Oluwaseun Famoofo describes the grassroots efforts of women peacebuilders in Nigeria, who face barriers to participating in formal governance and peacemaking mechanisms. Women suffer...
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Zimbabwe + 2 more
2020 Impact Report: Prepared for the People's Postcode Lottery
Foreword The last twelve months have been challenging for our team and our partners. A global pandemic, calls for racial justice, and rising levels of violence and unrest in Mali, Lebanon, Ethiopia...
Civil Society Letter to Congress on Yemen (04 Dec 2020)
In this letter, NRC and 29 organisations call on the United States Congress to speak out unequivocally on the humanitarian consequences for Yemen if plans to designate Ansar Allah as a terrorist...
Mali’s security context exacerbated by COVID-19
10 September 2020: Mali was one of the last countries in Africa to record an outbreak of coronavirus, however the impact of the pandemic on the country is now widespread, and tensions are mounting...
Le contexte sécuritaire malien exacerbé par COVID-19
10 Septembre 2020: Le Mali a été l'un des derniers pays d'Afrique à enregistrer une épidémie de coronavirus, mais l'impact de la pandémie sur le pays est désormais généralisé et les tensions...
COVID-19 has drastically hit civilians and civil society in Syria
18 August 2020: In this article, our local peacebuilding expert* from Syria reflects on how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Syria’s protracted civil war, and how local peacebuilders are...
When civil society responds: COVID-19 in Ukraine
16 July 2020: In this article, local peacebuilding expert in Ukraine, Olga Dolinina reflects on the impact of COVID-19 for peacebuilders, along with the opportunities brought about by a pandemic. ...
Joint statement by 59 Nongovernmental Organizations on the announcement of a temporary ceasefire in Yemen
Over five years of brutal war in Yemen have left millions of Yemenis weakened by malnutrition and disease, and decimated Yemen’s health system. The imminent threat of COVID-19 will exacerbate an...
COVID-19 and the impact on local peacebuilding
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic grows, our focus remains on how we can continue to support communities breaking through cycles of violent conflict. Recently, we convened more than 450...
Coping with trans-generational trauma: a key feature of peacebuilding work in Rwanda
Within a 100-day span in the spring and summer of 1994 the Rwandan genocide claimed the lives of an estimated 500,000-1,000,000 Tutsis and their sympathisers. A generation has since past yet...
Invisible scars? Mental health provision in Sierra Leone
by Abdul Brima 08 December 2017: Sierra Leone is amongst the poorest countries in the world with alarming cases of mental health problems, worsened by events like the recent devastating floods. With...
The legacy of Ebola in Sierra Leone - a country at risk?
21 July 2017: The 2014 outbreak of Ebola – the worst in history – saw almost 4,000 people killed in Sierra Leone. Those who survived now face medical complications while being shunned by their...
Peacewatch: Yemen, April 2017
03 April 2017: Peace Direct’s Local Peacebuilding Expert in Yemen spoke to local peace workers for an update on he conflict in their country. There is a group of extraordinary young men and women in...
Peacewatch: Yemen, February 2017
31 January 2017: Today, Peace Direct launches a new strand of its work researching and engaging with local peacebuilders. The first in an original series of reports focuses on Yemen. Today, Peace...
Jordan + 1 more
Rebuilding youth: the value of going local in Jordan
June 1 2016: As Syrian refugees continue to stretch Jordan’s resources, local peacebuilding organisations are filling a crucial gap. Jared Wright reports from a recent trip to Jordan. Tucked away in...
How a local peacebuilding network helped stop the spread of Ebola in Liberia
October 5 2015: Liberian civil society played a crucial role in getting the Ebola outbreak under control. Peace Direct’s Local Correspondent for Liberia, Nat Walker, reports on the work of the...
Nigeria + 1 more
What future for children born of war?
June 17 2015: Children born of war face social stigmatisation and other problems as they grow up. Virginie Ladisch explores the consequences of this - and how it can be tackled - in Nigeria, Uganda...
Iraq’s continuing struggle with conflict pollution
March 12 2015: While Iraq is still recovering from the environmental impact of both Gulf wars, it now faces new environmental problems caused by the current conflict against the Islamic State. Since...
Community based sociotherapy in Rwanda: healing a post-violent conflict society
Jean de Dieu Basabose, Insight on Conflict's Local Correspondent for Rwanda, looks at how "community based sociotherapy" is being used to heal the wounds of the past and build social cohesion in...
Beyond the silence of guns and bombs
July 14 2014: Charles Kwuelum looks into the need for the Nigerian government to have an extensive, coordinated approach to sustainable peace, and how this can be achieved. The emergence of...