by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 15, 2018 | News
An important step towards preventing incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes was taken on 13-15 February, when more than one hundred and fifty religious leaders and actors from around the world, Member States and United Nations officials gathered in...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 9, 2018 | News
The Plan of Action – the first specifically designed to enable religious leaders to prevent and counter incitement to violence – was launched by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on July 2017 at a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 9, 2018 | News
“We are seeing a divided world. We are seeing that misunderstandings between communities are on the rise and these misunderstandings are used to perpetuate violence,” director of the Washington DC Office of the Peacemakers Network Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi said when...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jan 30, 2018 | News
The theological training was also attended by the Moroccan Ambassador to Central African Republic (CAR) and CAR’s National Reconciliation Cabinet Director from the Ministery for Social Affairs. Both expressed their strong commitment to peacebuilding and...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jan 18, 2018 | News
“Representation does not translate to influence,” Fadumo Dayib begins. The former presidential candidate knows what she is talking about. Quotas and talk of women’s participation is not the same as power and influence. “Women have always had a very informal part in...
