Burundi Archives

Women in Politics and Peace: Our results

Published on 09-12-2025

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NIMD has long believed that the political participation of women, in all their diversity, is essential for inclusive and peaceful societies. Women are powerful agents of change and political actors who contribute to building sustainable peace and inclusive democracies. Find out how NIMD works to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda around the world and delve with us into our lessons learned over the past years.

LEAP4Peace Consortium Wraps Up in Bogotá

Published on 31-07-2025

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The LEAP4Peace (Leadership and Political Participation of Women for Peace) programme has come to an end. Implemented between 2021 and 2025 in Colombia, Burundi and Myanmar, the initiative aimed to strengthen women's political role in peacebuilding processes. In addition to NIMD, the other members in the Consortium are the Burundi Leadership Training Program (BLTP), the Gender Equality Network Myanmar (GEN), and Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS). From 7-11 July 2025, the Consortium held its closing event in Bogotá in Colombia, titled “Women’s Voices Forward: Building Peace Across Continents.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvPSt3cvXJs A time for reflection The event gathered women…

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Published on 16-01-2025

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Women, Peace and Security Lookback: Peace is for Everyone

Published on 13-11-2024

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'We are using women as the entry point to peace, but this peace is for everyone - Tonni Brodber, Head of the WPHF During this year's Women, Peace and Security week, NIMD worked alongside partners to shed light on the leadership, challenges and support systems for women peacebuilders globally. This included the LEAP4Peace consortium event where we put the experiences of women peacebuilders in Myanmar front and center. Read on for more takeaways from this year's WPS week! Resilience Amidst Challenges At NIMD, we witnessed the remarkable resolve of women peacebuilders working towards sustained peace. During the WPS week,…

What the international community can do to increase women’s participation in peacebuilding

Published on 23-10-2024

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This paper is part of a series of papers looking at a central theme of innovative and transformative approaches to the systems and structures of peacebuilding, with a focus on a bottom-up approach by local and community women peacebuilders. The other papers in the series focus on three specific countries, which participate in the LEAP4Peace Consortium: Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar. These papers each address an aspect of the theme through a context-specific lens, with primary research and consultations with proximate peacebuilders. Download our Global Paper as well as the country specific papers below.

African elections show democracy should not be taken for granted

Published on 10-08-2024

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This article is reposted from Al Jazeera where NIMD's Tayuh Ngenge, Theme Lead Strengthening Democratic Infrastructure shares his analysis on the 2024 African Elections, where some polls are giving hope, and others raise alarm. Rwanda’s Paul Kagame has won a landslide victory in the presidential elections held on July 15. His Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) party also emerged victorious in the legislative vote, retaining its parliamentary majority. With more than 99 percent of the vote in Kagame’s favour, this presidential election appears to be a repeat of the previous three, where the incumbent secured expected victories. Kagame’s re-election unfolds against a…

Laying the groundwork for inclusive and peaceful elections in Burundi

Published on 22-07-2024

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In 2025 and 2027, the small East African country of Burundi will navigate key elections. The first will be legislative and local government elections in 2025, followed by presidential elections in 2027. These elections will be the fifth since the Arusha Peace Accords (2005) that ended a brutal civil war and paved the way for a democratic transition. These polls, however, come at a crucial moment. Since 2015, Burundi has faced major socio-political and economic challenges, including internal divisions within major political parties, high poverty rates, severe currency devaluation, and worsening living conditions. As Dieudonné Ntanago, NIMD’s pioneer Burundi Country…

Women, Peace and Security: Pillars for Peace

Published on 01-12-2021

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The participation of women at every stage of the conflict resolution and reconciliation process has been shown to contribute to a longer-lasting and more sustainable peace. However women have often not been included in decision-making forums and their participation has not been meaningfully supported by international and national actors. This needs to change. To explore this crucial topic, The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, as part of the LEAP4Peace Consortium, is delighted to launch its new paper, Pillars for Peace: Women, Peace and Security, which draws on the experiences of women in seven countries – Burundi, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Myanmar,…

Burundi: Youth join forces for peaceful and inclusive elections

Published on 06-11-2019

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Youth from across the political divide in Burundi have elected a multiparty group of 36 politically active young people to advocate for peaceful, democratic and inclusive elections in 2020. This youth core will lobby within their own political parties for more space for youth participation. In addition, they will aim to mobilize Burundi’s young people to engage politically, so that they can also make their voices heard for peaceful elections in 2020. The Youth Lab Project The youth core was elected by participants in our Youth Lab Project, entitled “Political leaders for the future of Burundi”. This project has been…

Our Stories: Working in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Published on 16-11-2016

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NIMD has become increasingly involved in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS), or settings in which the political environment is extremely polarized and divided due to a lack of trust among political actors. NIMD's strategies on interparty dialogue and capacity building are highly valued in these settings, where the strengthening of political legitimacy is viewed as a pre-condition for sustainable peace, stability, and development. In 'Our Stories', you can read about NIMD's experiences working in various fragile and conflict-affected settings, including Burundi, Honduras, Colombia, and Mali. You can download the publication containing all of these stories, or you can download each…