Social Cohesion and Peace Building:
There can be no peace without sustainable development and no sustainable development without peace, therefore Peace Gate for Development Organization held various dialogue sessions to converse, identify and implement ways of peaceful coexistence among different religions in Nineveh Plain
For enhancing social cohesion and interconnection PGDO organizes monthly, quarterly meetings with with some youth (male & Female) of different religions like Christians, Muslims, Yezidis in Nineveh as well as distributing gift items as memento of peace among the participants
Social Cohesion and Peace Building is also one of the most important programs of PGDO considering the returning trend of IDPs to their original places they need to be re-integrated with their original communities. So social cohesion and peace building program will play a crucial role for the returnees to live in peace and harmony.
- In past we have been promoting peace building and democracy between Arab and Kurds in Erbil and Duhok with the support of local donor Peace and Democracy Building Organization (PDBO).
- PGDO along with the support of Peace and Democracy Building Organization (PDBO) has organized an advocacy dialogue with the Iraqi and KRI parliamentarians regarding the women rights, IDPs and other human rights related issues for social cohesion.