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Earlier this year, we published a report which compared progress made to strengthen public participation in decision-making in two counties in Kenya – Isiolo and Makueni. In this blog, Elizabeth Atieno – the report's author – explains why community-led development is critical for peace in Kenya.
28 June 2023
Not only is peace the least-defined area of the triple humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus, but it is also the least well-funded. This stands in stark contrast to the aims of many organisations and institutions within the aid system to work effectively across the nexus, and the urgent need for an increased focus on peace and conflict prevention.
6 June 2023
A shared statement by peacebuilding organisations on International Day of Peace, 21 September 2021.
21 September 2021
Despite ongoing unrest and violence in many parts of Myanmar that have rightly grabbed international attention, as of 2019, limited positive trends towards a more accountable security and justice sector can be seen. Kim Joliffe, outlines three areas where steps can be taken to democratise the country’s security sector.
7 November 2019
Following a visit to Nepal’s Sunsari and Siraha districts, Ilya Jones outlines some of the accomplishments and challenges faced by partners and communities in their peacebuilding work.
23 March 2018
A recent trip to Nepal provided our Myanmar team with an opportunity to explore similarities and differences in the two countries’ peace processes and see first-hand the long-term effects of peacebuilding in communities.
1 February 2018
In Ukraine, service delivery and the interests of citizens have recently come into the spotlight as power begins to shift from the national to the local level. Ludmila Ceban, project officer at the Rule of Law Programme at the Folke Bernadotte Academy, explores service delivery from a rights-based perspective.
6 September 2017
The divide between the most and the least peaceful countries is increasing. In the last decade, many countries have reached historical levels of ‘peacefulness’, while at the same time other countries are ensnared in seemingly intractable conflict. Rising peace inequality has severe implications for the world as localised crises and conflicts spill beyond porous boundaries. Tackling it, and the injustices both driving and resulting from it, is paramount.
25 July 2017
How do discrepancies in access to and delivery of services affect men and women differently? How do gender and corruption interact? How could this feed into conflict? CDA Collaborative Learning Projects has been exploring these questions (see here and here) – and searching for answers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo).
5 June 2017
In this 15-minute podcast, Co-Founder of Global Witness Patrick Alley explains why corruption can be considered an injustice, and describes how it drives conflict.
3 April 2017