Dear Colleagues

I am pleased to announce my new edited book Integrated Peacebuilding. Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict (Westview, March 2013) with contributions from leading scholars and practitioners has been released this week.     The book (see below for an…

There is a modern-day misconception amongst those working to rebuild post-conflict societies, that war, mass atrocities, and heinous persecutions end when the conflict does.  We who are not survivors, who were not victims of major international crises and targeted persecutions, find it difficult to understand the lasting impact of what survivors experienced. Post-traumatic stress was identified in the aftermath of the…

In the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Rarámuri women choose corn to save for next year’s planting. They just finished participating in a farmer-to-farmer workshop on seed selection. Photo © David Lauer.

By Tory Field and Beverly Bell

“We, women from more than 40 countries, from different indigenous peoples of Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania, have gathered together to…

The impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement has been devastating to Mexican farmers. In 2008, farmers’ organizations drove their tractors on the route Pancho Villa took during the 1910 revolution, traveling from the U.S. border to Mexico City as part of the “Without corn there…

Gender Analysis is an integral part of Gender Mainstreaming Strategies (GEMS) which aims to help gender concerns be addressed throughout a program cycle. Gender Analysis takes a very important part in Conflict Analysis as well. More and more funders and international organizations, including USAID, recognize and further require gender sensitive programming as a mandatory requirement in peacebuilding activities. Gender Analysis by definition is "a tool for examining the differences between…

from waging nonviolence 

 BIRTHING JUSTICE: And You, What Are You Waiting For?: A World without Slavery

http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/another-haiti-possible/birthing-justice-and-you-what-are-you-waiting-world-without-slavery

By Beverly Bell

June 20, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women…

By Beverly Bell

June 12, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into government…

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The Human Rights course is designed to promote a critical understanding of the human rights discourse. The course covers modern human rights institutions and how these work for state and non-state actors. The course also explores the political, historical and philosophical development of ideas about human rights which underpin current systems. In recognition of the importance of a globalized understanding of human rights, the course explores…

By Beverly Bell

May 29, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into government…

By Beverly Bell

May 14, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into government policy. In…

Cross-posted from the Learning Portal for DM&E for Peacebuilding

We know that conflict and violence affects all people, but not in the same way.  Men and women can be perpetrators and victims; but, often they play different roles and have different needs before, during and after a conflict. 

The differences in gender roles and responsibilities means that in order to be effective we have to target certain activities…

By Beverly Bell

May 7, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into government…

By Beverly Bell and Lauren Elliott

April 30, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into…

Working with PeaceMedia has provided the opportunity to be exposed to various peacebuilding tactics. It has shown that there is a plethora of information out there and that countless individuals are working tirelessly to bring about peace and resolve conflicts. Most recently, I watched a video on an orchestra in Brazil that began allowing girls to take part. Traditionally a male dominated art, this orchestra is lead by a female maestra, and has women playing alongside men. This orchestra is…

The field of peacebuilding has, in recent years, turned increasing attention towards the empowerment of women and girls, and the promotion of lasting gender equality throughout the world. Such efforts have multiplied since the passing of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000. It is from this context that the Women’s Empowerment Demonstration Project (WEDP) was launched.

A unique joint-venture between the Alliance for…

Dear Colleagues,



Global Human Rights Leadership Training Institute is currently accepting applications for the 2012 edition of the following online distance learning courses:

 

1.     Certificate Course on Gender and Development Training, [18th January – 17th January, 2012].



Course description:

The course seeks to examine how gender identities are formed and re-shaped as a result of the development process – and…