Archive: November, 2010

Commentary Gender, Conflict and the Millennium Development Goals

In 2000, two separate policy frameworks were launched: the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and UN Security Council resolution 1325, which calls for increased participation of women in peacebuilding. Ten years on,  progress on both remains far from what was hoped for. Furthermore there are insufficient links between the security and development agendas, according to a new [...] Read more >>>

Interview The Peacebuilding Podcast: Stephen Oola on Ugandan Elections

In the second episode of The Peacebuilding Podcast, local correspondent for Uganda, Stepehn Oola, talks about the upcoming elections. In 48 years of independence Uganda has yet to have a peaceful, democratic transfer of power. Stephen describes the fears of violence, the impact of the LRA, and the role civil society is playing to ensure a peaceful, free, and fair election period in 2011. Read more >>>

Insight on Conflict Newsletter October 2010

Learning to Build Sustainable Peace: Ownership and Everyday Peacebuilding; Civil Society in Darfur: The Missing Peace; Role for Local Justice in Darfur?; DR Congo: Managing the Transition; Peacebuilding in Liberia and the Case for a Perspective from Below; The Trouble With the Congo – Interview with Séverine Autesserre Read more >>>