Aurat Foundation successfully conducted a Three-Day training

Aurat Foundation successfully conducted a Three-Day training workshop on Common Ground Approach (CGA) with Women Peace Architects (WPAs) of Sindh and Balochistan at the Marriott Hotel, Karachi from 22nd – 24th April, 2024 

Objective

The main objective of this training workshop was to train and enhance the skills and knowledge of Women Peace Architects (WPAs) on the Common Ground Approach (CGA)

Training Contents
The following contents were covered during the training 
- Understanding your role as facilitator (Trainer? Coach? Teacher? Facilitator?)
- What makes a good facilitator?
- My identity- key concepts
- Defining conflict and violence
- The visible and invisible dynamics in conflict
- Responding to conflict
- Perspectives and perceptions
- Conflict analysis
- Peace and climate justice
- Revealing common ground
Trainers:
The training was conducted by Mr. Shahid Rahim, Senior Manager of Programmes, Search for Common Ground-Pakistan, who is an expert on Common Ground Approaches ¹. Ema Miroslava Fong, Conflict Resolution and psychosocial Practitioner, Conflict Transformation, and Trauma Awareness Trainer conducted several sessions on CGA ¹. She has professional experience and expertise in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and preventing or countering violent extremism in fragile and conflicted areas Mr. Ali Hammad, Executive Director, of Shaoor Foundation and expert on CGA also conducted the session on perspectives and perceptions, the visible and invisible dynamics in conflict .

Closing Ceremony:
The closing ceremony was attended by Dr. Maria Effendi Ph. D, Ethnic Conflict Resolution (SPIR-QAU, Islamabad), Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, National Defence University, and Dr. Riffat Haque .

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