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Video: Political reintegration of women ex-combatants after warPathways to formal and informal politics
Watch the launch event of the latest issues of our policy insights series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation.
- event 5 Mar 2024
Sudan's deadly conflictThe urgent need for international intervention
The conflict in Sudan has led to a humanitarian crisis. Our Sudan expert outlines why the international community needs to step in to avoid global ramifications.
- blog post 23 Feb 2024
- Author(s) Hani Ahmed
Video: Providing remedies for climate harmsA dialogue between transitional justice and climate justice
Watch our event recording to learn about the challenges and opportunities of providing remedies to communities affected by climate change.
- event 14 Mar 2024
Insights from NeuroscienceHow trauma and identity influence peace negotiations
Ahead of The Berlin Moot peace conference, we discussed with cognitive and neurosciences experts how their findings can advance peacebuilding.
- blog post 27 Feb 2024
- Author(s) Charlotte Hamm, Carla Schraml
How to empower women in conflict?Women of The Berlin Moot share their recommendations for International Women’s Day
Leading up to The Berlin Moot, female experts and practitioners shed light on why it is crucial to include women in the conversation to achieve sustainable peace.
- feature 4 Mar 2024
Navigating transitional justice dilemmas in NepalPeer advice from international experts offers a way forward
The Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice organised a peer exchange on how to improve the latest bill in Nepal’s continuing effort at dealing with the past.
- feature 28 Feb 2024
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.
- Year 2024
- Author(s) Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer
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.
- Year 2024
- Author(s) Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera
Community peacebuilders promoting reconciliation in Hirshabelle and Galmudug States, Somalia
The project focuses on supporting and empowering local peacebuilders in their efforts to address conflict and support reconciliation in Hirshabelle and Galmudug States.
- Current Project
From silent victim to bridgebuilder: The potential of environmental peacebuilding in Ukraine
Our colleague Mariia Levchenko shares insights how environmental rehabilitation can go hand in hand with social cohesion programmes in Ukraine.
- blog post 11 Mar 2024
- Author(s) Mariia Levchenko