The achievement of the results during this period are as follows:
- Somali citizen engagement was demonstrated by the way the programme engaged over
9,000 Somalis (51% women) directly through different programme initiatives that
provided a positive contribution towards sustainable peacebuilding and democratization
in the programmes target locations.
- Increased community support in the reconciliation processes in Ceel Afweyn,
Gumburka and Saax-Maygagle Peace Process, through cross-communal exchanges of
conflict resolution and continued to implement the conditions for the peace agreement
through the peace committees.Four peace agreements have been signed over the last two
years. Inclusion of women and youth were also significantly witnessed in the peace
processes.
- Engaged at least 9,237 Somalis (48.5% women) through activities that included
community consultations, meetings, peace mobilisation and awareness raising outreach
campaigns and political dialogue consensus in Puntland state in Somalia.
- Increased support to the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission (TPEC) by
enhancing public outreach efforts on voter education and public participation on the
early elections in three Puntland districts. This helped build public goodwill for the
election process that was successfully conducted and laid foundation for democratic
process in the remaining 47 districts.
- Increased awareness among citizens on key processes through public policy dialogue
forums in Puntland. Within the reporting period, 1,840 Somalis (44% women) in
Puntland were engaged through the dialogue initiatives.
- Through mass media awareness on Voter Civic Education Messages were aired
reaching a total of 97,400 people and social media viewership of 41,700. Top audience
were 82% male at the age of 25-34, 16% were women while 2% of the reached people
were unknow sex. Most of the viewers were in Bari, Nugal and Banadir regions.
- Through Nagaad and PUNSA the program supported establishment of Women
Situation Room (WSR) in Somaliland and Puntland to monitor issues violence affecting
women voters and candidates during the early election. The WSR provided an early
warning and responses to election-related gender-based violence (EGBV). The
Somaliland WSR received 10,561 calls and 72 significant incidents were reported, of the
cases reported women reported eighty seven percent (87.7%), of the reported cases 72
complaint were related to violence.
