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Neha Sanghrajka spoke with us about her career in peacebuilding, including her work on the peace process in Mozambique, and founding a women mediators network.

• feature 12 Aug 2024

Despite nonviolent movements being associated with more inclusive and durable peace agreements, they are rarely included in peace processes.

• blog post 14 Aug 2024
• Author(s) Margherita Belgioioso, Matthew D. Cebul, Véronique Dudouet, Maria Antonia Montes, Bryan Sims

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.

• Year 2024

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.

• Year 2024
• Author(s) Ilham Makki Hammadi

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.

• Year 2024
• Author(s) Bencharat Sae Chua, Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij

The objective of these short policy briefs is to inform national, regional and international institutions on key topics related to insider mediation and to inform the development of more holistic and supportive policies for insider mediators. While women still face cultural, logistical and security barriers in their participation in local mediations, they are able to play critical and unique roles in mediating family, land, socio-economic, and environmental conflicts, contributing to a high success rate of mediation agreements. The value of building and supporting (informal) networks of insider mediators is key in environments that do not always welcome the contributions of civil society and where more flexible and nimble networks can act as early warning and response mechanisms, raising the chances to achieve sustainable and transformative peace.

• Year 2024
• Author(s) Marine Jacob, Claudia Maffettone, Stephanie Sarta, Nura Detweiler, Victoria Cochrane

L’objectif de ces brèves notes d’orientation est d’informer les institutions nationales, régionales et internationales sur des sujets clés liés à la médiation interne et d’éclairer l’élaboration de politiques plus holistiques et plus favorables aux médiateurs internes. Bien que les femmes soient toujours confrontées à des obstacles culturels, logistiques et sécuritaires lors de leur participation aux médiations locales, elles sont en mesure de jouer un rôle essentiel et unique dans la médiation des conflits familiaux, fonciers, socio-économiques et environnementaux, contribuant ainsi à un taux élevé de réussite des accords de médiation. La valeur de la création et du soutien de réseaux (informels) de médiateurs internes est essentielle dans des milieux qui n’accueillent pas toujours favorablement les interventions de la société civile et où des réseaux plus souples et plus agiles peuvent servir de mécanismes d’alerte et de réponse précoces, augmentant ainsi les chances de parvenir à une paix durable et transformatrice.

• Year 2024
• Author(s) Marine Jacob, Claudia Maffettone, Stephanie Sarta, Nura Detweiler, Victoria Cochrane

Watch the recording of our event to hear the stories of women from Nigeria, Syria, and Zimbabwe who are leading peacebuilding efforts in their communities.

• event 6 Mar 2025

This paper, the fourth in our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation, examines the formal and informal roles played by women in and associated with resistance and liberation movements (RLMs) during peace processes. We conducted focus group discussions, interviews and peer-learning workshops with women from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Colombia, the Philippines, Kosovo and other contexts in Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia who contributed to peace processes either as formal negotiators or informal peace leaders.

• Year 2025
• Author(s) Claudia Cruz Almeida, Fee Högner