WHAT IS IT REALLY LIKE TO BE AMIDST CONFLICT AND TO WORK FOR PEACE? Most of us have seen the headlines, but not many of us know what war is like in reality. In the chaos of violence and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of the individuals involved. Through Conciliation Resources’ new #SeeTheHuman event […]
This event will look at how illicit drug economies function in borderlands regions, and at the ways in which they connect with violence, conflict and peace. The speakers will present a report with findings from research carried out to understand transitions from war to peace economies in drugs-affected borderlands in Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar. The […]
First Thursday Talk of 2022 Join DME for Peace this Thursday, January 27th at 9am ET/3pm CET for their first Thursday Talk of 2022! They will be joined by Nishandeny Ratnam, Senior Project Manager at Search for Common Ground and Purna Chowdhury, Senior Program Manager at Grameen Foundation, both of whom work on the Women […]
How can mediators learn to mitigate and manage risks related to the use of digital technologies? Welcome to join the launch event of the Digital Risk Management Online Platform for Mediators on Feb 3 at 3:30 pm CET. During the event, a panel of mediation and cybersecurity experts discusses the increasing uptake of digital technologies […]
Join REAL for a discussion exploring the findings from a recent report on the role of social connections and social networks during Yemen’s humanitarian crisis. It is estimated that over 20 million Yemenis—66% of the population—are in need of assistance. Nonetheless, the humanitarian response in Yemen remains severely underfunded. So how are Yemenis coping? Experts on food security, research […]
From 15th- 17th February 2022, Peace Direct, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (WCAPS), and Search for Common Ground, will hold a consultation on “Violence, Forced Migration and Peacebuilding”. Global migration is a hot topic, yet those most people directly impacted by factors motivating displacement are often excluded from mainstream conversations and policy discussions. Peace Direct, […]
Peace Direct and Principles for Peace will host a two-day online consultation on Peace Structures and Local Ownership on 1-2 March 2022, using the text-based Platform4Dialogue. While national-level peace structures structures are critical to building the foundations of trust and accountability, they are often not well connected with grassroots peace processes. This conversation will share how to effectively engage peacemakers and local […]
As witnessed across Latin America, the MENA region, Asia, Africa and Europe during the last decade, there is a global resurgence of nonviolent movements taking to the streets to protest against autocratic or unaccountable governments, often aspiring for regime change, state reform or the reallocation of political power. However, protest movements often fail to meet […]
On Tuesday 8 March, International Alert is hosting a special International Women's Day webinar. In 2020 International Alert's stock-taking exercise of 20 years of the Women Peace and Security Agenda highlighted the barriers to peacebuilding presented by conservative patriarchal gender norms and masculinities. Over the past two years it has used these findings to implement […]
The events of the #SeeTheHuman focus on the experiences of those who have been on the front lines of war and who have managed to bring people together across divides to create peace. As the world continues to experience fragility and polarisation in many places, current events in Europe show that peacebuilding is more important […]