Women Building Peace - Danish Refugee Council Strengthening Women's Role and Influence in Peace-building and Conflict Resolution in the Mano River Union and Cote D'Ivoire 2007-2008 - Summary Evaluation

The Danish Refugee Council has been providing assistance and protection to displaced populations in Liberia since 1998 and activities in Ivory Coast from 2003, and a more formal regional expansion into Ivory Coast in 2006 and in December 2007 into Guinea. The Women's Peace Building Project was approved for funding by Danida in July 2007, with the Regional Project Manager (PM) arriving in August. The purpose of the Project is to” strengthen women’s peace initiatives and involvement in conflict resolution processes at regional, national and local level in Liberia, Guinée and Côte d’Ivoire”. The Project continued through December 2008, with an extension through January 2009. This evaluation is a component of the original proposal to evaluate the implementation modalities and activities and to assist in the lessons learned process. The evaluator visited the DRC Regional office, the three field sites (Nimba, Liberia; Danané, Ivory Coast; and Nzerekore, Guinea) and two of six communities in Liberia, six of twelve in Ivory Coast, and four of 13 in Guinea. The evaluation tools included document review, individual interviews and focus group interviews.