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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

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

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

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

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

Women faith-based mediators use creative strategies to achieve results despite the barriers they face and while working under risky conditions. But because their efforts and achievements remain largely invisible, together with the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, we want to give visibility to these brave women, to their daily struggles as well as unmatched courage and perseverance.

• Year2023
• Author(s)Carla Schraml, Luxshi Vimalarajah

The policy brief analyses long-term reintegration challenges and opportunities for female ex-combatants. Drawing insights from working with female ex-combatants in Aceh, Burundi, Colombia, Mindanao, Nepal, and Uganda, it sheds light on the often neglected aspects of their experiences after conflicts end. It offers recommendations for policymakers, peacebuilders and many more on how to design sustainable post-conflict reintegration processes for female ex-combatants.

• Year2023
• Author(s)Evelyn Pauls

In the 23rd year since the adoption of UN resolution 1325, governments, international organisations, and civil society groups worldwide are making efforts to integrate gender considerations into the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework. However, the unique needs and perspectives of the LGBTQI+ community have often been overlooked.

In collaboration with CFFP, the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, we have created this guidebook to assist civil society representatives and policy practitioners in better acknowledging the lived experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals.

• Year2023
• Author(s)Liam Li, Nina Bernarding, Christine Seifert, Beatrix Austin

This booklet seeks to amplify some of the hidden and forgotten voices in conflict. The stories of female ex-combatants from diverse political, religious, ethnic and national backgrounds show that women and their experiences of armed conflict and its aftermath have to be taken seriously for building sustainable peace.

• Year2023
• Author(s)Beatrice Aciro, Grace Arach, Violeta Guetnamova, Isabelle Kawka

Esta publicación busca amplificar algunas de las voces ocultas y olvidadas en el conflicto. Las historias de mujeres excombatientes de diversos orígenes políticos, religiosos, étnicos y nacionales muestran que las mujeres y sus experiencias de conflictos armados y sus secuelas deben tomarse en serio para construir una paz sostenible.

• Year2023
• Author(s)Beatrice Aciro, Grace Arach, Violeta Guetnamova, Isabelle Kawka