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Introduction:
Coexistence work is necessary to bring about
peacebuilding success, argues Helen Chauncey of the Coexistence Initiative.
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This rough transcript provides a text alternative to audio. We apologize for occasional errors and unintelligible sections (which are marked with ???).
The Coexistence Component of Conflict Resolution
Helen Chauncey
The Coexistence Initiative
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A: There is a
certain amount of frustration by people who are not part of the conflict
resolution field as to why the conflict resolution field doesn't seem to have
resolved a lot of conflicts. It is a fair question, but also a critical question
when funding is short. Someone is going to come to you and say, "Well what have
you done? Why aren't conflicts A, B, and C resolved by now? You've been working
at this for a while." We are making two arguments. One is to the funders. We say,
"Look this is a long process." The other is to the practitioners. We then say, "Look
you need this component." Some conflict resolution organizations are ahead of
others. They would say, "Yes we already got that." There are a handful who really
do.
Q: This component is coexistence?
A: Yes, the coexistence component.
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