News and Insight

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March 2017

Waqas Ali Kausar works with youth across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan on the Pakistan-administered side of Kashmir.

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March 2017
Ershad Mahmud is Executive Director of the Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR), which, among other things, works with Conciliation Resources to develop conflict sensitive tourism.
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March 2017
Shaheen Akhtar is from the Pakistan-administered side of Kashmir. She is involved in discussions around intra-Kashmir trade and women, is part of the Kashmir Initiative Group.
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March 2017
Fayaz Ahmad Dar works with young people on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir. He has conducted research and produced reports on the needs and aspirations of around 3,000 youth in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh.
March 2017
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Shafat Ahmed works to develop the peacebuilding skills and awareness of communities across the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladkh on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir.

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March 2017
Irfan Dar is a filmmaker from the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir. Alongside his other projects, he is working on joint films with filmmakers on the other side of Kashmir.
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March 2017
Atia Anwer Zoon works across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir.
March 2017
Conciliation Resources’ partners, Atia Anwar and Ezabir Ali are working independently on either side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir with women affected by the on-going conflict.
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March 2017
Mohammed Arif Urfi is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker based in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir. He often works along the Line of Control (LoC), reporting on events taking place there.
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March 2017
Shafat Ahmed works to develop the peacebuilding skills and awareness of communities across the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladkh on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir.
February 2017
Insight

Presentation by Dr Antje Herrberg, mediatEUr, at the International High Level Conference "Mediation: Possibilities and Limits, Recent Experiences in the Pursuit of Peace" hosted by Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Didier Reynders.

February 2017

We need more powerful women that can work for peace and security. Tatiana Bengue