In Sierra Leone, women’s civil society organizations contributed to the mitigation of post-conflict violence in 2018 “through radio programmes, continuously urging people to be peaceful and accept the election results declared by the National Elections Commission, as well as peace messages in songs and entertainment shows on radio and television.”

In South Sudan, members of the South Sudanese Women’s Coalition (which is made up of 46 women’s organizations) travel to markets, chiefdoms, and villages with microphones, appealing to youths to refrain from violence. South Sudanese women also organized a program “bringing [together] people from different walks of live through intercultural performances using dance [and] inter-clan sport and games [that] promote healthy competition and harmony.”

In Syria, where this form of work to implement Sustaining Peace was most commonly cited, “Syrian podium women conduct seminars, which explain the concept of sustainable peace and the desire to establish a democratic state beyond all the pain and tragedies experienced by the Syrian people.”