The African Union’s iDove initiative provides a youth-led platform for peacebuilders in Africa, Asia and Europe. Drawing on the soft power of religion, it aims to foster creative approaches to preventing violent extremism. But the prospects for sustaining iDove in Africa are now under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This seminar will debate findings and recommendations from a new ISS policy brief on how the initiative has maintained intra/interfaith approaches despite various pandemic-imposed constraints.
Chair: Vedhan Singh, Strategy Advisor, Africa Unite
Speakers:
Muneinazvo Kujeke, Research Officer, ISS Pretoria
Mamane Yachaou, Coordinator, ONG Recup Niger
Rashida Namulondo, Team Leader, Sophie Muwanika Institute of Art for Change, Uganda
