Expert Platform on Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in North Africa
The Regional Platform on Gender and Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in North Africa, co-hosted by UN Women and the UN Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), convenes experts from North Africa for in-person and online discussions to share expertise and learning on gender and countering and preventing violent extremism (C/PVE) in the region. The platform is a flexible space for knowledge exchange both at national and regional levels across North Africa.
The platform aims to:
- Exchange knowledge and research findings on gender and the role of women in violent extremism
- Share best practices on gender-sensitive approaches to PVE/CVE in policy and programming
- Discuss how national policies in the five countries of the platform can benefit from a gender approach to PVE
- Increase awareness on the linkages between gender and VE and encourage gender-sensitive decision-making and implementation of PVE policies and programmes in North Africa.

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Staff
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Rachel George
Research Fellow
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Leigh Mayhew
Research Officer
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Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy
Senior Research Fellow
Rachel George, Leigh Mayhew