Through its countering violent extremism (CVE) programming, the Global Center works with local, regional, and international partners to promote holistic responses to violent extremism that underscore the critical importance of human rights, the rule of law, and community engagement. The Global Center’s CVE program focuses on undertaking context-specific research to inform CVE policy and practice, advancing the CVE capacity of local and regional stakeholders and networks, and fostering collaborative engagement among CVE actors to promote inclusive dialogue across different sectors.
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New York, NYSixth Biennial Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Over 26-29 June, the UN General Assembly held its sixth biennial review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The Global Center hosted, supported, and participated in a number high-level events highlighting the positive steps taken on certain fronts in relation to the implementation of the Strategy and the impact of...
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Cilacap, IndonesiaCountering Violent Extremism in Prisons in Indonesia
The Global Center delivered a Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons training in cooperation with the Indonesian Directorate General of Corrections. The training course has been developed specifically for frontline prison staff working at the prison of Pasir Putih – recently designated as a high security facility exclusively housing violent extremist...
Publications
Planning for Prevention: A Framework to Develop and Evaluate National Action Plans to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism
This policy brief establishes a framework to develop and evaluate National Action Plans (NAPs) on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE). Based on the key good practice components identified in international literature on NAPs across policy fields ranging from sustainable development to tuberculosis control, this framework aims to improve approaches...
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Pathways to Female Radicalization and Desistance: Learning from the UK’s Channel Program
Women and girls have played key roles as ideologues, facilitators, fundraisers, and recruiters for violent extremist groups. The international community increasingly recognizes that failure to account for the agency and motivations of women in supporting violent extremism can result in ineffectual responses. To help address this gap in the quantitative...
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Call For Proposals: Empowering Youth Leaders to Counter Violent Extremism in Kenya and Nigeria
The Global Center, in coordination with Carefronting Nigeria and the Kenya Community Support Centre, is facilitating small grants to local civil society organizations (CSOs) in select regions in Kenya and Nigeria to pilot new approaches or build on existing countering violent extremism work. The small grants are one component of...
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Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Violent Extremist Offenders and Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters
The Global Center, with support from the government of Australia, has undertaken a project to explore the role of civil society organizations in efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate those associated with and affected by violent extremism, particularly in Southeast Asia, the Greater Horn of Africa, and the Sahel. The Global...
Events
Rabat, MoroccoSecond in a Series of Training of Trainers Program on National Awareness Raising Delivered to Regional Moroccan Prison Officers
The Moroccan Délégation générale à l’administration pénitentiaire et à la reinsertion hosted a second trainer certification ceremony at its National Training Academy, in partnership with the Global Center. The ceremony marked the certification of a further 20 trainers from five administrative regions in Morocco (Dakhla, Tanger – Tetouan – Al...
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Bangkok, ThailandPreventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia: Advancing Gender Inclusion and Women’s Participation
The Global Center, with support from the government of the Netherlands, convened a two-day regional workshop to explore critical lessons and practical opportunities in developing responses that advance women’s inclusion and gender integration in policies and programs aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism. Participants included civil society actors, law...
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New York, NYRehabilitating and Reintegrating Violent Extremist Offenders and Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Lessons from Civil Society Actors
The Global Center convened a workshop to explore the role of civil society actors in efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate those affected by and associated with violent extremism, including violent extremist offenders and returning foreign terrorist fighters. The workshop, supported and hosted by the Permanent Mission of Australia to the...
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