Peacebuilding
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Strong>Doing Peacebuilding |
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Carolyn Stephenson describes different approaches to peacebuilding.
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Mary Anderson talks about the need for more collaboration in peacebuilding efforts.
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Sarah Peterson describes the process of "social reconstruction" which must parallel physical reconstruction in the "post-conflict" stage.
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Louise Diamond comes from a spiritual background and brings this to bear on her peacebuilding work, which she sees as a kind of "national therapy."
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Paul Van Tongeren talks about organizing international conferences dedicated to discussing and disseminating lessons learned about the role of civil society in peacebuilding.
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Paul Van Tongeren talks about the need to emphasize the benefits of investing in long-term peacebuilding initiatives.
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Strong>Peacebuilding and Other Peace Processes |
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Angela Khaminwa and Sarah Peterson explain the interrelationship between peacebuilding and coexistence work.
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John Katunga of Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) describes some of the major obstacles to generating dialogue and building peace through examples from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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John Katunga of Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) describes the long-term process of grassroots peacebuilding through community mediation to deal with ethnic conflict in Ghana.
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John Katunga of Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) describes the global network of peacebuilding and religious organizations that support peacebuilding in Africa.
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Helen Chauncey observes much could be learned if different types of intervenors would learn from each other.
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Mari Fitzduff believes the military can learn new roles, if trainers understand their culture.
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Barry Hart of Eastern Mennonite University describes the nexus of trauma healing, justice, conflict transformation, and peace-building.
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Mohammed Abu-Nimer describes the misperceptions people have about peacebuilding. These misperceptions hamper its effectiveness, he feels. One misperception is about the different roles and relationships between Track I and Track II, and who is responsible for doing what.
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Strong>Case Examples |
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Louise Diamond talks about her work with dialogue groups in Cyprus.
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Mari Fitzduff talks about her experiences in Northern Ireland and covers everything from peacebuilding to paramilitaries.
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Dick Salem describes the work of a local peacebuilding coordinating committee in El Salvador.
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Carolyn Stephenson talks about the importance of Track II work in Cyprus and in general.
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John Katunga of Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) shares some lessons from his experience in facilitating community dialogue in ethnic conflicts in Africa.
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John Katunga of Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) describes the challenges of scaling up in village dialogue from individuals to the community level.
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John Katunga of Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) reveals some 'magic moments' of individual transformations in village dialogue.
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John Katungaof Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) explains NPI's efforts to evaluate their community mediation efforts.
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John Katungaof Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) discusses efforts at rehabilitation and reconciliation after ethnic conflict through community mediation. Examples are drawn from Kenya.
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Guy Burgess, Co-Director of the University of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium and the Beyond Intractability Project, describes a conference at West Point that brought home the complexity of bringing peace to Iraq.
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