News and Insight

Despite the fact that landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is soon going to celebrate its twentieth anniversary, the number of women who lead or participate in high-level peace mediation processes remains disappointing.

Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) has signed a partnership contract to work with Pierre Yves Monette and Antje Herrberg to support ECOWAS in the prevention of electoral violence through training on mediation and facilitation within electoral contexts.

Imagine Peace is a new portrait exhibition that celebrates Colombian women of the diaspora living in the UK and Spain. The exhibition will take place at the London College of Communication studio in the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre from 6-8 July 2018.

Taliban leaders, Afghan government representatives, and national and international experts have contributed to a new Accord publication, examining the prospects for peace in the country and how this could be achieved.

A radical new approach is needed in Afghanistan to build peace step-by-step. In this film, Accord editors Anna Larson and Alexander Ramsbotham, and Accord adviser Michael Semple, discuss what you can expect from the publication.

We are deeply saddened to hear about the sudden passing of long-term partner and friend Shujaat Bukhari. Our sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

This week, Rev. Peter Price steps down as the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Conciliation Resources. We spoke to him about his time as Chair of Conciliation Resources, and what he thinks makes for peace.

Marina Elbakidze is Project Coordinator at the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD). She talks about the importance of peacebuilding partnerships in the Georgian-Abkhaz context.

Inclusive societies are more resilient and less prone to violent conflict, and achieving greater inclusion is a widely accepted peacebuilding goal. What’s less obvious however, is the journey people in less equal and inclusive societies need to take to get there.

On May 2 the Basque organisation ETA publicly announced its dissolution, 50 years after claiming its first victim. During its lifespan the organisation has left a bloody trail of more than 800 killings. Throughout the past few years, Conciliation Resources has been supporting the Social Forum and other civil society organisations in working to end the armed struggle.