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We are all under siege. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, urgent action is needed to challenge the governments who are exploiting it for their own ends, and to address the dangers confronting the world’s most vulnerable people.
3 April 2020
With the world increasingly in lockdown and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) dominating headlines and disrupting lives for the foreseeable future, Saferworld stands in solidarity with people and communities affected by violent conflict and instability as they face yet further challenges to their health, security and prospects for peace.
1 April 2020
In February, Saferworld held an interactive training workshop in Penang for freight-forwarding agents, who are on the front line when it comes to facilitating the international movement of strategic trade goods.
1 April 2020
Community leader Sebit Khamis Marjan - who is blind - is helping communities bring peace to South Sudan’s second-biggest city, as well as championing rights for people with disabilities. “I may not ‘see’ all of you and your problems, but I have the vision to resolve them.”
30 March 2020
Gender-based violence, including domestic and intimate partner violence, is rarely discussed in traditional and patriarchal communities in Kyrgyzstan. Baatyrzhan Giazov is an imam who has been working with his community in Osh to change this.
19 March 2020
Over the past decade, civil society has had a diminishing role in addressing security issues in Tajikistan. Given its close relationship with the people and ability to help with government reforms, this is cause for concern, writes Olimjon Bakhtaliev.
17 March 2020
Louisa Waugh and Bilal Sukkar explored why the EU should demonstrate leadership, as opposed to using coercive tactics, in addressing the conflict in Syria.
16 March 2020
New research by Saferworld explores how displacement caused by conflict has impacted South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda. Ilya Jones and Ramzy Magambo reflect upon the challenges that refugees and host communities face and how the roles of women and men have changed in response to the complexities of their new situations.
10 March 2020
To mark International Women's Day, we spoke to partners and communities in South Sudan, Yemen and Tajikistan to see how women are breaking down barriers, and supporting women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding.
8 March 2020