by Anna Tervahartiala | Nov 22, 2017 | News
Drivers that could push youth in at-risk communities towards violent extremism are manifold. The perceptions of unjust treatment by authorities in charge of the criminal justice system could however have a particularly heavy impact. Episodes or attitude of...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Oct 16, 2017 | News
Somalia elected a new president in February 2017, a selection that was widely applauded both in Somalia as well as among the diaspora communities stretching across the globe. The key themes the president promised to pursue included tackling corruption and fighting...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Sep 27, 2017 | Events
Date: Wednesday November 8, 2017 Time: 12:30-14:00 Venue: Main Hall, Ecumenical Center, 1 Route des Morillons, Geneva, Switzerland Studies on conflict data show a sharp increase in conflicts with a religious dimension. According to studies conducted by the Uppsala...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Aug 17, 2017 | News, Peace Support, Southeast Asia
The yearlong Fellowship program was designed with three in-person workshop phases, two in Thailand and one in Myanmar. As the gathering of the first in-person workshop of the Fellowship commenced in January 2016, Hindu, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, and traditional...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Aug 10, 2017 | News
A young, trendy and engaged crowd filled the sunlit room of Soutupaviljonki, the Rowing pavilion, in Helsinki on Friday afternoon the 4th of August. Located next to the historical rowing stadium built for the Helsinki summer Olympics of 1952, the atmosphere in the...
