Women peacebuilders at the centre: How psychosocial awareness can make peacebuilding safer, more sustainable, and more effective    

Women peacebuilders are essential to mediation, reconciliation, and conflict prevention, yet they often face backlash, violence, and psychosocial strain—risks that can be unintentionally intensified by poorly adapted peacebuilding programmes. At an online International Women’s Day event on 3 March 2026, experts from Cameroon, Colombia, Northern Ireland, and Myanmar will discuss how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” approach can make women’s participation in peacebuilding safer, more sustainable, and more effective.