Peace Direct relaunches platform highlighting local peacebuilders preventing war & conflict
Peace Insight, the leading online platform for locally-led peace journalism has relaunched today following a comprehensive six-month review.
Centre Résolutions Conflits wins UNESCO peace prize for 27 years of life-saving work
We are proud to share that our partner of the last fifteen years, Centre Résolution Conflits in Democratic Republic of Congo, were recently awarded the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence*.
Prevent conflict and build peace after coronavirus
Every donation from the 1st to the 8th December will be doubled through the Big Give Appeal! The coronavirus outbreak has been challenging for everyone, but particularly for peacebuilders. Conflict didn’t stop as coronavirus spread, and their lifesaving work has never been more dangerous. Please donate today to support our continued work to build peace. … Continued
What are you doing to build peace?
This blog was written by Valentina, one of our 2020 Peace Direct Programmes interns. She shares the experiences that led her to peacebuilding, and why she believes that peace can be built when power shifts.
Message from Peace Direct’s US Executive Director for #GivingTuesday
It’s been a challenging and tumultuous year. The coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and contentious national elections have laid bare deep inequities, racism and division here in the U.S. We are called like never before to build peace in our own country, and to do it in solidarity with people around the world … Continued
Shifting power for peace in times of COVID-19
A joint blog from Conducive Space for Peace, Humanity United and Peace Direct At the end of September, Peace Direct, Humanity United and Conducive Space for Peace held a second consultation on COVID-19 and local peacebuilding. Almost 100 peacebuilders from 67 countries joined the consultation over two days, discussing the impact of the pandemic on … Continued
Building peace takes time: 5 steps to build it in the US now
Updated Nov. 9: The results are in. The U.S. elections are over, and a new president and the first ever woman vice president have been elected. If the 2020 elections have shown us anything, though, it is that the U.S. is in dire need of peacebuilding. This is not news to anyone who has been living in politically … Continued
Sabhuku’s story
This is Sabhuku’s story – he is a traditional leader in Zimbabwe who worked with our local partner, Envision Zimbabwe Women’s Trust, on a project supported by the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.
US elections crisis: An opportunity to build peace
As the Nov. 3 U.S. elections unfold, tensions are escalating. Political and social divisions are deepening. The Black Lives Matter movement continues to push for racial justice, even as reports of police violence against people of color continue. The coronavirus pandemic and related economic recession persist with no end in sight. Many Americans feel the very future of their country is at stake.
#EndSARS. Brutality by police has killed 56 Nigerians and must end!
Nationwide protests are continuing in Nigeria after a video went viral, reportedly showing officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shooting a young man dead.