April 2019
News
Last week, representatives from Conciliation Resources joined leaders and members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), as they announced their intention to form a political party and end over 20 years of armed opposition against the Ethiopian government.
March 2019
News
At the end of February, mediatEUr members Luis Peral and David Price, assisted by our Project Assistant Esther Kestemont, went to Jordan in order to accomplish the first mission of our Future of Syria project, funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation and with financial and logistics support from the Nizami Ganjavi International Center.
March 2019
News
At the request of the EEAS, mediatEUr was honoured to organise today (8th of March) a high-level meeting with H. E. President Faustin Archange Touadéra on the peace agreement in Central African Republic.
March 2019
Insight
There is an increasing recognition that the causes of conflict are gendered, and that applying a gender perspective in any analysis is essential to tackling conflict at its roots. There can be no one-size-fits-all approach to doing this, but here are some ‘good practice’ principles that can be applied to a gender-sensitive conflict analysis:
March 2019
Insight
In this film, Accord authors Christine Bell, Yusuf Hassan, Deepak Thapa and Graeme Simpson discuss why inclusion matters for peace, and what you can expect from the publication.
March 2019
Insight
Commitments to undertake gender-sensitive conflict analysis have been included in a number of national action plans on Women, Peace and Security in recent years. Since the start of 2019, we’ve been running interviews and workshops with peacebuilding and policy professionals from around the world to better understand how this analysis is being undertaken.
March 2019
Insight
Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC) is a network that connects women with a broad range of experiences - from mediating conflicts at the community level to formally mediating conflicts as part of official peace processes. In this film, members of the network discuss why Women Mediators across the Commonwealth is needed, and what makes this network so unique.
February 2019
Insight
This article is written by Christine Bell and is taken from our latest Accord: 'Navigating inclusion in peace processes.'
February 2019
News
Women mediators from across commonwealth countries met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week, to exchange experiences of their mediation work and discuss the development of their new network.
February 2019
News
From 28 to 30 January, Senior Executive Officer Kathrin Quesada delivered training on inclusive dialogue and mediation processes in post-conflict environments at the State Police College of Baden Württemberg in Germany.
February 2019
Insight
The final peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionaries de Colombia (FARC) includes explicit measures for the inclusion and recognition of LGBT people. We spoke to Diana Garcia Salamanca about the important role of gender and sexual minority groups and individuals in the negotiation of the agreement, as well as the challenges which remain for LGBT peacebuilders.
February 2019
Insight
Explore our interactive infographic to find out more about why inclusion matters for peace, and how it can best be supported.