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The city of Baidoa in south-west Somalia has experienced significant instability and change over the last 30 years. We spoke to community members in Baidoa about their experiences and the work they are doing to rebuild a fractured society and create sustainable peace.
22 July 2020
In Gok-Machar, South Sudan, community action groups have bought young people, communities, and authorities together to address entrenched tensions, with positive results.
9 July 2020
Peacebuilding organisations are at the heart of the response to the COVID-19 in South Sudan. We spoke to our partners, Church and Development and the Organisation for Children’s Harmony, about how they are raising awareness of the pandemic and continuing to work with communities on safety and security concerns.
23 June 2020
We spoke with Muhammadnasim, a 20 year-old student and youth activist from Tajikistan, about how he is working to address some of the issues that young people face in his community.
7 May 2020
Basundhara Gaire, a mother and a women’s rights activist, works to support women in Nepal. She visits Dalit women and women of other minorities daily, and supports them to be self-dependent through education.
1 May 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
The creation of more administrative areas in many parts of South Sudan has led to unprecedented numbers of land disputes. After clashing over the ownership of a strategic cattle camp in Jonglei State, five clans from Ajuong community came together to resolve their dispute and move towards more understanding.
3 February 2020
From crime to youth leadership, young people in Mathare’s slum are turning their lives around and helping to build the foundations for a peaceful community.
2 January 2020
Ongoing conflict and inter-ethnic violence and tensions have left communities divided in Wau and other parts of South Sudan. By exchanging household goods and coming together to talk, women from both sides of the fractured city of Wau have set out to bring their communities back together.
21 September 2019