News and Insight

Our staff and partners draw on decades of experience, understanding and analysis to make peace possible. As well as news, see their latest thoughtful insights covering violent conflict, peacebuilding, and global events.

March 2018
News

A pesar de que las mujeres indígenas se vieron seriamente afectadas por el conflicto en Colombia, sus voces no siempre son escuchadas. Durante todo el año pasado, Conciliation Resources trabajó mancomunadamente con su socio colombiano CIASE para establecer y apoyar una red de mujeres indígenas capaces de desempeñar un papel fundamental en el proceso de paz del país.

March 2018
Story

Julienne Mouala first learnt about child psychology when she started working as a young teacher at a school in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). Now she helps young people affected by the conflict.

March 2018
News

Conciliation Resources will be welcoming mediation support experts from more than 20 organisation from around the globe to London from 5 March, for the annual meeting of the Mediation Support Network (MSN).

March 2018
News
In light of the revelations about abuse and exploitation within aid and development, Conciliation Resources welcomes the increased attention on this important issue. We also support the International Development Secretary in her drive to improve safeguarding across the sector.
March 2018
Insight
Conflict analysis is all about deepening one’s understanding of a conflict and the broader context in which it is situated. Good conflict analysis is sensitive to relations of power – including gender.
March 2018
News

Despite being disproportionately affected by the conflict in Colombia, the voices of indigenous women are often not heard. Over the past year, alongside our Colombian partner CIASE, Conciliation Resources has been working to establish and support a network of indigenous women to play a fundamental role in the country’s peace process.

February 2018
News
Over the past three decades, an estimated 8,000 men have disappeared but are not yet declared deceased in the Jammu and Kashmir region as a result of the conflict.
February 2018
In the last ten years, around 7,600 people have been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army. Our partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo are helping those returning from captivity to reconnect with their communities and lead local peacebuilding initiatives.
February 2018
News
A three-day meeting of representatives of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Jammu, Kashmir and Azad Jammu & Kashmir; and prominent business leaders, Line of Control (LoC) traders and women entrepreneurs from the regions was convened by Conciliation Resources in Bangkok from 25 - 27 January. This meeting built on previous meetings that have been convened in the past.
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February 2018

Francine a passé 5 ans en captivité aux mains de l’Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA) dans le nord-est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC).

February 2018
News
Conciliation Resources welcomed partners from across our global programmes to London in February for a three-day workshop to discuss the way we, and other peacebuilding organisations, understand and practice partnerships.
February 2018
Insight
Last week the Colombian government announced it is suspending peace talks with the country’s second largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said talks were suspended because of a ‘lack of coherence on the part of the ELN between its words and actions’ after attacks were carried out by the group in the north of the country.