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Building peace rooted in gender equality: funding for autonomy

In this comment piece, we hear from women’s rights organisations in South Sudan and Yemen about why direct, long-term and flexible funding is essential.

Improving citizen–state relationships through community action in Somalia

As a five-year project to improve the relationships between communities and authorities in Somalia draws to a close, we explore the main changes we have seen.

‘The coffee is now ripe for harvesting’: Kenyan views on peace and conflict

We spoke to Kenyans across the country about how conflict affects their day-to-day lives, in an effort to understand the causes of conflict and its impacts, paving the way for peaceful and constructive dialogue between ethnic groups in the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 general elections.

Let us see what Peace can do

A shared statement by peacebuilding organizations on International Day of Peace, 21 September 2021.

The pursuit of ‘win-wins’ along the Belt and Road

As global complex crises abound, how can the US ensure its responses are sensitive to conflict?

A number of European donors have established conflict-focused global ‘helpdesks’ and country support facilities. The helpdesks produce tailored conflict analysis and guidance across many countries and themes while conflict-sensitivity facilities are focused on individual countries, serving as a resource for an entire national aid sector. As a major donor, is it time US agencies invested in a similar kind of support?

On South Sudan’s 10th Anniversary, NGOs call for sustained assistance and safe access for aid workers

As South Sudan marks its 10th anniversary, the world’s youngest nation faces severe challenges of food insecurity, violent conflict, and long-term humanitarian and development needs.

UK Working Group on Arms statement on the continuous conflict between Israel and Palestine

The UK Working Group on Arms welcomes the latest Israel-Gaza ceasefire, bringing temporary but essential relief to those under attack. However, we note that this does nothing to address the underlying causes of the conflict or to end it, and therefore call on the UK government to consider this broader context when setting arms export policy.

Joint statement: UN should ensure independent oversight of UN Counter-Terrorism architecture

Joint statement on the critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use a new UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures.