In contrast, young women, who are often very active at the community level through informal groups, are disengaged from formal governance and peacebuilding processes. While they recognize the need for a peaceful society, they either do not feel empowered to contribute or they lack understanding of how they can contribute. Furthermore, they do not have the capacity, networks, and connections to mobilize resources for peacebuilding, more so because these young women are often part of informal groups which donors struggle to support because of stringent financial regulations. They have not hadlack access to either to resources through the donor community or capacity building from in-country senior womenwomen's activists to support their participation in peacebuilding. This group faces double discrimination, both due to the patriarchal system, which looks negatively on independent women in leadership positions, and a culture whichthat denounces the agency of young women.