Cuts to vital conflict resolution funds to impact fragile states
The UK Government has stopped funding a vital programme working to prevent violence and build peace in three of the world’s most fragile states.
Including persons with disabilities in peacebuilding in the Philippines
Norhanie Mamasabulod Taha is a member of the Community Safety Working Group for Barangay Long in the Philippines. She is also Chairperson for the Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office, Municipality of Pagalungan, Maguindanao and lives with restricted mobility following a childhood accident.
Untapped peacebuilders: Including persons with disabilities in building peace
There are currently around one billion women and girls, men and boys, and sexual and gender minorities with disabilities. To date, very little attention has been paid to the meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in peacebuilding processes, the factors and dynamics that contribute to their inclusion or exclusion, the challenges of ensuring effective representation, and the most successful mechanisms for inclusion.
Valuing the 'invisible' time in peacebuilding
Successful peacebuilding relies heavily on individuals with the right expertise investing time in building relationships and crafting processes over the long-term. Many institutional donors impose unrealistic caps in peacebuilding project budgets on staff costs, relative to costs for more visible activities, such as travel, subsistence and outputs. The report examines three potential models for measuring and accounting to demonstrate the value of peacebuilders’ time.
What we’ve learnt about integrating masculinities into peacebuilding
Over the last 25 years we’ve worked with partners in conflict-affected contexts to support inclusive and sustainable peace. We’ve found that an intersectional approach to gender-sensitive conflict analysis – one that includes masculinities – can help understand and address the power imbalances among and between women, men and other gender identities that drive or contribute to violence.
Integrating masculinities in peacebuilding: shifting harmful norms and transforming relationships
The integration of gender into peacebuilding programmes is still mostly synonymous with the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. And while women’s meaningful inclusion and participation in peace processes is essential to building sustainable peace, women’s rights organisations and some peacebuilding organisations have long realised that the connection between masculinities, violence and militarism also needs to be addressed to reduce violence in all its forms.
Ceasefire a positive step forwards but Kashmiris hold the key to peace
News that the two nuclear powers of India and Pakistan have agreed to observe a ceasefire across the Line of Control was an unexpected turn in Kashmir’s long history of conflict. It’s a small step in the right direction in one of the most militarised regions of the world. But for a lasting and sustainable peace in Kashmir, the people living at the centre of this conflict need to be involved in building their own future.
Financing Peace: Enhancing adaptation, maximising impact
Violent conflict and efforts to resolve it have evolved rapidly over the past decade. One shift is the ways in which peace mediation and dialogue initiatives are funded. This has a major impact on how effective peace processes are, how peace support entities can seize and create opportunities, and how we navigate the winding paths to peace. This report proposes strategies and concrete next steps for practitioners and donors alike to address challenges and concerns collaboratively.
Tackling conflict in the United Kingdom’s Integrated Review
You had to look for it, but buried deep in the UK’s Integrated Review is the acknowledgement that during the coming decade “conflict and instability will continue to pose a major test to global security and resilience”. Teresa Dumasy argues that we must do more to address this challenge.
Lessons learnt on research for peaceful and inclusive change
Exclusion from decision-making, economic opportunity and access to basic services leads to inequalities that can be both a cause and effect of conflict.