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For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. However, despite the political instability, the social tissue and the national identity remain strong: no consistent episodes of violence or disruption of the armed forces or between different groups in the society have been reported in the last years. This represents a significant improvement in the recent history of the country. In 2007, Interpeace set up a peacebuilding programme in collaboration with a local partner, . Through a national consultation process, Voz di Paz engaged over 6,000 Bissau-Guineans to identify the main obstacles to lasting peace in the country. Bissau-Guineans identified the lack of effective state institutions, political and institutional instability, poor administration of justice, social exclusion and a weak culture of dialogue as some of the root causes of conflict. As a result of this foundational study, the programme currently works in two main axes: conflict prevention and resolution and good governance.Goal
Interpeace’s programme in Guinea-Bissau, implemented together with local partner Voz di Paz, aims to stimulate citizen engagement for good governance and peacebuilding, with a special focus on the most excluded groups of society.
Conflict prevention and resolution
Interpeace and Voz di Paz work on conflict prevention and resolution at two different levels: strengthening the role of women in conflict resolution and promoting a more inclusive traditional justice. With these objectives, the programme fostered cross-group dialogue around traditional justice practices and promoted women’s participation in traditional justice and in mediating structures at the communities’ level, contributing to laying the foundations for a more peaceful society.
In 2019, a participatory analysis on traditional justice with a focus on women and children have been carried out in three regions of the country to enlighten conflict resolution mechanisms at the community level and women’s perspective on them.
Throughout 2018, new women mediators were integrated in Voz di Paz’s Regional Spaces for Dialogue (RSD) increasing the percentage of female members from 23.5% to 46%. I...
Promoting good governance
Interpeace programme is focusing on justice governance and aims to create new mechanisms and build capacities for an active citizenry empowered to monitor, evaluate and advocate for adequate public policies in the justice sector, and to integrate traditional justice into the justice sector through a peacebuilding lens.
An essential component of the programme is a Participatory Barometer, which is the first ever to be used in Guinea-Bissau. The use of such a participatory tool is aimed at giving citizens an instrument so that they themselves can demand changes to the justice system, notably through dialogue and discussion. The goal is also to make the government reflect on what people expect from them in relation to the justice system and influence the reform process. The results of this Barometer will provide quantitative and representative information on the local governance of justice in Guinea-B...
Resources
Fala di Mindjer – The voices of women
Type: PDF Size: 3Mb Published: October 30, 2018
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Fala di Mindjer
Published: March 22, 2018
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Fala di Mindjer - Les voix des femmes - Messages clés
Type: PDF Size: 5Mb Published: March 22, 2018
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Fala di Mindjer - The voices of women - Key Messages
Type: PDF Size: 5Mb Published: March 22, 2018
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Fala di Mindjer - As vozes das mulheres
Type: PDF Size: 3Mb Published: March 22, 2018
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Fala di Mindjer
Type: PDF Size: 4Mb Published: October 3, 2017
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Voz di Paz - A network for peace
Dec, 2015
Voz di Paz - A network for peace
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: December 2, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Summary - Local infrastructures for peace in Guinea-Bissau: The contribution of the Regional Spaces for Dialogue to peacebuilding
Type: PDF Size: 399Kb Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Local infrastructures for peace in Guinea-Bissau: The contribution of the Regional Spaces for Dialogue to peacebuilding
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Resumo - Infra-estrutura local para a paz na Guiné-Bissau: A contribução dos Espaços Regionais de Diálogo para a construção da paz
Type: PDF Size: 372Kb Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Infra-estrutura local para a paz na Guiné-Bissau: A contribução dos Espaços Regionais de Diálogo para a construção da paz
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Résumé - Infrastructures locales de paix en Guinée-Bissau: La contribution des Espaces régionaux de dialogue à la consolidation de la paix
Type: PDF Size: 352Kb Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Infrastructures locales de paix en Guinée-Bissau: La contribution des Espaces régionaux de dialogue à la consolidation de la paix
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
The contribution of Regional Spaces for Dialogue to Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau
Published: November 25, 2015
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Response to the evaluation of the Guinea-Bissau peacebuilding programme (2009-2010)
Type: PDF Size: 169Kb
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Evaluation of the Guinea-Bissau peacebuilding programme (2009-2010)
Type: PDF Size: 421Kb Published: June 29, 2011 Author: Anette Englert
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Roots of conflicts in Guinea-Bissau: The voice of the people
Type: PDF Size: 4Mb Published: August 20, 2010
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
As causas profundas de conflitos: A voz do povo
Type: PDF Size: 12Mb Published: August 20, 2010
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
2008 Interpeace Partners Forum: Peacebuilding and statebuilding
Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Somali Region
Nov, 2008
2008 Interpeace Partners Forum: Peacebuilding and statebuilding
Type: PDF Size: 184Kb Published: November 12, 2008
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Évaluation du programme de consolidation de la paix en Guinée-Bissau (2007-2008)
Type: PDF Size: 1Mb Published: October 22, 2008 Author: Filinto Vaz Martins
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
Human (in)security and cities
Guatemala, West Africa, Eastern and Central Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Burundi, Somali Region, Latin America
Jun, 2006
Human (in)security and cities
Type: PDF Size: 206Kb Published: June 15, 2006 Author: Koenraad Van Brabant
For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative impact on the country’s society at large, as well as on international support to civil society, inhibiting sustainable peacebuilding and development. [...]
