Zindagii Shoista is a workshop series designed to help promote harmony within families and reduce violence. By considering wider family dynamics when working with local communities, it aims to create a socio-economic environment that enables women to enjoy greater protection from sexual and gender-based violence, with a focus on violence against women and girls.

В данном исследовании приводятся условия, которые либо способствуют, либо мешают консолидации политической – и общественной – воли, которая бы позволила бизнесу выступить в качестве актора как в сфере экономических отношений, так и в области народной дипломатии в открытии «ингурских ворот» для легального бизнеса.

Projects around prevention of violent extremism in Lebanon and globally are common; however, exactly what impacts they are having is not entirely clear. This research critically assesses PVE programming targeting youth and its underlying theories of change.

To this day, the Nagorny Karabakh conflict that erupted in the early 1990s remains one of the most dangerous and unpredictable conflicts in the entire post-Soviet space. Expanding on the peacebuilding work carried out by various organisations and individuals around this conflict over the past 25 years, International Alert has conducted a study to highlight possible alternatives to war, ways of transforming the conflict proposed by the societies themselves and potential new approaches to peacebuilding.

This brief summarises the key elements and findings of Zindagii Shoista (‘Living with Dignity’), the first combined social and economic intervention tailored to the Tajik context developed to combat violence against women and girls.

This report draws upon case studies from rural and urban areas across Lebanon to identify pathways through which vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon, like the local Lebanese communities that host them, seek protection and justice.

Many studies have investigated the crisis in livelihood, a crucial factor for the wellbeing and dignity of displaced and refugee populations, and the lack of legal protection to which Syrian workers are subjected, especially in light of Lebanon’s crisis response plan. This research intends to shed light on another angle to this issue, by focusing on protection-related questions within the food and beverage industry.

Cette étude renforce l'analyse qui a mis en évidence la montée de l'extrémisme violent au Sahel, et propose des recommendations pour les gouvernements et les acteurs internationaux afin de renforcer une résolution pacifique de la crise.

Our annual report presents stories and examples of our peacebuilding impact in 2017, including in Mali, Myanmar, Syria and Ukraine.