Peace, talking circles - women promoting reconciliation Women’s Talking Circles also referred to as Peace Circles. These refer to meetings held where women from different religious, cultural and social backgrounds share experiences and talk to each to promote post conflict forgiveness, reconciliation and peace in various regions. These initiatives are being undertaken by different actors across the board, including women, youths and NGOs in areas that are volatile or prone to violence, to influence peace at the individual, familial and communal level. For example, Initiatives of Change Africa, started by Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF),243 is using this model through small community gatherings of women to deepen their peace creating capabilities in countries like Mali, South Africa, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania. 244 The organisation has utilised the Peace Circles in Eldoret that suffered from post electoral ethnic clashes and violence 2007/2008 and in the Baringo county that is prone to cattle rustling and in the slum areas of Nairobi for example. In South Sudan, high level government offices have associated with the promotion of the circles.245 In Central African Republic, women leaders committed to promoting dialogue and reconciliation between communities established six Circles of Peace in the city. 246 h) Access to justice for women SDG 16 has as one of its targets the promotion of the rule of law and ensuring equal access to justice for all, an important tenet for conflict management and dispute 243 Initiatives of Change, Switzerland ‘Forgiveness, Listening and dialogue at the heart of Peace Circles in Mali’. Available at https://www.iofc.ch/stories/forgiveness-listening-and-dialogue-heart-peace-circles-mali 244 Initiatives of Change ‘Creators of Peace’. Available at https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/creators-of-peace 245 Women’s peace circles spread in Africa. Available at https://www.iofc.org/es/node/2237 246 MINUSCA ‘Women, Peace and Security’. Available at https://minusca.unmissions.org/en/gender 84