Crossing the Divide: Professional Fellows Striving for Peace in Kashmir

Conciliation Resources hosted four Professional Fellows from India and Pakistan in 2012, with the aim of bringing together different sides of the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. This edition of Commonwealth Scholarships News looks at the experiences of the fellows and how they will turn what they've learned into practical actions for peace.

Fiji government announces own draft of new constitution

During a three-day People’s Forum, more than forty civil society representatives met in Suva to share ideas on Fiji's constitutional reform process. To stimulate further discussion the workshop’s outcomes statement is available, along with a paper analysing the key provisions in the government’s own newly published draft constitution.

Judith Gardner

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Judith Gardner

Judith Gardner is a social development and gender analyst with a special interest in gender relations in conflict-affected communities. She has worked as a development practitioner in the NGO development sector for over 20 years. She has worked with Somali women peace activists to research and document the gendered impact of the war and their role in peacebuilding.

Turning up the volume on dialogue and governance in West Africa

Moving on from years of instability and addressing the tensions that drive conflict is a significant governance challenge in the Mano River Union region. At a recent workshop, participants in District Platforms for Dialogue shared experiences from three countries on how they're working to affect positive change in their borderland communities.

Call for a genuine peace process in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region

The recent escalation of violence in the eastern Congo has displaced over 700,000 people since April 2012 and resulted in an untold number of rapes, killings and other human rights violations. The conflict is complex but the fundamental underlying causes remain the same: poor governance, violent competition for land and natural resources, impunity for serious human rights abuses, and outside interference.

Enhancing the social capital for conflict resolution

Reflecting on the evolution of mediation support, Jonathan Cohen highlights how the legitimacy and durability of peace agreements are enhanced by inclusive processes. In this chapter from 'Building Peace in 2013' – a new HD Centre publication – he makes the case that peace processes must be less elitist and more able to meet the needs and expectations of those most affected by conflict.
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