The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) with funding from the UN Peacebuilding Secretariat organized a stakeholders’ dialogue in commemoration of the International Day of Peace.
National Network Coordinator for WANEP, Salama Njie who said this during the conference added, “The activity which took place at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre created a platform for discussions on this year’s theme ‘End Racism, Build Peace.
“This event is aimed towards ending racism and discrimination for sustainable peace by engaging stakeholders in dialogue and promoting peacebuilding initiatives, including peace pledges to further serve as a platform to spread messages of peace through music and poetry.
“The International Day of Peace offers a unique platform to focus on the plight of the youth, making their voices heard, seeking peace peacefully to nurture and sustaining democratic values for peaceful coexistence for their own communities and nation.”
However, the event attracted key stakeholders including The Gambia Federation for the Disable and marginalised constituents of society.
It was celebrated through a stakeholders’ dialogue, panel discussion, social media campaigns and peace pledges made by various stakeholders as a sign of their commitment to promote peace and fight discrimination and racism.
