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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 ...
Building bridges for nonviolent changeWomen as insider mediators during the October 2019 protests in Iraq
The October 2019 protests in Iraq were notable for their scale, spontaneity, and widespread participation, particularly by young people and women. This report documents the roles of Iraqi women as insider mediators within the movement, highlighting their efforts to maintain peace and build trust among protesters, police, and other stakeholders. Based on interviews with activists across five governorates, the report also examines the gender dynamics and challenges these women faced in mediation, offering insights into their capacity-building needs.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Ilham Makki Hammadi
Building bridges for non-violent changeWomen as insider mediators in Thailandʼs 2020–2022 pro-democracy movements
The youth-led pro-democracy protests in Thailand from 2020-2022 represented a major turning point in the country’s political landscape. Women played prominent roles, demonstrating resilience and leadership throughout the movement. This research report focuses on women’s roles as insider mediators in resolving conflicts between protesters and authorities, examining the gender dynamics at play. It also explores strategies to support women in sustaining their mediation roles, providing recommendations for enhancing their capacities and effectiveness.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Bencharat Sae Chua, Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij
Policy Brief 17: Building bridges for nonviolent changeWomen insider mediators in peaceful protest movements
This policy brief examines the critical roles of women as insider mediators in peaceful protest movements (PPMs) across Iraq, Thailand, and Venezuela. Based on qualitative interviews and case studies, this brief highlights how these women build bridges between diverse actors and offers recommendations for empowering them to deepen their mediation roles. The findings aim to inform international policy actors and enhance support for sustainable peacebuilding.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer
The Berlin Moot 2024Report
The inaugural edition of The Berlin Moot conference brought together experts from diverse fields with peace and mediation practitioners to explore how we can reshape peacemaking. Read key findings and recommendations from the conference.
- Year2024
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
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
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
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
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
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