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Peace negotiations in Colombia: is an end to the conflict possible?
With government and rebels sitting around the negotiating table, and a growing mass movement calling for peace, what are the prospects for peace in Colombia? Read more »
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Commentary: Stay local or scale-up – a false dichotomy?
Bonnie Koenig argues that development projects can be both locally-led and scale up, and the development community do away with outmoded ideas of who should be playing what role and how those roles will be played. Read more »
Listening to local leaders: Just more data points?
Jennifer Lentfer, from how-matters.org, argues that listening to local leaders is important not because it yields more data, but because it is the right thing to do. Read more »
Commentary: Why is sexual violence so common in war?
Kirthi Jayakumar explores why sexual violence is so common during war, arguing that rape and sexual violence in conflict is not about sex or lust, but about dominance. Read more »
From the field: Mind the gender justice gap
Dan Killian, Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor for USAID’s Rule of Law Stabilisation Programme – Informal Component (RLS-I), looks at how the project is strengthening women’s rights and access to justice in Afghanistan. Read more »
From the field: The story of a peacemaker
Haruna Ndema is the Prime Minister of the Lugbwara Chiefdom (Kari) in West Nile, Uganda. From 2006-2008 Mr Ndema participated at the Juba Peace Talks as part of Lord’s Resistance Army delegation. Recently, Stephen Oola, Insight on Conflict’s Local Correspondent for Uganda, spoke with Haruna Ndema about the talks, and what led him to be part of the LRA delegation. Read more »
Commentary: The effects of conflict are felt hardest by women and children
Tadzie Madzima-Bosha argues that women and children are often the worst affected by conflict. Therefore it is vital that women play a central role in peace processes and post-conflict reconstruction. Read more »
Commentary: Transitional Justice Strategy for Bosnia and Herzegovina: an overview
Dr Goran Šimić looks at the proposed Transitional Justice Strategy for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The strategy is a comprehensive framework for dealing with the legacy of human rights violations and war crimes, to build the foundations of a peaceful future. Read more »
Commentary: Learning from our leaders: when conflict breeds conflict
The history of violence and issues of political suppression are well known in Zimbabwe. This article asks whether these issues are magnified through a process of emulation by the people. Read more »
Insight on Conflict Newsletter: May 2013
A monthly selection of the best new research and resources on local peacebuilding worldwide, as chosen by Insight on Conflict. This month’s edition features articles on informal justice in Afghanistan, technology for peacebuilding and more. Sign up here to receive the newsletter by email each month. Read more »
From the field: Peace negotiations in Colombia: is an end to the conflict possible?
Fabio Andres Diaz, a Colombian peace researcher, examines the prospects for peace in Colombia with the government and the leading rebel group, the FARC, sitting around the negotiating table, and a growing mass movement calling for peace. Read more »