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Searching for Peace in…

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A video report from Ashima Kaul, Insight on Conflict’s local correspondent for Kashmir, on how cross border trade is promoting peace in the disputed…

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“We believe a stable and prosperous Afghanistan can only be envisioned in a stable and prosperous…

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If science were sacred the Keck Center in Washington DC would be among its most noted cathedrals. The lobby in limestone and granite is dominated by a three-wall bronze engraving representing the origins and evolution of scientific inquiry. Phenomena and achievement from the microscopic…

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In March 2012, Nova-Social Innovation and the Department for Peace Operations (DPO) of Patrir, released the result of a 2-year research project  …

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Capacity-building, collaboration and networking were the buzzwords when members of over 20 peacebuilding organisations from across Pakistan met at the Islamabad Peace Exchange in April. …

Twenty years on from the start of the war,
Bosnia-Herzegovina
 is engaged in various forms of remembrance and reflection, yet struggling to move towards the sort of reconciliation necessary to transcend the country’s 
persistent…

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"How can we have peace if we don't build relationships?" The plea and key to life beyond war emotes from African Ikenna Ezeibe in the new 2012 film, Dialogue in Nigeria: Muslims & Christians Creating Their Future. Ezeibe was among the 200 adversaries -- courageous young women and men who…

A monthly selection of the best new research and resources on local peacebuilding worldwide, as chosen by Insight on Conflict. This month’s edition features research on the role of women in violence in South Sudan,  and more. To receive the email newsletter each month, please sign-up here or email joel@insightonconflict.org.

Women and…

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Since early this year, discussions and consultations on the setting up of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Burundi have been going on. Government leaders have been meeting with political parties, civil society, religious organisations and other key actors. Leaders are…

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Donor support is vital to local peacebuilders and a growing body of literature is revealing specific ways the relationship between the two can be enhanced. When I interviewed peacebuilders from different regions and compared their responses I found some core issues that were notably consistent and…

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Thirty-five years ago, the land north-east of Cairo was a desert – parched and barren. Today it is transformed; lush fields are nourished by abundant water and shaded by the trees originally planted to secure the sand, now helping turn sand into rich soil.

The farm is called SEKEM,founded in 1977 by the Egyptian…

A monthly selection of the best new research and resources on local peacebuilding worldwide, as chosen by Insight on Conflict. This month’s edition features local conflict analysis, local governance in DR Congo and more. To receive the email newsletter each month, please sign-up here or email …

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The cause has been a constant. What has changed is how that cause has been advanced. In his search for social justice in Colombia, Yezid Arteta has passed from student activist, to guerrilla fighter, to committed promoter of a peaceful solution to the Colombian conflict.

In 1984 Yezid Arteta…

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In a globalised world, it’s become more difficult to label an organisation a “local…

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CeaseFire was thrilled to be named in the Global Journal’s inaugural ‘Top 100 Best NGOs’ list last week joining Ashoka, Oxfam, Human Rights Watch,…

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At the end of June 2011 the international media returned to Northern Ireland to report on a story very different from those that made  their headlines during the 30 year period known euphemistically as the ‘Troubles’. This time the story concerned the quite remarkable success of three local…

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A monthly selection of the best new research and resources on local peacebuilding worldwide, as chosen by Insight on Conflict. This month’s edition features a case study of locally-led DDR in DR Congo, community security in Bangladesh and more. To receive the email newsletter each month, please sign-up here or email …