A group of intrepid journalists and peace and environmental activists are embarking on a two day hike in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, passing one of the most militarised regions of the world, to raise awareness and funds for peacebuilders around the world.
This report is intended as an initial contribution to the process of making sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and its implications for peacemaking in Afghanistan. The overriding question is: in the light of the profound changes in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, what needs to be done to get the country back on course towards sustainable peace?
Hela province in Papua New Guinea is experiencing significant rates of violent conflict. Over the past few decades, violence has escalated in scale and intensity. High levels of violence have had devastating effects on the people of Hela, including death, physical suffering, trauma, destruction of property, mass displacement and gender-based violence.
Hela Province is located in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea. The province, which was created in 2012, is both remote and one of the least developed provinces in PNG.
Hela Province in Papua New Guinea is experiencing significant rates of violent conflict. Over the past few decades, violence has escalated in scale and intensity. This report presents preliminary findings of the underlying causes of violent conflict and begins to map out opportunities for peacebuilding initiatives.
Ardline joined Conciliations Resources in July 2022, where she works on governance and leads on compliance, security and Keeping People Safe.
Prior to joining Conciliation Resources, Ardline worked in fundraising operations for a national children's charity.
Ardline has an MA in Human Rights and International Relations.
Providing psychosocial rehabilitation and addressing trauma as a consequence of war is generally understood as an important element of supporting communities after the conflict has subsided. But according to Larissa Sotieva and Juliet Schofield of conflict transformation organisation Indie Peace, what is less understood is the way in which trauma is also a driver of conflict, and how trauma influences social and political dynamics before and after a violent conflict. This lack of understanding of the effect of societal trauma – of how people’s emotions, fears and aspirations influence conflict dynamics – means that peacebuilding has failed to take this into consideration in the past.
Since the end of the 2020 Karabakh war, perspectives on dialogue and peace initiatives between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been dominated by top-down, often geopoliticised discussions of regional connectivity, transit routes and the potential for revived economic relations. While these discussions offer important forward-looking perspectives, less prominent are the voices of those most directly affected by the consequences of the 2020 war and those with the most direct stake in possible new border openings and revived communications. This briefing presents the results of a scoping exercise eliciting community perspectives on dialogue, conducted in Armenia in July-November 2021.
The Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) is a regional economic bloc in Kenya, composed of the County Governments of Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo, Turkana, Samburu and West Pokot in the aftermath of devolution.
Registered formally in March 2016, the Council promotes cooperation, coordination and information sharing between Counties in view of strengthening devolution, enhancing socioeconomic development and promoting peaceful coexistence among its members.
