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Too little peace in our time

Carey Cavanaugh

04 June 2019

Breaking cycles of violence, building cycles of peace

30 April 2019

Women’s participation is key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan

22 February 2019

We need a holistic approach to tackle sexual and gender-based violence

Elizabeth Laruni

07 December 2018

Preventing violence against women and girls is possible, but it needs resource and collaboration

Shahribonu Shon...

23 November 2018

A veteran learns to walk with a new bionic leg. © Oleksandr Rupeta/Alamy

Ukraine and international partners need to speed up support to Donbas veterans

Flavie Bertouille

24 October 2018

Human rights should be at the heart of programmes that tackle violent extremism

Chiara Galletti

24 October 2018

All quiet on the Karabakh front?

Carey Cavanaugh

19 October 2018

Photo: A villager talks about community forest management in Shan state. © U Aung Naing Oo/International Alert

Doing research in conflict-affected areas: Five lessons for peacebuilders

01 October 2018

Peacebuilding: now that it’s a word, let’s recognise it’s a vital policy approach

Carey Cavanaugh

21 September 2018

Governments need to focus on "why" people fight

20 September 2018

Spreading the word: Putting ‘peacebuilding’ in the dictionary

12 September 2018

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Post-election Nepal needs to focus on sustainable peace

02 August 2018

Torkham border gate, Afghanistan. Resolute Support Media (Creative Commons BY 2.0)

Challenges on trade routes between Afghanistan and Pakistan

30 July 2018

SOS (Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0)

Amid the election fanfare, how are Pakistan’s minorities faring?

21 July 2018

Elaine Grossman (Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The challenges of Pakistan's female journalists

13 July 2018

A police unit of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) participate in training, Bamako. MINUSMA/Marco Dormino (Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0)

To build peace we have to ask why people go to war

06 July 2018

How can companies contribute to peace?

19 June 2018

Peacebuilding should be central to the EU’s global strategy

15 June 2018

Darbnik: A new home for Armenian refugees

16 May 2018