A Network of People Building Peace
7 July 2021Planting the Seeds of Change in Sri Lanka: Localising the SDGs
Every Sri Lankan tea you drink is a slightly bitter brew. Why you must wonder. That is because in every single tea leaf coming from Sri Lanka lies the...
29 June 2021Far from Exclusive: Why should Local Peacebuilders participate in the High-Level Political Forum?
The High-Level Political Forum, short for HLPF, sounds really exclusive, don’t you think? Like a faraway pompous space, where a bunch of older white...
25 June 2021PBC Blog: To Prevent or Not to Prevent - The Peacebuilding Commission as a Potential Conflict Prevention Body
Conflict prevention addresses the root causes of conflict. Therefore preventive efforts must address a wider range of issues than traditionally...
24 June 2021Policy Briefs: Shrinking Civic Space in Latin America and The Caribbean
Our Regional Secretariat La Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES) in Latin America and The Caribbean conducted...
22 June 2021PBC Blog: New Frontiers in Financing for Peacebuilding within the Peacebuilding Commission
Recently, the international community came to the recognition that the full implementation of peacebuilding and sustaining peace is not possible...
18 June 2021PBC Blog: Advancing Women, Peace and Security through a Gender Strategy
The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda (WPS), initiated by UN Security Council resolution 1325, recognizes the crucial role that women play in creating...
14 June 2021PBC Blog: Bringing a Youth, Peace and Security Lens to the Peacebuilding Commission
Young people are often stereotyped as victims or perpetrators in conflict. This obscures their efforts to create and advance peace all over the world...
9 June 2021PBC Blog: Partnerships for Sustaining Peace
The convening space of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is not an occasional development but a mandate. The dual resolutions that established the...
4 June 2021The Growing Crisis in Mozambique: Local Peacebuilders Response
Cabo Delgado, a province in the North of Mozambique is characterised by extremes. One could even say that two entirely different worlds exist...
24 April 2021Young Peacebuilders at the Forefront of Multilateralism: Work with us, not for us
Today, we have decided to set aside all the challenges, barriers and setbacks to our work in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Instead, we want...
22 April 2021A Sign of Global Leadership: The Implementation of the Escazu Agreement
22 April 2021 is an important day for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Today, the Escazú Agreement – a regional framework that tackles climate...