What Do Safety & Security Mean to You? Nonviolent Approaches to Security: Perspectives from Communities Around the World * * * If not military intervention (or militarized policing) when civilians are being threatened by violence, then what? You are invited to learn how communities are answering this question around the world, featuring: ✱ Sunday Stephen, […]
Dans son Rapport de 2022 sur ‘Les jeunes et la paix et la sécurité’ le Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies António Guterres met en garde sur les difficultés d’accès à des financements adéquats pour les activités de prévention de conflit et de consolidation de la paix menées par les jeunes. Le rapport met également en avant […]
In late March, El Salvador’s criminal gangs spearheaded a killing spree that left 87 people dead over a weekend. In response, President Nayib Bukele imposed a state of exception and launched a #WarOnGangs that has jailed over 53,000 alleged gang members in six months, elevating the country’s prison population rate to the world’s highest. Homicides […]
Eleven years after the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing international intervention, Libya is still deeply divided and paralysed by rivalling governments and militias. After several rounds of internal fighting, and with support by the United Nations and the international community, a ceasefire agreement was signed in 2020. Presidential elections have been scheduled, […]
The panel will explore how climate risk management can be strengthened in conflict zones and how conflict monitoring and analysis can be improved in regions experiencing climate fragility. Climate change's destabilising impact is increasingly visible across the globe, with more frequent and severe weather events and temperature extremes contributing to insecurity and conflict. While climate […]
These days, all eyes are on Iran. The brutal death in custody of Jîna Mahsa Amini on September 16, after the young woman was arrested by the Iranian "morality police" in Tehran, has sparked nationwide protests, mainly led by students, human rights defenders, feminists, and women in general. The now globally known slogan "Woman, Life, […]
Third parties can play an important role in limiting violence in armed conflicts. Even if their intervention may not necessarily end a conflict, they can contribute to preventing further escalation and support de-escalation of violence. In this regard, third-party mechanisms can be particularly beneficial amid the preparation and monitoring of cessations of hostilities or ceasefires. […]
Speakers: Judith Kirton-Darling – Former Member of the European Parliament Jeremy Lester – Chair of Saferworld Board, QCEA’s outgoing Clerk and former leader of EEAS division for the Horn of Africa and Head of Delegation in Niger and Rwanda Clare Daly – Member of the European Parliament GUE/NGL Brief description of the event: 2022 will go down in history […]
As the wider development and humanitarian sectors have been calling for decolonisation as a means to achieve more equitable responses, in recent times the peacebuilding field has also begun a similar reflection. Based on her experience working in Africa and writing on feminist peace, in this virtual Brown Bag Lunch discussion, Helen Kezie-Nwoha will share her perspective on […]
This panel with Q&A from the audience will showcase how landscape approaches offer a scaling-up pathway for proven land restoration techniques like FMNR and their contribution to achieving climate goals through: Bringing different stakeholders together to agree on and pursue a common strategy to achieve resilient, sustainable landscapes for climate goals Discussing opportunities and challenges […]