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The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) is a national body that provides budgetary support to young researchers, aiming to build research capacity in Thailand.
In the Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla provinces of South Thailand, the TRF runs a programme called ‘Alternative Activity Research’ (AAR). This programme aims to support women and children who have been affected by [...]
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Thailand Research Fund – Alternative Activity Research (AAR)
Women of Liberia Peace Network (WOLPNET)
The Women of Liberia Peace Network (WOLPNET) was founded in June 2003 in Accra, Ghana, during peace talks on the conflict in Liberia. At that time Liberia faced a grim future as the various warring factions adopted belligerent positions that threatened further fighting. The Liberian refugee women in the Buduburam camp, near Accra, having suffering [...]
Athwaas
Athwaas is an alliance of women in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh, facilitated by the WISCOMP organisation. Athwass has set up Samanbals– centres for women of all communities, ages and backgrounds to meet and share their concerns whilst learning income generating skills. With several Samanbals now in operation they have become a powerful network for promoting [...]
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
RDF aims to improve the social and economic situation of people in underdeveloped areas of rural Sri Lanka. Their organisational objectives focus on instilling mutual understanding among different ethnic groups and promoting the ethics necessary for a harmonious life in a multi-cultural environment. They try to achieve this through educational programs, involvement in reconciliation activities, [...]
Jaffna Social Action Centre (JASC)
Working mainly women and children, often in displaced communities, JASC provide vocational training, housing, and assistance. JASC recognise the importance of joint programmes between displaced and host communities in preventing conflict, and focus on developing cross community links that reach across ethnic stereotypes and divisions.
Vocational Training for Women Affected by War
Working in collaboration with the [...]
Power Foundation
Power Foundation mainly works at a grassroots level amongst the tea plantation workers in central Sri Lanka. It acts to promote awareness of gender equality, to ease ethnic conflict, and to conduct peace building-building activities between the plantation workers and neighbouring villages.
They conduct ‘cultural sharing’ programs and educational programs to promote ethnic cooperation between [...]
Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation is devoted to peacebuilding and reconciliation in Ireland, North and South, Great Britain and beyond. The organisation’s programmes build peace and foster reconciliation by facilitating dialogues, creating peace education resources, and much more. Glencree offer a safe and neutral space, extensive facilities and the support of its membership, [...]
WAVE Trauma Centre
WAVE was founded to support people bereaved of a spouse as a result of the violence in Northern Ireland. It was expanded later to incorporate the needs of young people and children and anyone traumatised through the violence of the ‘Troubles’. WAVE advocates ways of resolving difference other than through the use of physical force, [...]
Women’s Association AYA (AZZA)
AZZA recognises women and young people are often the main victims of the conflict in Sudan. The young are easily persuaded into becoming involved in the conflict, whilst women see their husbands and sons lost in the fighting and have a strong desire to see an end to the violence. AZZA provides training to both [...]
Babiker Badri (Scientific Association for Women’s Studies)
Babiker Badri works to empower Sudanese women, promoting greater equality and participation in community life. It also challenges the practice of female genital mutilation, encourages women to act as advocates for gender equality and helps women pursue income-generating activities. Enjoying a particularly good reputation as the oldest women’s training association in Sudan, Babiker Badari operates [...]
