This policy brief argues that understanding masculinities is important, because these masculinity norms – these social expectations – can be mobilised to manipulate the taking of violent actions. It also argues that conflict analyses and interventions that overlook this gender dimension are incomplete, and risk missing important entry points for peace.

This paper looks at the experiences of delivering the three-year European Union-funded project called 'Strengthening Women’s Role in Peace' (2016–2019), in partnership with the Peace Training and Research Organisation.

This report aims to analyse conflict, armed actors and peacebuilding efforts from a comprehensive gender analysis perspective, considering the different impacts of conflict on women, men and those with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) in Myanmar.

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.