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I have worked for many years in the field of international security, a field populated largely by male experts and often dominated by male-led military and security establishments.

— Funmi Olonisakin

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Building institutions and norms for future peace requires considering the ground realities of people and places who are often marginalised in global decision-making.

The programme exposes African women to current thinking and national, regional and international institutions involved in tackling conflict, peace and security in Africa.

The aim is to observe the complex and dynamic nature of how peace, development, and conflict are interpreted, reimagined, and reinterpreted by different people across age, gender, and social status.

I also contribute to efforts to create spaces for the development of that potential. The work is by no means easy.

Advances in science and technology are critical drivers of war and peace in the future, and determinants of where power lies, who has agency, and how that agency is exercised are underpinned by this.

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