In August 2008, after years of missed opportunities to secure a lasting peace, Georgian-South Ossetian tensions erupted into all-out war. The war lasted a matter of days, but people like Tamar – director of the Akhalgori Youth School – will be picking up the pieces for decades.
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Women mediators play a vital role in mediation and are often the bridge between communities, armed groups and conflict parties.
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Marina Elbakidze, a coordinator of Synergy, discusses the current situation for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia and the way IDP issues have been presented in the Georgian media over the past four years.
Ezabir Ali has sought to break through barriers of mistrust in Jammu and Kashmir and, subsequently, helped to instigate and facilitate a number of discussions for women in the region.
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Visaka Dharmadasa is a member of the Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC) network, and Chair of the Association of War Affected Women and Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action.
Thomas Odora is one of five young people trained in the Gulu District of northern Uganda, to act as ‘youth monitors’ – helping to involve the community in recovery and development.
Southern Sudan has suffered from decades of conflict, including the brutal civil war between North and South and clashes between Southern tribes. Since the 1990s Sudan has experienced the presence of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which has led to years of violence and abductions of Southern Sudanese children. Jim Long John works with the Totto Chan Centre for Child Trauma, in Juba, rehabilitating abductees of the LRA and child soldiers from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army.
Sulong CARHRIHL supports & sustains the peace process between the Government & the National Democratic Front by providing avenues for dialogue.
Pawan Bali is a journalist working in Delhi, India. Here she gives the inside story about her collaboration with Mohammad Arif Urfi on their documentary film A Journey Through River Vitasta. Describing the communication and travel barriers they had to overcome to produce the first ever joint film on Kashmir, she highlights the lessons they've taken from working together across the Line of Control.
Nouneh Sarkissian on how Internews Armenia works with Conciliation Resources to train youth participants in producing peacebuilding films in the South Caucasus