Countering Violent Extremism

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Commonwealth Peace Prize

10 March 2025 to 10 March 2025

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Event

The winners of the inaugural Commonwealth Peace Prize, Rev Dr James Movel Wuye and Imam Dr Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa, will receive their award on 10 March 2025 during the reception to celebrate Commonwealth Day.

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Commonwealth Secretariat holds webinar series on preventing terrorist use of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific

The Commonwealth Secretariat brought together a host of tech policy experts for a series of workshops on preventing terrorist use of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific.

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Forty young people share positive ‘Respect in the Commonwealth’ workshop experiences at six-week check-in

Forty young people joined a virtual meet-up six weeks on from their participation in peace-building workshops in Sri Lanka.

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Case Study: Respect in the Commonwealth Sri Lanka

The Commonwealth Secretariat Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Unit, in partnership with the United Nationals Development Programme (UNDP) Sri Lanka, delivered an adapted version of the Faith in the Commonwealth programme from 29th August – 9th September 2022, in Ahungalla, Sri Lanka.

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Case studies

Read the latest case studies from the Respect in the Commonwealth programme.

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CVE unit launches peacebuilding toolkit to help combat extremism within communities

The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched a new peacebuilding toolkit, designed to foster community relationships and help build resilience to extremism.

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Respect in the Commonwealth Toolkit

This Respect in the Commonwealth Toolkit is a "Project in a box" about building resilience and inter-community dialogue. It encompasses detailed instructions, illustrations and inspiration.

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Respect in the Commonwealth

The Respect in the Commonwealth programme is an empowerment movement, aiming to equip any individual, organisation or government across the Commonwealth with the knowledge and tools to lead change within their countries, societies, or communities.

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CVE Unit Resources

Explore our preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) resources, including reports and toolkits that are free and available to all.

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Preventing Terrorist Use of the Internet: The Role for Commonwealth Governments in Asia and Pacific

7 November 2022 to 9 November 2022

Webinar

The Commonwealth Secretariat, in partnership with Tech Against Terrorism, is inviting government policymakers, regulators, security and law enforcement officials, researchers and practitioners to attend a series of virtual workshop on preventing terrorist use of the Internet.

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Commonwealth Secretariat highlights the importance of accountability for gender equality

As part of the 2022 Commonwealth Women’s Forum held in Kigali, Rwanda on 21 June 2022, the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Human Rights Unit (HRU) convened a high-level panel on the theme of ‘Accountability for Gender Equality’.

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Football workshops teach young people new skills including resilience to extremism

Over 200 take part in scheme and football tournament in the Maldives.

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Sri Lankan youths invited to workshop on preventing extremism

Young peace-builders to take part in workshops empowering them to act as role models in resisting extremist narratives.

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Manual for managing rehabilitation of ex-terrorists launches at Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting

Community-level rehabilitation key to preventing further violence as terrorism and extremism remain significant across Commonwealth.

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Workshops on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, in Cameroon

28 February 2022 to 9 March 2022

Event

The workshops have been organised by the Commonwealth Countering Violent Extremism Unit which supports Commonwealth countries in preventing citizens becoming radicalised or joining violent extremist groups.

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