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A picutre of Esther Omam, Executive Director of the organisation "Reach out" from Cameroon, speaking at a workshop. Esther wears a red dress and black glasses.

The crucial role of women mediators in war-torn Cameroon, and the risks they takeGerman Africa Prize 2023 awarded to the "1st National Women’s Convention for Peace in Cameroon"

In Cameroon, women mediators manage to broker deals amidst rampant violent conflicts. Our colleague Carla Schraml interviewed a group of them for her latest study.

  • blog post 30 Nov 2023
  • Author(s) Carla Schraml
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Frederike Engeland Minegishi

Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation team

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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
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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
Immaculate Mungai, Chairperson of the Kwale Women of Faith Network, leading a community sensitization session on women and children's rights in Kinango, Kwale, Kenya.

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
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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
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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
In the late 20th century, we saw a shift towards integrating social psychology into peacebuilding. We now need to explore how to make use of insights from neuroscience.

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
Women discussing the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Myanmar at an event of the Observe and Act participatory action research project.

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
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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.

  • Year 2024
  • Author(s) Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer
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