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National Dialogues at crossroads
This series analyses how to best integrate cross-cutting topics in the design of National Dialogues and how ... -
Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation
The Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation offers a continuously updated online publication platform ... -
Handbook Dialogues
Handbook Dialogues raise key critical issues which are then debated among scholars and practitioners from ... -
Nexus of peacemaking and constitution building
How does peacemaking, particularly that includes mediated peace negotiations, interface with constitution ... -
Inclusive Political Settlements
Several background, case study, comparative and policy-related publications were produced within the context ... -
Berghof Transitions Series
The Berghof Transitions Series was initiated in 2008, and originally included case studies produced for a ... -
Peace education resources
From classroom materials and curricula, to pedagogical theory, the Berghof Foundation develops resources to ... -
National Dialogue Handbook
Grounded in a series of contemporary case studies, this Handbook aims to contribute to the nascent debate ...
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Berghof Foundation Annual Report 2023Online year in review
Our 2023 annual report gives an overview of our work around the world during the year as well as insights into our finances and funding.
- Year2024
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The Burning QuestionClimate and conflict – why does it matter?
In his book, Andrew Gilmour explores how climate change contributes to conflict and undermines prospects for peace. He also examines how we can ensure that our efforts to address the climate crisis advance sustainable peace.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Andrew Gilmour
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الملاحظة والفعل:دور الحركات السياسية اليمنية في تنفيذ إطار عمل المرأة والسلام والأمن
قامت منظمة الكفاح من أجل الإنسانية ومؤسسة بيرغهوف، بدعم من وزارة الخارجية الألمانية، بالتعاون لإنجاز بحث عمل تشاركي في اليمن ضم ثلاث حركات أو كيانات سياسية رئيسية: حزب الإصلاح، والمجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي، وأنصار الله. وقد أجرى فريق من الباحثات المحليات، إلى جانب منسقة وطنية، هذا البحث لتحديد وفهم أفضل للعوامل التي تشجع هذه الحركات السياسية على تعزيز جهود التنفيذ لإطار المرأة والسلام والأمن وخاصة في مجالات حماية النساء والفتيات ومشاركتهن السياسية في حالات النزاع المسلح.
- Year2024
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Observe and ActThe role of Yemeni political movements in the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security framework
Together with Fight for Humanity and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, we initiated a participatory action research initiative in Yemen involving three key political movements or entities: The Islah Party (Al Islah), the Southern Transitional Council (STC), and Ansar Allah. A team of local researchers, alongside a national coordinator, set out to identify and better understand the factors that encourage the movements to promote the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security framework.
- Year2024
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Drivers of ChangeReflecting on the significance of external support on Women, Peace and Security to armed and political movements in Myanmar
This policy brief explores the impact of our participatory action research project "Observe and Act" in Myanmar. It collects and analyses stories of discourse, policy and process changes, that were perceived by a diverse group of stakeholders as being linked to the project’s approach of involving the leadership of armed and political movements (APMs) and engaging with them in a participatory manner.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Tilman Papesch, Zin May Phyo
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အပြောင်းအလဲအတွက် တွန်းအားများမြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လက်နက်ကိုင်နှင့် နိုင်ငံရေးလှုပ်ရှားမှုများအတွင်းရှိ အမျိုးသမီးများ၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ ပြင်ပပံ့ပိုးမှုများကို ထင်ဟပ်ခြင်း
ဤမူဝါဒအကျဉ်းချုပ်သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ပူးပေါင်းပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်သော သုတေသနပြုမှု၏ သက်ရောက်မှုများကို စူးစမ်းလေ့လာရန်နှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လက်နက်ကိုင်နှင့် နိုင်ငံရေးလှုပ်ရှားမှုများ ထိန်းချုပ်ရာဒေသ သို့မဟုတ် ဩဇာလွှမ်းမိုးရာဒေသများ (APM) အတွင်းရှိ အမျိုးသမီးများ၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကဏ္ဍ အကောင်အထည်ဖော်မှုများကို သုံးသပ်လေ့လာမှုနှင့် ပံ့ပိုးမှုများ ပြုနိုင်ရန်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ဤစီမံချက်က ဟောပြောဆွေးနွေးမှု ဖြစ်ရပ်များ၊ မူဝါဒနှင့် လုပ်ငန်းစဉ် အပြောင်းအလဲများ၊ ခေါင်းဆောင်မှုနှင့် ထိတွေ့ချည်းကပ်ဆက်ဆံမှု၊ လူအများပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက် ထိတွေ့သည့်နည်းနာဖြင့် ချိတ်ဆက်မှုများအပေါ် မူတည်၍ မတူကွဲပြားသော အရေးပါသည့် အုပ်စုများ၏ ထင်မြင်ယူဆချက်များကို စုဆောင်း၍ သုံးသပ်စိစစ်မှု ပြုပါသည်။
- Year2024
- Author(s)Tilman Papesch, Zin May Phyo
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Empowerment lies withinOpportunities and challenges for the implementation of the Women, Peace & Security framework by political movements in Yemen
This policy brief analysis the role that political movements in Yemen play in implementing the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, especially in safeguarding and fostering the involvement of women and girls in peace and security matters. It offers recommendations on how international actors can enhance support for WPS policies and practices in relation to political movements in Yemen.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Ann-Kristin Sjöberg, Wameedh Shakir, Véronique Dudouet
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Political reintegration and the continuation of the struggle after warWomen ex-combatants in formal and informal politics
This is the second issue of our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation. This paper explores the political re-conversion pathways that women ex-combatants pursue after the signing of a peace agreement. From 2022 to 2023, we engaged in focus group discussions, interviews, and peer-learning workshops with over 70 women ex-combatants from Colombia, El Salvador, and the Philippines. In this publication, we present their testimonies and analyse their experiences of continuing their engagement post-war through nonviolent means in both formal and informal political spheres.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer
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From the mountains to the public arenaThe struggle of women ex-combatants of FARC-EP to make their voices heard
In the third issue of our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation, Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera, former member of FARC-EP, a negotiator during the peace process and signatory to the 2016 Final Peace Agreement in Colombia, shares her experiences of transitioning from armed conflict to the legal political sphere. She details the challenges encountered in "continuing the struggle without arms" and offers a set of recommendations aimed at ensuring meaningful political participation for women ex-combatants in peace processes.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera
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Reintegración política y continuación de la lucha tras la guerraMujeres excombatientes en la política formal e informal
Este es el segundo número de nuestra serie de informes de incidencia política sobre la transformación de conflictos con perspectiva de género. Este documento explora las vías de reconversión política que siguen las mujeres excombatientes tras la firma de un acuerdo de paz. Entre 2022 y 2023, participamos en discusiones de grupos focales, entrevistas y talleres de aprendizaje entre pares con más de 70 mujeres excombatientes de Colombia, El Salvador y Filipinas. En esta publicación, presentamos sus testimonios y analizamos sus experiencias sobre la continuación de su compromiso en escenarios políticos formales e informales.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer