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Published in: 50.50Peace can be planned. Just like health"Violence can be prevented. This is not an article of faith, but a statement based on evidence" (WHO 2002). Scilla...
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Published in: HomeSeen and not heard: women in Sri Lanka's reconciliation commission
Sri Lanka's Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission has no mention of gender in its mandate and no dedicated...
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Published in: 50.50Transforming our woundedness for peace" I refuse to be a victim: I am a resource for peace": Dekha Ibrahim Abdi 1964-2011
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Published in: HomeThe possibilities and impossibilities of being a neighbourGerman-born Daniel Zylbersztajn has recently returned to Poland, two months after his father's passing away. In the...
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Published in: HomeCan Intervention Work? by Rory Stewart and Gerald Knaus: book review
It is possible to walk the tightrope between the horrors of over-intervention and non-intervention. Mary Kaldor...
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Published in: 50.50Lessons of the hummingbird
In the company of souls departed and souls vibrantly alive, Jessica Horn reflects on the significance of the lives...
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Published in: 50.50Women Nobel Peace Laureates congratulate three new women Laureates
The women Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative—Jody Williams (USA), Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Mairead Maguire...
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Published in: 50.50Professor Wangari Maathai remembered
Following the death of Professor Wangari Maathai, noted activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, we remember her...
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Published in: HomePalestinian statehood: an idea whose time has come
After years of state building activities and a long period of full cooperation of the Palestinian authorities with...
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Published in: 50.50Sudan secession: resolving divisions?
South Sudan celebrates its independence this week, becoming the world's newest nation. But the festering divisions...
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Published in: 50.50Women, food security and peacebuilding: from gender essentialism to market fundamentalism
Is gender equality advocates' emphasis on women as agents of change helping to legitimize a neo-liberal vision of...
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Published in: HomeRatko Mladic and justice: another route
The effect of the international tribunal where those accused of crimes during the Balkan wars face trial is to...
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Published in: 50.50Perpetuation and perpetration: the momentum of violence
So many armed men began their lives as victims of loss and grief. So many have gone on to become the source of...
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Published in: 50.50Peace negotiations: did you carry a gun?'If sons are fighting, doesn't it make sense for their mother to help make peace?' Jenny Morgan reports on...
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Published in: 50.50The pragmatism of hopeHope may be a rare word in the discourse of realpolitik that frames much official discussion on conflict and...
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Published in: 50.50We must not make war safe for women"We can not pluck rape out of war and let the war go on. We must not make war safe for women. It is time to abolish...
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Published in: 50.50A story of moral abandon
Nonviolent power is quickly forgotten when the tried, tested and endlessly catastrophic option of violence...
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Published in: HomeLibya: war or humanitarian intervention?
In the end the prospects for democracy depend on whether the rebels can mobilise support politically throughout...
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Published in: openSecurityPurging the Afghan government will not build the consensus necessary for peace talks
The resignation of a host of pro-Western, anti-Taliban officials from the Afghan government bodes badly for peace...
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Published in: HomeEgypt: the transition to democracy needs women
Boots-on-the-ground often plays itself out in the transitional period after deadly conflict: predominantly male...
