by Anna Tervahartiala | Jul 14, 2017 | News
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, religions and religious leaders and actors have a pivotal role in...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jul 12, 2017 | Kenya, News, 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 out by the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers on violent...
by Anna Tervahartiala | May 31, 2017 | News
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 of May. The goal of the visit of the ministerial delegation was to...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
A recent trip to Kenya showed me the depth of the work involved in peacemaking. On the surface peacebuilding appears to be a simple conversation, the story in fact tells itself. Yet, further interrogations indicate that peacemaking is more than building communal...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
The scent of the city was the first thing I noticed as stepping out of the car in the capital of Kosovo on Sunday the 12th of February. The next morning the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers was about to launch a needs assessment conducted by Kosovo...
