In Nigeria, women are disproportionately impacted by insecurity. A lot of them die in these crises, or suffer gender-based violence, or both. Many are also internally displaced, become sole breadwinners of households tasked with ensuring their sustenance and yet providing primary care for children and aged. The untold factors of social inequities, economic and political
disenfranchisement all work to deepen their vulnerability. It becomes imperative therefore that they should be equal partners in preventing and resolving conflicts and other forms of insecurity that their communities encounter. The cultural and sociopolitical structures of Northern Nigeria
however make this systemically difficult.

However, as demonstrated by the impacts of our intervention, it is possible to bring women to the peacebuilding table as active participants with the full acceptance of all stakeholders. It is also possible to build platforms that facilitate intercommunal and ethnoreligious communication and
trust; and which also mediate the relationship between the demand and supply sides of justice. Fostering them as key drivers in peace-building capable of transforming security paradigms and
help to build a safer and more inclusive Nigeria.