This project is sponsored by Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace Network with funding from UKRI. The Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, is a partner institution.
CUSP
Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace Network Plus (CUSP) focuses on strengthening artistic and cultural institutions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries so that they can become a reference point for the identification and transformation of social conflict whilst ensuring equal participation of women and girls in this process.
Their project works with arts and cultural institutions in LMIC countries. Through a ‘conflict transformation’ approach and a full and equitable participation of women and girls, CUSP works to strengthen LMIC arts and cultural institutions so they can become a reference point for the identification and transformation of social conflict, including gender-based violence, coercion and injustice. All CUSP’s work is grounded in considerations of environmental justice and respect for local and indigenous knowledges and practices. CUSP is a consortium of 12 partners and works across 6 countries in 4 continents.
Source: https://www.cuspnetwork.org/about-us/our-project/
IAS
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is the first and oldest semi-autonomous research institute of the University of Ghana, Legon. It was set up in 1961 by Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, as a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary institute with the mandate to conduct research into all aspects of the arts and the social sciences in Africa. The Institute carries out this mission by engaging in the regeneration of Africa and her people through knowledge production, dissemination, application and preservation. The IAS mission is geared towards a vision of becoming a global leader for scholarship on Africa and her Diaspora.
Source: https://ias.ug.edu.gh/