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As we mark ten years since the Arms Trade Treaty entered into force, Roy Isbister and Elizabeth Kirkham from Saferworld’s Arms Unit tell us about their experience of working on the global treaty to regulate the international arms trade.
12 December 2024
This animation explores the work of four Yemeni-led civil society hubs, and their contribution to building sustainable peace.
4 December 2024
To mark the 24th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, we share some of the incredible work that women’s rights organisations are doing in Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, through the Resourcing Change project.
31 October 2024
In this podcast episode, Saferworld Global Partnerships Adviser Sara Torrelles speaks with Saferworld CEO Susana Klien about what it means to work in solidarity with partners as an international peacebuilding NGO (INGO). How can INGOs challenge unequal and extractive power dynamics? How can we uproot colonial structures? Would a radical rethinking of resource sharing accelerate positive change?
3 October 2024
With a new Labour government in power after the UK’s 2024 General Election, what does the future hold for the UK’s Integrated Security Fund (UK ISF)? As Lewis Brooks says in the episode, “If you want to understand UK security and conflict policy around the world, then you need to understand this fund”.
25 July 2024
With the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) set to withdraw and the al-Shabaab insurgency still posing a very real threat, how can the Somali security sector address some of the challenges facing the country and the wider region?
6 June 2024
With a general election on the horizon in 2024 and evolving security dynamics pulling policymakers and politicians in different directions, we spoke to two experts – Olivia O'Sullivan, the Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House, and Christine Cheng, senior lecturer in War Studies at King's College London – to hear their insights on UK security policy.
21 May 2024
With a general election on the horizon in 2024 and evolving security dynamics pulling policymakers and politicians in different directions, we spoke to two experts – Olivia O'Sullivan, the Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House, and Christine Cheng, senior lecturer in War Studies at King's College London – to hear their insights on UK security policy.
1 May 2024
In this episode, we explore the future of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping and the role of the African Union (AU) in peace operations with Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, David Haeri from the UN Department for Peace Operations, and Linda Darkwa, Senior Research Fellow at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana.
4 April 2024
In this episode, we explore the role of the European Union in the research, development and joint production of arms and military equipment with Hannah Neumann, a Member of the European Parliament who sits on the Security and Defence Committee and chairs the delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula, where the issue of arms exports is often debated.
28 February 2024