by Anna Tervahartiala | Dec 12, 2017 | Central African Republic, News
The Central African Republic (CAR) has undergone a surge of violence since in March 2013. With up to 1.1 million people forcefully displaced since then, the crisis has become one of the worst humanitarian disasters of our time. There are more than 500.000 CAR refugees...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Dec 5, 2017 | Publications
The Demystifying Religion in Mediation report was published in August as a collaboration between the Peacemakers Network and Al Amana International. Cassandra Lawrence shares her thoughts on the research process, its key findings and the lessons learned – thoughts...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Nov 30, 2017 | Publications
The quote is from a research commissioned by the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers and conducted by Dr. Anneli Botha and Mahdi Abdile. According to the findings, more than half of the interviewed former Boko Haram fighters did not finish secondary...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Nov 27, 2017 | News
The Library of the United Nations of Geneva echoed with anticipating murmurs as the four “human books” took their seats between the shelves. Dina Ionesco from the International Organization for Migration, Shontaye Abegaz from Initiatives of Change (IoC) US and Hassan...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Nov 23, 2017 | News
Based on inputs gathered by Network members prior to the meeting, the sessions were organized around thematic and regional working groups. The role of religious and traditional actors in peacebuilding was kept as a focal point of discussions and religious actors...
