September 2017
Viola is from Yambio County, South Sudan. Four months ago, she started volunteering with the Self-Help Women Development Association (SHWDA), which works in five counties affected by the Lords Resistance Army.
September 2017
Dominic T. Johns is Executive Director of Youth Focus Centre in Liberia. The centre supports young people affected by the country’s civil war, which ended in 2003.
September 2017
Story
Albert Atama lives in Aru, a territory in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering Uganda and South Sudan. The region has long been affected by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), which moves between the porous borders of the three countries. Albert is the coordinator of peace and reconciliation activities in Aru, and supports young people to find paths away from violence.
September 2017
Insight
Ten years on from the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nepal that ended a decade-long civil war, Conciliation Resources’ latest Accord spotlight publication explores gender relations and equality in the country’s transition from war.
September 2017
News
To mark the 70th anniversary of the independence of India, Pakistan and the conflict over Jammu and Kashmir, in September 2017 Conciliation Resources facilitated a series of events in London and Washington D.C.
September 2017
Angelica Quintero is part of the Truth, Memory and Reconciliation Commission of Colombian Women in the Diaspora (TMRC). The initiative brings together women in London and Barcelona to share their stories and memories of conflict and migration, and to claim a voice in Colombia’s peace process.
August 2017
Insight
When I first started working on dialogue in Ukraine, I sat down with two think-tankers from Kyiv. It was back in 2014, when the war in the East was fresh and European media was reporting on it on the daily.
August 2017
News
A meeting of distinguished political and civil society representatives from India and Pakistan was convened in Dubai by Conciliation Resources in collaboration with the Kashmir Initiative Group from 31 July – 2 August 2017.
August 2017
News
Over the past seven years, four filmmakers, from both the Indian and Pakistani administered sides of Jammu and Kashmir have produced a series of films, despite limited opportunities to meet or communicate across the divide. The films document the lives of the people living in this region and highlight the potential for building bridges across the divide
August 2017
News
Ahead of local and national elections taking place in Kenya this week, local peacebuilders have been calling for calm in the northern county of Garissa, a region identified as a potential hotspot for post-election violence.
August 2017
Insight
Surely now is the time to change the ongoing saga of India-Pakistan relations, moving beyond national identities with a view to building peace?
July 2017
News
Un grupo de mujeres colombianas compartió sus historias de migración y sus esperanzas de futuro con centenares de visitantes a la edición anual del Women and War: Exodus festival.