Youth Action for Peace (YAP) Programme

Youth in leadership, peace building
processes, electoral processes (including monitoring and
observation) and entrepreneurship programs.

UPDATES

The Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT) trained a number of young people through a series of workshops over 6 months.

They youth decided they would monitor the general elections of 2021 to counter violence.

CoACT is the host of the Elections Observatory Centre which is managed by youth would increase the constructive participation of young men and young women in electoral processes. Robinah Rubimbwa, the initiator of the Youth Elections Observatory Centre had this to say:

Impact Stories

“Women will not be silenced. When the men citizens have entrusted with leadership have failed them, women will not be silenced. They will mobilize, they will strategize, they may go underground, but they will not be silenced. They will work with resolve to secure the peace for all.”