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Hope for Peace in South Sudan
Surviving over five decades of war, Bishop Isaiah Dau remains committed to striving toward peace in South Sudan. His story sheds light on the positive impact that faith communities are making toward...
United Nations Secretary-General Recognizes the Network’s Role in the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors
“I firmly believe in the power of faith leaders to shape our world for good,” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, began his speech at the United Nations Headquarters at the...
Peacemakers Network Partners with The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development
More than 80 percent of the world’s population belongs to a religious community. The lives of the vast majority of people are thus affected or guided by religious values or beliefs. Due to this,...
Preventing Violent Extremism Through Livelihood Innovations in Kenya and Somalia
The lack of livelihood and employment opportunities has broadly been recognised as one of the root causes driving individuals, particularly youth, to join extremist organisations. Studies carried...
Finn Church Aid selected unanimously to host the Network Secretariat
The secretariat has been hosted by FCA since the establishment of the Network in 2013. The mandate of FCA to host the secretariat would have ended at the end of this year and thus an application...
Exploring the Role of Religion in Reconciliation
Last month, the Secretariat of the Network convened representatives from the UN, governments, academic institutions, religious communities and NGOs for a two-day workshop to discuss these questions....
Religion – Beyond a Security Threat
The Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion & Diplomacy (TPNRD) was initiated in 2015 to address the need for capacity building, research and knowledge sharing for practitioners and experts...
Learning Models for Refugee Resettlement, Inter-Faith Dialogue and PVE in the USA
WASHINGTON DC/CHICAGO/HELSINKI – The Secretariat of the Peacemakers Network joined the Finnish Minister of Employment Jari Lindström on a tour in Washington DC and Chicago from the 15th to the 19th...
Network Advisory Group Meeting Brings Peacemakers to Helsinki
HELSINKI. The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers convened its seventh Advisory Group Meeting in Helsinki on Friday the 7th of April. The meeting brought together almost 45...