Trust Matters
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Interpeace’s 2018 Annual Report, “Trust Matters” illustrates how we are working to foster and promote trust in conflict-affected regions of the world. From supporting statebuilding processes for over two decades in the Somali Region, to fostering trust and collaboration between the security sector and the population in Mali; and from strengthening the participation of women [...]
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July 4, 2019
Enfants talibĂ©s et Ecoles coraniques en CĂ´te d’Ivoire : Enjeux et perspectives
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« Les écoles coraniques traditionnelles ou dougouman kalan (écoles « natte par terre ») se distinguent fortement des trois autres types de structures islamiques d’éducation observées en Côte d’Ivoire. L’une des principales différences repose sur le fait que l’enseignement y est exclusivement basé sur et tourné vers le Coran. De fait, ces écoles semblent répondre à [...]
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May 30, 2019
« Chez nous, (…) c’est nous, d’abord, ensuite les autres s’alignent ». Risques et Opportunités perçus pour la cohésion sociale et Gouvernance locale dans la Région du Haut-Sassandra.
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Cette recherche participative analyse le contexte socio-économique, sécuritaire et politique du Haut-Sassandra (Côte d’ivoire) ainsi que les risques et opportunités perçus pour la cohésion sociale et la gouvernance locale dans la région. Menée pour l’Agence Japonaise de Coopération Internationale (JICA) en vue d’instruire la phase II de son projet de « Développement de Ressources Humaines [...]
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May 16, 2019
Two Sides of the Same Coin? Achieving Peace and Stability Through Better Collaboration Between Military and Security Actors and Peacebuilders
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Read the session report for panel event: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Achieving Peace and Stability Through Better Collaboration Between Military and Security Actors and Peacebuilders. The event took place on 15 May, 2019 at the 2019 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development. Panellists included: Mr David H. Young – Stabilization and Elections Team [...]
Healing Trauma and Building Trust and Tolerance in Rwanda
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Interpeace Peacebuilding in Practice – Paper N. 4 Lessons learned from Peacebuilding Approaches to Psychosocial Support Group Healing in Rwanda 25 years after the Genocide against the Tutsi, trauma healing remains a pressing public health issue in Rwanda. In 2015, a research study conducted by Interpeace and Never Again Rwanda (NAR) showed that many Rwandans [...]
Guatemala: For Memory, Against Impunity
Published: March 18, 2019
Interview via Skype with Guatemala’s first female Attorney General, Claudia Paz y Paz, begins in minute 2:36. Panel event “Guatemala: For Memory, Against Impunity,” presented at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) on March 17, 2019.  The event was co-hosted by Interpeace, the World Organization Against Torture, Casa Allianza, the [...]
South Sudan: World’s Youngest Nation at the Crossroads to Peace
Published: March 14, 2019
Event held at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), co-hosted by Interpeace: “South Sudan: World’s Youngest Nation at the Crossroads to Peace”. The panelists were: Forest Whitaker – Actor, Director and Founder of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) and Magdalena Nandege – Peacebuilding activist in South Sudan, Member [...]
Mediation – Understanding through information and dialogue
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How can the media make the voices of young people heard and create dialogue between generations, to contribute to more peaceful societies? This is the subject of the second issue of “Mediation”, Fondation Hirondelle‘s biannual publication. The publication includes an interview with Graeme Simpson, Director of Interpeace USA and lead author of “The Missing Peace” [...]
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November 22, 2018
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November 22, 2018
The Enemy: a virtual helmet that reveals the human faces of fighters
Published: November 15, 2018
Interpeace and the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), were pleased to present in the context of the Geneva Peace Week, the virtual reality project The Enemy by Karim Ben Khelifa. The Enemy is a collective immersive experience that offers an innovative and human perspective on the realities of war and transports viewers face-to-face with [...]
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November 13, 2018
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November 6, 2018
Challenging the Conventional: Making Post-Violence Reconciliation Succeed
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Reconciliation is a deeply complex process, which has gained increasing prominence on the agenda of post-violence peacebuilding. Yet reconciliation remains a contested and highly context-specific notion. In fact, there is considerable debate among scholars, experts and practitioners on the concept and practice of reconciliation, and how to best assess the achievements or limitations of reconciliation [...]
Fala di Mindjer – The voices of women
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“Beyond social pressure and institutional barriers: the role of women in decision-making spheres in Guinea-Bissau.” This report is the result of a participatory research conducted by Voz di Paz and Interpeace, with the support of the Gender Promotion Initiative of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. The participative and inclusive approach of the research offers new perspectives on [...]
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October 11, 2018
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October 10, 2018
Think globally, lead locally – the right partnerships for conflict prevention
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and Interpeace co-hosted a high-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2018 – Think globally, lead locally: the right partnerships for conflict prevention. This high-level side event provided new and innovative perspectives of UN Member States, civil [...]