News and Insight

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June 2017
Insight

After 25 years of civil war in Afghanistan, today progress towards a peace process is increasingly seen as central to securing a just and stable future. But to date, there has been little analysis of what a process might actually look like.

June 2017
Ana Victoria Bastidas arrived in the UK from Colombia more than twenty years ago, after being kidnapped by armed traffickers in the Colombian jungle. She has now made her home in London, and in 2008 began her journey to becoming the first female Colombian priest in the Anglican Church
June 2017
The South Asia region is prone to natural disasters, several of which have had a devastating impact in the Kashmir region. However there is currently very little work being done across the LoC to prepare for, and respond to, these disasters.
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May 2017
Insight

The Government of the Philippines has declared martial law in the southern island of Mindanao, after clashes between the army and extremist groups.

May 2017
News
This year’s Women and War festival will include a day dedicated to Colombian women migrants, many of whom left the country during more than fifty years of conflict.
April 2017
Conciliation Resources is expanding its programme in the Horn of Africa with the launch of new work in northern Kenya.
April 2017
Ten years on from the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nepal that ended a decade-long civil war, Conciliation Resources’ new Accord publication examines the country’s peace process.
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April 2017

On a estimé qu’au plus fort de la crise Ebola, 75 % des personnes contaminées étaient des femmes.Au vu de leur rôle prépondérant dans les soins et l’aide apportés aux malades, en tant qu’infirmières ou commerçantes, les femmes se sont retrouvées en première ligne face au virus, et de ce fait, ont souvent été rejetées par leur communauté. Trois ans après le début de la crise, Conciliation Resources et ses partenaires en Afrique de l’Ouest continuent de soutenir des plateformes de paix locales pour mettre fin aux divisions causées par l’épidémie.

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March 2017
Ezabir Ali works with women across the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir.
March 2017
After nearly 60 years of conflict, the Basque separatist group ETA has announced its decision to lay down its weapons by April 8. Our Colombia Programme Director Kristian Herbolzheimer has been discussing the role of civil society in disarmament in the Basque Country with Al Jazeera English
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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.