by Anna Tervahartiala | May 16, 2018 | News
The 8th Advisory Group Meeting of the Peacemakers Network was a prime example of the resilience and steep growth curve of the Network. The meeting brought together actors working in the intersection of religion, peace and mediation in, for example, Pakistan, Libya,...
by Anna Tervahartiala | May 16, 2018 | News
In June 2017, the Somali government organized a nation-wide meeting on reconciliation in Mogadishu. The meeting kicked off a nation-wide mapping of conflict causes and levels and outlined the priorities of reconciliation in the country. The conference, the mapping and...
by Anna Tervahartiala | May 2, 2018 | News
According to Martine Miller, Asia and Inclusivity Director for the Peacemakers Network, the developments and rise of identity-based tensions seen in Asia is not an isolated phenomenon. The seen developments are examples of reflections of a series of dynamics...
by Annalisa Jackson | Mar 15, 2018 | News
After communities have experienced violent conflict, a substantial amount of work is necessary for reconciliation to take place at the local level. Though peace agreements are made, they often fail to address the deeper needs for transformation within communities and...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Mar 5, 2018 | News
Starting in autumn 2018, Antti Pentikäinen will be a “Director’s Guest” scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton. Mr. Pentikäinen will pursue a writing project on reconciliation, as a member of the Center’s resident seminar on religion and violence....
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 28, 2018 | News
If religion is part of the problem, it is part of the solution. This is the one-liner the Minster of Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini believes in and repeats. He said it in his speech at the Alliance of Virtue conference in Washington DC, he wrote it in his...
