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Africa: How Structural Racism Shows Up In Peacebuilding Processes
allAfrica, 23 May 2022
Peace Direct's new report titled Peace, Race and Power explores how racism manifests itself within peacebuilding sectors. Compiled through global consultations which included over… Read more »
How Structural Racism Shows Up In Peacebuilding Processes
Peace Direct's new report titled Peace, Race and Power explores how racism manifests itself within peacebuilding sectors. The report that was compiled through global consultations which included over 160 people from 70 countries highlights the need to decolonise peace processes. The report found that the peacebuilding sector continues to sideline local peacebuilders who are most affected by and most proximate to conflicts.
It also highlights different forms that racism takes in peacebuilding processes including an assumption that Global North actors can 'fix' the problem in other countries, and funding mechanisms that are not transparent and inaccessible to most Global South actors. One of the report's recommendations is that players from the Global North should consider that their knowledge may not be the most relevant.
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12 May 2022
Race, Power, and Peacebuilding - Insights and lessons from a global consultation
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- Peace Direct
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This is the second report in Peace Direct's decolonising the sector series. The first report "Time to Decolonise Aid" was published in May 2021. see more »
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Africa: Conflict Environments Need a Peacebuilding Approach to Business Development
ISS, 7 March 2022
In conflict-prone places, intermediaries can ensure that private sector development prioritises patient progress towards peace. Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Ability to Deliver Peace and Security Rests On Fixing Key Relationships
The Conversation Africa, 25 July 2018
The recent African Union (AU) summit was overshadowed by peace and security issues. In particular, the focus was on political instability and armed conflict in Libya, Democratic… Read more »
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The role of young people in peacebuilding is made all the more critical because of the continent's so-called youth bulge, which means that now more than half of Africa's population ... Read more »
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AllAfrica's series of webinars with African peacebuilders and researchers kicks off with a focus on three areas: a country pursuing stability after decades of war, and two areas in ... Read more »
Race, Power and Peacebuilding is a report by Peace Direct in collaboration with the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), and United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY).
