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From more than 20 years of experience, we know that peace is possible.
Interpeace has a proven and recognized approach to enable people to build lasting peace.

Youth at the centre of peacebuilding: Director of Interpeace USA presents Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security to the UNSC

26 Mar 2018

Enabling young people’s meaningful participation to build peace – Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) is now published

22 Mar 2018

Peacebuilding through a gender lens: Enhancing women’s role in governance and conflict resolution in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

08 Mar 2018

Something feels different this year

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Where We Work

Faces of Peace

Severin Yao Kouamé

Severin Yao Kouamé is the founder and coordinator of Indigo Côte d'Ivoire, Interpeace’s local team. In this interview he discusses his thoughts on inclusive peacebuilding and explains what peace means to him.

Nènè Konaté

Nènè Konaté is the Executive Director of the Malian Institute of Action Research for Peace (IMRAP), our local partner in Mali. We had the opportunity to talk to her during her visit to Geneva.

João Boavida

João Boavida, Executive Director of Interpeace local partner the Centre for Peace and Development (CEPAD) shares with us how he became a peacebuilder for his country, Timor-Leste, and why he remains committed to building lasting peace.

James Suah Shilue

Having left Liberia in the early 1990s when the country fell deeper into civil war, Jimmy, as he is known, has since returned to play a central role in peacebuilding.

Maysoun Saed Ibrahim Qawasmeh

Maysoun is a Palestinian activist promoting women rights and positive change in peacebuilding. She applies her dynamism, energy and bubbly character to building peace.

Matthias Stiefel

We spoke to Matthias, Founder of Interpeace and Vice-Chairman of the Governing Council, to find out more about his experience as a pioneer in the peacebuilding field.

Filomena Mascarenhas

Filomena Mascarenhas is a deeply committed peacebuilder. She focuses on giving Bissau-Guineans a voice in the peacebuilding process.

Françoise Kabariza and Igor Rugwiza

Françoise and Igor work closely with Interpeace’s local partner, the Conflict Alert and Prevention Centre (CENAP). Igor is an audio-visual (AV) researcher and is responsible for the ‘AV Unit’. Françoise is the audio-visual assistant.

Bernardo Arévalo de León

Previously a senior diplomat, Bernardo joined Interpeace back in 1996. He was asked to participate in the launch of the experimental consensus building project in his home country, Guatemala. We spoke with Bernardo about his early involvement and his ongoing passion for peacebuilding.

Ghaida Rinawi-Zoabi

Ghaida has been working with Interpeace since 2005 on building lasting peace in Israel. We caught up with Ghaida during her busy schedule and had the chance to talk about her work in Israel.