Systematization and proposal of a comprehensive rehabilitation model

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This report systematizes the results collected during the project "Technical training for young people in prison" implemented at “El Boquerón” by Interpeace and the International Youth Initiative with the financial support of the Málaga City Council. [...]

Re-conceptualization of violence in the Northern Triangle

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The Heinrich Böll Foundation has formed the Network of Civil Society Organizations of the Northern Triangle of Central America, as a space for analysis, reflection and contribution among organizations in Guatemala, Hondur [...]

Favoring technical training in “Boquerón” detention center in Guatemala

The “Boquerón” detention center is located in the district of Santa Rosa in Guatemala, less than an hour away from the capital. In 2015, Interpeace’s Regional Office for Latin America, began to impl [...]

Frameworks for Assessing Resilience in Guatemala

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Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) is a programme initiated by Interpeace, implemented between 2014 and 2016 with local partners in Guatemala [...]

Announcing a new edition of the Journal of Peacebuilding

The latest edition of the Journal of Peacebuilding is out and freely available online. This special issue, produced by the Interpeace Regional Office in Latin America[...]

Four perspectives on resilience in Guatemala

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This section presents a series of conversations with members of the national group on the contribution of a resilience approach and the perspectives for transformation that the group has identified over the past months. [...]

Resilience in the face of the institutional crisis of the political system

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This document takes stock of the Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) programme in Guatemala. It looks at resilience in light of the current political situation in Guatemala. [...]

Guatemala

Insecurity and violence, socio-environmental conflicts, and the institutional fragility of the state are some of the manifestations of the structural conflicts in Guatemala. Trust between the different actors and sectors that make up society has broken down. T [...]

Resumen de los resultados del foro ‘Qué hemos hecho y hacia donde vamos?

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This resumé presents the results of the forum 'What have we done and where are we heading?' held in Guatemala on 16 July 2015. This event presented a good occasion to share experiences on different actions and societal capacities to face the current political [...]

Resiliencia y construcción de paz – Marcos de análisis para la resiliencia en Guatemala

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This document is the Spanish version of the FAR Country Note for Guatemala. [...]

Executive Summary – FAR Country Note Guatemala

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The Executive Summary summarizes the findings from the consultation phase of the Frameworks for Assessing Resilience project in Guatemala. The results document the resilience of Guatemalans in the face of threats to peace. [...]

Resumen Ejecutivo – FAR Documento de sistematización de la fase de consulta en Guatemala

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The Executive Summary summarizes the findings from the consultation phase of the Frameworks for Assessing Resilience project in Guatemala. The results document the resilience of Guatemalans in the face of threats to peace. [...]

Resilience and peacebuilding in Guatemala

Interpeace's past 20 years of peacebuilding efforts have shown that, in order to transform conflict, it is necessary not only to identify its causes and triggers, but also to strengthen existing capacities to address conflict in societies. Identifying these so [...]

Notes on the army, security and peacebuilding in Central America

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In the opening article of the second edition of the 20th Anniversary Journal, Francisco Jiménez Irungaray examines the role of the army in Guatemala, and Central America in general, and its relationship with the people. [...]

A conversation with Edelberto Torres Rivas on the 20th anniversary of Interpeace

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Interpeace interviewed Edelberto Torres Rivas, a renowned sociologist. Rivas was also the Director of the Interpeace project in 1997 (at that time the War-torn Societies Project) in order to gauge the progress of social reconstruction. Rivas discusses how Inte [...]

20th Anniversary Journal No. 1

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No. 1/January-March 2014 This is the first edition of Interpeace's Anniversary Journal produced and published by Interpeace's Latin America Office. It features a conversation with Edelberto Torres Rivas, reflections on Interpeace's past experience in Centra [...]

Youth network established to improve regional communication

Thirty-five youths from Central America took part in a workshop hosted by Interpeace's Central American Youth Programme. The workshop, which was held in Copan Ruinas, Honduras, invited young people from Interpeace's network across the region. This included par [...]

Violentas y violentadas

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The Interpeace Regional Office for Central America released the report Violent and Abused as the culmination of a study that examines the experiences with violence and subordination that are common to women who are both members of gangs and who are as [...]