Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) is a high-priority policy area, for which the European Union (EU) has a range of external action tools at its disposal that connect the internal and external dimensions of EU policy.
P/CVE policies are largely gender-blind, but their implementation is highly gendered in practice. This may hamper the identification of root causes and reduce the effectiveness of policy responses and contribute to counter-productive outcomes in the longer term in societies at risk of violent extremism and/or radicalisation. It may also damage the EU’s credibility as an external actor.

To address this, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), is organizing a one-day Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN) meeting to identify the opportunities for making P/CVE policies and programmes more effective.

The specific objectives are:

• to consider how EU P/CVE policies have integrated the experiences, interests and needs of different men and different women in analysis, policy-making and in implementation,
• to reflect on the impacts of P/CVE policies in relevant (third) countries, including from the perspective of different population groups,
• to provide suggestions for concrete ways to strengthen the EU’s ability to deliver on P/CVE policy commitments in policy and in practice.

For more information about this event, please contact the EPLO office.