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Vacancy Announcements
The Secretariat of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers is looking for a full-time fundraising manager to join their team. The position is situated in Helsinki, but remote work is...
It Is About Time
The year 2016 was a busy year. Perhaps because of this, my first thought for the theme of my blogpost was time. The recent change of the year added yet another layer of reflection to both the...
Interview with Najla Mangoush
An interview with Najla Mangoush, practitioner of conflict resolution and Ph.D. candidate at the school of conflict analysis and resolution George Mason. Interview filmed in New York on the 9th of...
Buddhist Peacemaker Prof. Dr. Parichart Suwanbubbha Has Passed Away
Prof. Dr. Parichart Suwanbubbha, a talented and powerful peace mediator in the Buddhist-Muslim conflicts in southern Thailand, passed away in December 2016. The Network Secretariat present its...
Design Competition for the MBBI Congress Logo
Next year will mark the 8th Mediation Beyond Borders International (MBBI) Congress held in the Hague from the 4th to the 6th of October 2017. The Congress website will be update in January with a...
Hope in Solidarity
WASHINGTON, DC (21.11.2016) – Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi, Director of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers in Washington DC, spoke Friday on the deep sense of solidarity interfaith...
Learning by Doing: Community-Based Approaches to Countering Violent Extremism
The large conference room was buzzing. Breaking news of the nine local youth recruited to Syria had traveled fast in the small province of Amushen, which was already beleaguered by a slate...
Accord Insight 3: Making Peace with the Past
Conciliation Resources’ third Accord Insight, Making peace with the past: transforming broken relationships, reflects on the practical approaches and challenges of addressing the legacies of violent...
Faith-oriented Infrastructures for Peace – the Secret to their Resilience?
I was recently on a panel discussing the conflict in South Sudan. A thing that struck me during the discussion, was how the panelists were struggling to bring up positive scenarios. Still, Friar...