Desirée Nilsson

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Desirée Nilsson

Desirée Nilsson is Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. She has published articles on civil society actors in peace processes, power sharing, multiple parties in conflict termination and spoiler management. Her empirical work examines global data and also focuses specifically on the Liberian peace process. 

Yasmin Busran-Lao

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Yasmin Busran-Lao

Yasmin Busran-Lao is a peace and civil society advocate who has co-founded Muslim women’s rights and development organisations in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines. A recipient of the 2005 Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Fellowship Award for Public Service, Yasmin was a key member of the Government Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. 

Rosa Emilia Salamanca

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Rosa Emilia Salamanca

Rosa Emilia Salamanca is Executive Director of Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica (CIASE) in Colombia, a member of the Women, Peace and Security Collective for Reflection and Action, which calls for a transformation towards a more peaceful Colombian society. Rosa Emilia also participates in Coalicion 1325, which advocates for a Colombian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

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Kevin Clements

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Kevin Clements

Professor Kevin Clements is Foundation Chair and Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He is an academic and peacebuilding practitioner and has headed a range of academic and practice organisations focused on peace and conflict issues.

Protecting civilians from LRA abductions

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has abducted over 3,400 Congolese people since 2008. In response to this, Conciliation Resources and 58 other civil society groups have sent a joint letter to the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC with recommendations on how peacekeepers in LRA-affected zones can better protect civilians.

Recommendations: Protecting civilians from LRA abductions

Joint letter to MONUSCO
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has abducted over 3,400 Congolese civilians since 2008. In February 2014 alone the LRA abducted 35 people in Haut Uele district of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Orientale Province. In response to this enduring violence, Conciliation Resources and 58 other civil society groups have sent a joint letter to the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). The letter provides concrete recommendations on how peacekeepers deployed in LRA-affected zones can better protect civilians.

Gender, violence and peace: a post-2015 development agenda

In this paper, Conciliation Resources and Saferworld set out a vision for including gender, violence and peace in the post-2015 framework. A gender, violence and peace approach to post-2015 includes but also goes beyond a focus on women’s empowerment. Inter alia, it means paying attention to the links between gender and violence and prioritising inclusive decision-making. Building on our previous recommendations for including peacebuilding commitments in the post-2015 development agenda, we suggest targets and indicators that illustrate how gender, violence and peace issues can best be integrated into the framework.
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