 As part of efforts to promote peaceful coexistence, harmonious relationship and mutual understanding across the country, Nigerian women have been charged to play critical roles in peace-building for sustainable growth and development of the nation. This advice was given as a one-day roundtable discussion and sensitization programme with 30 groups of women organisations, both Christian and Muslim, organised by Cooker Centre in Cardona State, North West Nigeria. Plus to be correspondent, Habila Daroufai filed in this report and presented from our studio. Over the years, Cardona State has had its fair share in religious violence, ethnic and communal crises leading to loss of lives and property, with most women and children affected. Hence, the need to engage women as critical stakeholders to promote peace in the society, to put an end to conflicts amidst series of challenges confronting the nation's peaceful coexistence. The coordinator of Cooker Centre, Cardona, Reverend Father Sixtus Onu, says hypocrisy, bias and sentiment fuel crises in the society. He noted that pragmatic and deliberate approach to engage women in peace-building will bring lasting peace to communities. What we have come to discover in development work is that it is easy for people to gather and finish talking and it ends up as a talk show. But this one, when for sizing, I shouldn't just end on the talking table. Let's put it in action and that's why we're saying let's end the hypocrisy about peace-building, about living together. I know that when the women decide to have community meetings or the meeting in the market or any other social places or religious places, it will keep away our bias and sentiment and decide to be more genuine and intentional and deliberate about peace-building. I think we can make a headway. Also, the keynote facilitator, Kautum Abdulaziz says it's imperative to build the capacity of women in decision-making so as to impact the lives of people and stop the escalation of conflict at community level. You know, put into use the gender equity diversity and social inclusion framework, which allows for certain percentage of intentional integration of women inclusivity in programming. I think that we go a long way in not just sensitizing the women but building their capacity and their interpersonal skills to be able to handle issues in their communities. Women are custodians of our culture so it is important for women to take upon those roles by instilling the morals in children, proper parenting and teaching kids on what peace-building entails, even coming from a religious perspective now. That we go a long way in building the idiosyncrasies, the parochial belief of these children in a way that at the end of the day they're not radicalized. Once there is any crisis, if it is demand, the men go for work. They were given birth to a woman, they are somebody's children, a mother's children, they are a woman's husband, so you will notice that at the end of the day, if it is the children or the men, it is the woman. Crime is dynamic. What you used to know before that used to happen, the crime has now changed. Crime is not about man or woman and there is a different type of crime. Some women don't participate directly but conspiracy. But what about vice? And that is why we are doing this program to ensure that sometimes it's advocacy. They need to know the danger or why they are there. The Cooker Center and women insist that they will continue to engage critical stakeholders, Christians and Muslims to foster peace and unity in conflict communities in the States and nation at large.