Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan was appointed Executive Director of Conciliation Resources in May 2016. He joined Conciliation Resources in 1997 and developed the Caucasus programme focusing on dialogue and confidence building initiatives to promote peacebuilding in the Caucasus. In September 2008 he became Director of Programmes overseeing Conciliation Resources’s regional programmes in the Caucasus, Colombia, West Africa, East and Central Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Philippines, Fiji and India/Pakistan in relation to Kashmir.
Kashmiris across divide celebrate trade initiative’s seventh anniversary
This week marks seven years of trade across the militarised Line of Control (LoC). As the anniversary is celebrated those involved question if it is time for the governments to take this trade to the next level.
Film: Breaking the silence
Conciliation Resources works to support women of the Colombian diaspora to share their stories, memories and hopes and to claim a place and a voice in the county's peace process.
Film: Dialogue for peace
This is the story of Bossou, a village in Forest Guinea at the very epicentre of the deadly Ebola outbreak.
Nothing is possible without unity: women's voices post-Ebola
The Ebola epidemic that struck West Africa three years ago impacted every section of society, but it was often women who were most affected by the tensions and conflict that the epidemic caused.
The Newsmaker: Philippines Martial Law
The Government of the Philippines has declared martial law in the southern island of Mindanao, after clashes between the army and extremist groups.
Disaster: the common enemy
A team of four filmmakers from both sides of the LoC in Kashmir have produced a new film to raise awareness of the importance of working across the divide to improve disaster management.
Film - From Garissa to Liberia: lessons for peacebuilding
In September, ten peacebuilders travelled from Kenya to West Africa to learn from each other’s challenges and successes, to help them build more peaceful and inclusive societies. In this film, they share what they learnt.
Film: Engaging armed groups in the pursuit of peace
This week Conciliation Resources jointly hosted a roundtable at Chatham House to examine the challenges around engaging with non-state armed groups in the pursuit of peace.