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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on #DRC, #SouthSudan, and #Pakistan and #Afghanistan.
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As violence continues to disrupt South Sudan's fragile peace, can music and drama stop violence?
Learn about how youth artists are stepping up.
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New Article Spotlight: Cross-Border History Education and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Bosnia, India, Pakistan, and Beyond
In these projects, educators and historians from countries connected by conflict work together to develop teaching materials.
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New Article Spotlight: The First Responders Who Never Get a Seat: How Ghana Excludes Its Most Effective Peacebuilders
This is the story of Ghana's excluded peacebuilders: women.
By Abubakari Najimu of @Univenofficial
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New Article spotlight: The Teesta at a Crossroads: Communities Caught Between Climate Stress and India-Bangladesh Geopolitical Tensions
By Kajol Gupta of @UoB_official.
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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on #Pakistan and #Afghanistan, #SouthSudan, and #Indonesia.
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Is reconstruction enough to build peace after conflict? Nine years after the Marawi Siege, the Philippine government continues to present rehabilitation as a success story.
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New Article Spotlight: The Voice of Responsibility: How Young South Sudanese are Saying No to Violence Through Music, Drama, and Digital Content
The youth of Juba utilize music, digital content, and localized drama to foster unity.
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New Article Spotlight: Three Ways School Textbooks Can Help Children Learn Peace in Iraqi Kurdistan
What do young children learn about themselves, their society, and the communities around them through the stories they read at school?
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New Article Spotlight: Women’s Political Participation: A Path to Violence-Free Elections in Nigeria
Civil society groups, women leaders, and peace advocates are increasingly calling for greater inclusion of women in politics.
By @yabastic
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New Article Spotlight: Women’s Political Participation: A Path to Violence-Free Elections in Nigeria
Civil society groups, women leaders, and peace advocates are increasingly calling for greater inclusion of women in politics.
By @yabastic
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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on #Pakistan and #Afghanistan, #DRC, and #Myanmar.
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“ An important lesson from #Somaliland is that people from conflict-affected societies are the primary authorities on their own culture”
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How did interfaith Iftar and Lent gatherings strengthen peace efforts in Nigeria?
Read the full story to find out.
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New Article Spotlight: Success and Uncertainty in Somaliland’s Peacebuilding Journey
Somaliland’s journey getting to this point involved a long period of peacebuilding and state-building involving cooperation and collective action.
By @JAbdi892.
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Manipur’s Fragile Calm: Peace Spoilers, Fragmented Conflict and the Limits of Silence in One Indian State - The Northeastern Indian state of Manipur is at a critical juncture between the remnants of violence and fragile peace.
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New Article Spotlight: Nine Years After Marawi: Can Reconstruction Truly Heal a Wounded City in the Philippines?
Concrete has risen from the ruins of war, but justice, dignified return, and social recovery remain painfully incomplete.
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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on #SouthSudan, #DRC, and #Myanmar.
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Can vocational education build peace by giving youth alternatives to joining armed groups? Learn about the experience of young Somalis.
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New Article Spotlight: From Border Fears to Shared Futures: How South Asia Can Respond Differently to Climate Migration to Build Peace
Now more than ever, South Asian countries must respond to climate migration in a way that builds peace.
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