Countering Violent Extremism
Resilient communities are best placed to tackle
the underlying factors of violent extremism.
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A diverse, empowered, and engaged civil society is critical to lasting security. By the end of 2020, we will have provided over $5 million in direct financial support to local and regional organizations working at the grassroots level to prevent and counter violent extremism.
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Yaoundé, CameroonSecond Training Series on Counterterrorism and Human Rights Delivered in Cameroon
The Global Center and the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) held a second training series for magistrates and civilian administrators on the topic of good governance and access to justice in countering terrorism. The trainings resulted in a set of recommendations adopted by participants which will be submitted...
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Jakarta, IndonesiaCountering Violent Extremism in Prisons in Indonesia
The Global Center implemented a train-the-trainer workshop for Indonesian prison and service staff, in cooperation with the Indonesian Directorate General of Corrections (DGC). The workshop aimed to train a cadre of local facilitators to deliver training for prison staff on the management of violent extremist offenders in maximum security facilities...
Publications
Gendered Pathways to Radicalization and Desistance from Violent Extremism
This policy brief explores the drivers of radicalization to and engagement in violent extremism and the factors of disengagement and desistance among women and girls by examining cases of individuals that went through the United Kingdom’s Channel program. It aims to enhance understanding of gender-sensitive interventions that address the specific...
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The Hague, The NetherlandsGCTF CVE Working Group Workshop on the CVE Challenges of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their Families
The Global Counterterrorism Forum Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia, in collaboration with the Global Center, hosted a workshop on the CVE challenges of returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families. This workshop provided an opportunity for CVE policymakers, practitioners, experts, and civil society organizations to...
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Mombasa, KenyaEmpowering Youth Leaders to Counter Violent Extremism in Kenya and Nigeria
In cooperation with the Kenya Community Support Centre and Carefronting Nigeria, the Global Center hosted a capacity-building workshop for youth-based preventing and countering violent extremism organizations in Kenya. The workshop was delivered as part of a wider organization support and small grants process, in which twenty civil society organizations from...
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Desecuritizing Kenyan Youth: Young People’s Perspectives on Community Priorities in Mombasa
Against the backdrop of heightened international and domestic concerns over the vulnerability of Kenyan youth to violent extremism, this policy brief focuses on the hardships and priorities of youth in Kenya through the voices of young people themselves. Drawing on a series of focus group discussions conducted by the Kenya...
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New York, NYPassing the Baton: Sustaining Security Council Efforts in Preventing and Countering Terrorism
The Global Center, together with the Permanent Missions of Indonesia and Peru to the United Nations, hosted a closed-door roundtable with past and current UN Security Council members as part of its “Passing the Baton” series, to share lessons learned and identify priorities in relation to the Council’s support to...
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Integrative Complexity Interventions to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism
This policy brief explore the concept of integrative complexity - an empirical, peer-reviewed, and cross-culturally validated measure of the complexity of thinking - and the ways it can be applied in contexts of violent extremism and other instances of intergroup conflict. As policymakers and practitioners work to address the larger structural...
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East Africa Civil Society Organizations Hub Summary
The East Africa Civil Society Organizations Hub (CSO Hub) is a network of nearly 160 civil society organizations engaging in preventing and countering violent extremism efforts in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. With initial support from the governments of the Netherlands and Norway, the CSO...
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