by admin_mikki | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog
By Mie Roesdahl, Conducive Space for Peace I recently met Gatwal Augustine Gatkuoth from South Sudan who works to empower youth in peacebuilding. In our talk about peacebuilding he told me that he and his youth organisation are spending a lot of time writing...
by admin_mikki | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog
By Alma Mirvic, Joint UN Regional Programme Coordinator, Bosnia Herzegovina. I came into the four-day workshop organized by the Conducive Space for Peace initiative with curiosity of mind, as part of a joint UN team. I walked away both with questions in my head and a...
by admin_mikki | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog
It was an intense end to an intense week. The young woman – she couldn’t have been more than 15 – looked at my colleague and I, and told us with a trembling voice, “I don’t understand why peace should be such a big deal. Peace should be natural, like air or water.” We...
by admin_mikki | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog
Alex Shoebridge Peace Advisor Oxfam Ibis There is a growing chorus calling for greater inclusivity and local ownership of peace and peacebuilding processes. The “choir” – so to speak – is a mix of both unexpected and expected actors, some who have...
by admin_mikki | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog
By Elise Ford Supporting people directly affected by conflict is often presented as a moral imperative: these are the actors that deserve our support. But local peacebuilders are much more than that. Local and national actors working at the frontlines of peace...
by Mie Roesdahl | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog
By Mie Roesdahl More than 2 billion people live in fragile and conflict affected states today. By 2030 it is likely that most of the world’s poor will live in fragile and conflict affected states. This forecast corresponds with the increasing number of conflicts the...
