Many Peaces in Iraq: Creating a Foundation for Conflict Transformation Through Peace Studies
“We heard children singing ISIL songs, and saw them role play executions in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp playground. We were distributing humanitarian aid. It was then that I realized, if we don’t do anything about this
International Alert: Building a Transnational Peacebuilding Movement
When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were being thrashed out at the United Nations, SDG 16 struggled to get an invite to the party. The Goal to promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access to justice for all and effective,
The significance of women’s economic empowerment post-conflict
Women's economic empowerment in post-conflict contexts must be a top priority for the international community in the implementation of peacebuilding processes and global sustainable development programmes. Post-conflict conditions increase the economic and social burdens of both women and men. The suffering that women
The Role of Transitional Justice in Countries Emerging from Conflict
It is difficult enough for a society to emerge from poverty. But it is significantly more difficult when specific individuals and groups, often already among the poorest and most marginalized in society, have in the recent past been specifically targeted
Mental Incarceration, the Silent Oppressor
EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. As an American, I am grateful to live in a land where laws attempt to preserve what we perceive as our rights