Pioneers of peace often come from communities experiencing violence. Living at the hard-edge of conflict, they feel its effects every day – and are often best placed to understand its causes.

This week, British Minister of State Alistair Burt, announced that Conciliation Resources will lead a specialist global consortium to deliver an innovative programme of conflict resolution.

Warmonger, despot, brutality, warfare - all of these words are in the dictionary, and for good reason. It’s important to have the words to express the world around us, particularly those related to violent conflict, which is on the rise around the world.

But it’s also important to be able to talk about how we can build peace. And although ‘peacebuilding’ is a word used by the United Nations, the World Bank and by governments, businesses, non-governmental organisations and peacebuilders globally, “peacebuilding” is not in the dictionaries.