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The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding
Centering African knowledge and agency is key to building and sustaining peace in Africa. The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) is a network of 22 African policy, research, and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center’s Africa Program to attain the most appropriate, cohesive, and inclusive policy frameworks and approaches for achieving sustainable peace in Africa.
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Generously sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York since its establishment in 2011, the SVNP works to generate African knowledge to inform U.S. and international peacebuilding policies on Africa; help build the next generation of African peacebuilders through its scholarship program; and create a pan-African network of African peacebuilding organizations, practitioners, and experts to collaborate and share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned on peacebuilding in Africa.
The SVNP is a continent-wide network of African policy, research and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center’s Africa Program to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa through the following:
• Hosting scholars from the network for a 3-month residency at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
• Organizing first-class conferences that link members to one another and to U.S., African, and international policymakers and practitioners
• Producing best-in-class policy analysis through research papers, policy briefs, reports, and posts on the Africa Program blog, Africa Up Close
The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding was established in 2011 with the generous support of Carnegie Corporation of New York.
*The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding was previously known as the Southern Voices Network.
For questions about the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding, please contact africa@wilsoncenter.org
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Members
The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding includes many top policy research organizations in Africa, with a focus on peacebuilding and state-building throughout the continent.
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Conferences
The Africa Program hosts annual conferences to promote dialogue and collaboration within the network and share important recommendations and ideas with a wider audience, with the goal of enhancing peacebuilding-related policy dialogue among and between the Global North and the Global South.
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholarship Program
As a critical component of the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding, the Wilson Center Africa Program hosts scholars from member organizations for a 3-month resident scholar program in Washington, D.C.
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Publications
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholars produce best-in-class policy analysis through research papers, policy briefs, reports, and posts on the Africa Program blog, Africa Up Close.
SVNP SCHOLARS
Yared Debebe Yetena
Former Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar
Sandra Tumwesigye
Former Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar
Awet Halefom Kahsay
Former Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar
Rigobert Minani Bihuzo
Former Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar
