News and Insight

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March 2017
Conciliation Resources’ partners, Atia Anwar and Ezabir Ali are working independently on either side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir with women affected by the on-going conflict.
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March 2017
Mohammed Arif Urfi is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker based in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir. He often works along the Line of Control (LoC), reporting on events taking place there.
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March 2017
Shafat Ahmed works to develop the peacebuilding skills and awareness of communities across the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladkh on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir.
March 2017
In 2017, the theme of The Commonwealth is 'a peacebuilding Commonwealth'. Conciliation Resources supports peacebuilding across the Commonwealth by hosting Commonwealth Fellows - mid-career professionals from other Commonwealth countries.
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March 2017
Ezabir Ali works with women across the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir.
March 2017
After nearly 60 years of conflict, the Basque separatist group ETA has announced its decision to lay down its weapons by April 8. Our Colombia Programme Director Kristian Herbolzheimer has been discussing the role of civil society in disarmament in the Basque Country with Al Jazeera English
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March 2017

Waqas Ali Kausar works with youth across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan on the Pakistan-administered side of Kashmir.

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March 2017
Ershad Mahmud is Executive Director of the Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR), which, among other things, works with Conciliation Resources to develop conflict sensitive tourism.
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March 2017
Shaheen Akhtar is from the Pakistan-administered side of Kashmir. She is involved in discussions around intra-Kashmir trade and women, is part of the Kashmir Initiative Group.
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March 2017
Fayaz Ahmad Dar works with young people on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir. He has conducted research and produced reports on the needs and aspirations of around 3,000 youth in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh.
February 2017
Insight

Presentation by Dr Antje Herrberg, mediatEUr, at the International High Level Conference "Mediation: Possibilities and Limits, Recent Experiences in the Pursuit of Peace" hosted by Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Didier Reynders.

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February 2017

Conciliation Resources vient de lancer un nouveau projet en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) dont le but est de renforcer la participation des jeunes à la prévention des conflits dans des régions touchées par l’Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA).