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I Have To Speak: Colombia and UgandaFemale ex-combatants in their own voices
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.
- Year 2023
- Author(s) Beatrice Aciro, Grace Arach, Violeta Guetnamova, Isabelle Kawka
Yo Tengo Que Hablar: Colombia y UgandaMujeres Excombatientes, En Sus Propias Voces
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.
- Year 2023
- Author(s) Beatrice Aciro, Grace Arach, Violeta Guetnamova, Isabelle Kawka
Under crossfire: the courageous work of women faith-based mediators
In our latest study, we explore how women use faith as a tool to solve conflict and which tactics they use to overcome challenges they face during the process.
- feature 2 Feb 2024
Synthesis Paper: Under crossfireThe courageous work of women faith-based mediators to prevent, mitigate and resolve violent conflicts
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.
- Year 2023
- Author(s) Carla Schraml, Luxshi Vimalarajah
Long-term reintegration challenges and opportunities for female ex-combatantsInsights from Aceh, Burundi, Colombia, Mindanao, Nepal and Uganda
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.
- Year 2023
- Author(s) Evelyn Pauls
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
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