USA Africa Dialogue Series - 5 ways communities can counter violent extremism

Drivers of violent extremism vary within as well as between countries, and over time.

Local communities are best placed to understand what these drivers are, why they change, and how best to address them. And yet all too often they are excluded from academic research and policy dialogue on countering violent extremism.

The first step to engaging communities is to identify them. Development actors normally focus on the poorest communities; security actors on those already infected by extremism. But the real focus for efforts to counter violent extremism should be those communities most at risk of succumbing to violent extremism. These may be neither the poorest communities, nor those in regions already afflicted.

Link:https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/05/5-ways-communities-can-counter-violent-extremism/

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