Report - Gender, Peace and Security: Taking UNSCR 1325 to the next level

Women Peacemakers Program (WPP), the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and Conciliation Resources, organised a public event on 30 October 2013 in New York on gender, peace and security to provide insights and new opportunities for the advancement of UNSCR 1325. This report outlines important recommendations and an overview of key discussions from the event for taking UNSCR 1325 to the next level.

Gender, Peace and Security: Taking UNSCR 1325 to the next level

On the occasion of the 13th anniversary of UNSCR 1325, the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP), the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and Conciliation Resources, organised a public event on gender, peace and security. The discussion provided insights and new opportunities for the advancement of UNSCR 1325, including in the light of the newly adopted UNSCR 2122 calling on specific actors to enhance women’s leadership in conflict prevention.

Final Peace Pact nears as Philippines strike power-sharing deal

The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have come to an agreement on the crucial Annex on Power Sharing. The signing is yet another step towards finally resolving the decades-long armed conflict that has claimed tens of thousands lives in the southern Philippines.

Nicola Dahrendorf appointed as Africa Director

Conciliation Resources is pleased to announce the appointment of new Africa director, Nicola Dahrendorf. Nicola will begin her new role on 6 January 2014. With over twenty years experience in policy, practice and research in the international arena, Nicola has a wide spectrum of experience working in conflict regions in Africa in support of peacebuilding.

BBC World News interview: French forces to Central African Republic

Kennedy Tumutegyereize, East & Central Africa Programme Director, discusses the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic and responds to the UN Security Council vote to authorise French forces to support African-led International Support Mission. Can the extra troops really make a difference to peace and stability?

Studio Re Film Series

A series of joint Georgian-Abkhaz documentary films produced by Conciliation Resources together with our partner Studio Re

The series includes:

Reflections: joint analysis workshop on engaging non-state armed groups

Conciliation Resources held a one-day expert joint analysis workshop in London on 1 November 2013 to discuss civil society responses and community engagement with armed groups. The event brought together 30 international peacebuilding practitioners and academics to discuss their experiences of the topic. Here Ed Garcia, a participant of the workshop, presents his reflections of the workshop.

Absence of Will: A journey through Georgia's conflict zones

Vakho and Teo, two Georgian university graduates from Tbilisi set out to to try to understand for themselves what caused the war in Abkhazia, and why fifteen years of peace talks the sides are still no nearer to resolving their differences. Halfway through filming, fighting broke out again over South Ossetia so that war became a reality for a brief period for Vakho and Teo making their search for answers more personal and urgent.
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