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Based in the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, the International Resource Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IRC) project aims to create an interactive learning zone to allow students, researchers, academia, media, community members and policy makers to develop an awareness and interest in international issues, particularly those related to peace and conflict resolution. The [...]
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BARGAD
BARGAD was established in 1997 by a group of students from Lahore with the aim of youth development in Pakistan. The organisation engages with young people across the country in colleges and universities, both secular and those affiliated with religious seminaries. BARGAD works at the grassroots level with the support of over 800 volunteers throughout [...]
Protected: Israel & The Occupied Palestinian Territories – Conflict Resources
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Conflict Timeline
1820: Freed slaves are repatriated from the United States and settle in Liberia. 1847: Liberia becomes a Republic. 1951: The right to vote is extended to women and some property-owning indigenous people. 1971: President William Tubman dies and is succeeded by vice president William Tolbert. 1980: Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, a member of the indigenous Krahn group, [...]
Conflict Profile
Founded by free-born and former black slaves from America and the Caribbean, Liberia was the first ex-colony in Africa to gain independence, becoming a republic based on the US model in 1847. For much of it’s early history, Liberia was dominated by Amerio-Liberians – descendents of the original colonists – despite comprising of only around 5% [...]
Academic Discussion on the Deep South Conflict
The conflict in Thailand’s Deep South has now lasted over 5 years, and continues to see daily, worsening violence. The question many people are asking is has government policy so far been correct – particularly in sending the army to deal with the problem? Academics in Thailand are beginning to ask this question & in [...]
Life in a border village
In October 2009, Ashima Kaul, Local Correspondent for Kashmir and a peacebuilder with the Athwaas organisation, visited Jammu and Kashmir, accompanied by Tom Gillhespy of Peace Direct. On her trip she made a visit to a school, where she was able to get the views of the children and staff on the conflict in Kashmir. [...]
Protected: Harsha photos
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Liberia
Liberia was Africa’s first Republic and is currently ruled by the continent’s first female president; sadly however it is now probably best known for a long-running and brutal conflict that ran for most of the period 1989-2003 (this is sometimes broken into two Civil Wars, 1989-96 and 1999-2003). The role of diamonds in fuelling the [...]
Work for Us
Research on local peacebuilding for Insight on Conflict is carried out by Local Correspondents – people living in regions affected by conflict who are able to report in fair-minded way on the work of local peacebuilders. Local Correspondents have a variety of different backgrounds, but all have contacts within the NGO or peacebuilding sector, and [...]
