News
Oct 2011
The conflict with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continues to cause destruction, displacement, death and distress for civilians and communities across four countries in central Africa. The policy brief resulting from the People’s Peacemaking Perspectives project research highlights an overwhelming desire among affected communities for a peacemaking solution based on civilian protection and engagement with the LRA.
Sep 2011
Partners from the regions of Jammu and Kashmir, and the South Caucasus are currently in the UK to exchange their wealth of experience of living and working in these areas. Ershad Mahmood and Fayaz Ahmad Dar join us on Commonwealth Scholarships. Their visit coincides with strategic planning workshops in London for a range of partners affected by the Georgian–Abkhaz conflict, who have been sharing ideas with the Kashmiri partners on youth engagement in peacebuilding.
Sep 2011
This September Conciliation Resources and our Fiji-based partners the Citizens’ Constitutional Forum (CCF) are in Auckland, New Zealand for the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting. CCF are making the case for its members to show their commitment to regional peace and security by pushing for peoples’ participation in dialogue across conflict divides and internal reform processes.
Aug 2011
In August we held a four-day workshop to enhance the capacity of community-based and civil society organisations that focus on cross-border issues in the Mano River Union region. The purpose of the training, which explored participatory active research, was to identify a series of indicators to ‘nip potential conflict in the bud’ before it escalates. The event took place in Monrovia, Liberia, with representatives who work in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone meeting together to share their experiences.
Jul 2011
In Tbilisi, together with staff from the Caucasus Research Resource Centers, this July we launched a survey of people's attitudes towards internal displacement. By taking part in the survey, Georgians who were displaced from their homes by the 1992–93 war in Abkhazia had the opportunity to express their views on conflict, return and justice. The results provide some important new insights into an often overlooked community.
Jul 2011
July saw a key meeting in Entebbe of cultural and religious leaders from the four countries affected by the presence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). As a result of the two-day discussions, organised by Conciliation Resources, the leaders, as well as being better informed about the reality in each state, produced a plan of action to take back to their communities.
Jun 2011
The views of local people living on either side of the River Nistru are reflected in a new report and briefing paper on the Transnistria conflict, produced by Saferworld as part of the People's Peacebuilding Perspectives (PPP) project. The findings were generated from consultations which, for the first time, brought together separate representative groups on either side of the divide.
Jun 2011
Conciliation Resources was one of six civil society organisations that took part in the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Monrovia, Liberia in June. We took the opportunity to emphasize that participatory and inclusive political dialogue and planning should run through the objectives being developed.
Mar 2011
In 2000 the UN adopted Resolution 1325 which called for greater inclusion and decision-making roles for women within peace processes. More than ten years on, actual implementation of 1325 remains patchy. Conciliation Resources is working to build women’s capacity to participate fully and equally in future peace processes.
