by admin_mikki | Dec 19, 2019 | Blog
Scattered fruit trees and flowers are struggling in the heat of the beginning dry season of Montes de Maria as we walk on the narrow path to the house of Narciso and Manuela. This region of Montes de Maria was one of the hardest hit by violence in the end of the 90s....
by admin_mikki | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog
On April 24th and 25th 2019, Conducive Space for Peace (CSP), in collaboration with Humanity United, hosted a two-day meeting in New York. The meeting brought together 35 thought and practice leaders from local and international peacebuilding organisations, UN...
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...
