News Archive

Eirene Suisse |  KOFF, Events

Roundtable: Women’s rights and gender-based violence - the remaining fights in the Global North and South

April 27, 2023 | 6.30pm | Neuchâtel Hub (Eirene Suisse)

A roundtable will be organized in the Neuchâtel Hub for Eirene Suisse’s 60th anniversary to exchange ideas among professionals on how to reduce gender-based violence. Eirene Suisse hopes to see many of you there!

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medico international schweiz  |  KOFF, Events

Rojava: Revolution, women's liberation & health

May 1, 2023 | 4pm | Glaspalast, Kasernenareal, Kanonengasse 20, Zürich

The 1st of May 2023 in Zurich focuses on feminist revolution and connects the class struggle with feminist one. In 2022 medico international schweiz celebrates 10 years Rojava. With this topic they will be present through an event in the polit-program. Citizens of the women's village Jinwar will speak about their experiences.

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artasfoundation  |  KOFF, Events

Jour Fixe: Projects in Abkhazia

April 19, 2023 | 5:15pm | Lindenbachstrasse 21, Zurich

Nasta Agrba, who has been a local project manager in Abkhazia for several of artasfoundation’s projects will introduce the participants to a project she has been conducting recently in this area by the Black Sea that is recognised as a state only by Russia and a handful of other pro-Russian countries. It is a project that invited artists and their art to contribute to cultural change in a specific, important, but somewhat unexpected area – waste disposal.

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Peace Brigades International Schweiz  |  KOFF, Events

PBI Member Assembly & Event on Guatemala

April 20, 2023 | 6:15 - 9:15 pm | Bern

PBI's 40th member assembly is coming up! Afterwards an event on Guatemala with the journalists Carlos Choc will take place. The event is open to everyone who is interested.

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KOFF, Stadtkino Basel, Aube & Bildrausch Filmfestival |  Events, Movie Screenings

Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom - A Solidarity Night

April 3, 2023 | 6:30pm | Stadtkino Basel

Since September 2022, people in Iran courageously protest in the streets and fight for freedom and equality for women, which have been brutally repressed by the regime for 40 years. Join us for an Iran Solidarity Night. We will screen the film “Profession: Documentarist”, and talk with guest about the current situation.

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cfd, PWAG, KOFF  |  KOFF, Events

Online-Event: Demilitarization and protection from gender-based violence

March 29, 2023 | 3-5pm (CEST) | Online

What are the necessary structural conditions for protection against gender-based violence from the perspective of demilitarization? Gender-based violence in general and feminicide in particular are closely linked to the proliferation of weapons, arms trade and degree of militarization within a society. Experts from the South African and Swiss civil society enter into a joint dialogue to shed light on the structural conditions for protection against gender-based violence from the perspective of demilitarization.

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Nonviolent Peaceforce |  KOFF, Events

Peace Lives Here: Opening up space for protection in Sudan & Ukraine

March 23, 2023 | 10am (CST), 4pm (CET) | Online

In the upcoming Nonviolence Cafe #20, Tiffany Easthom, NP Executive Director, will share how NP teams are opening up space for safety and security where others may have not thought possible in Sudan and Ukraine.

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mission 21 |  KOFF, Events

Mission and Colonial Violence in the First World War

March 15, 2023 | 12.15–1.30 pm | Online

Mission 21 continues the critical reflection on the interwoven history of mission and colonialism. In the series “Mission – Colonialism Revisited“ the conflict between the British Empire and Basel’s Mission in Hong Kong during the first World War will be illustrated on March 16.

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GSoA |  KOFF, Events

Coordination Meeting

March 18, 2023 | 10:30am – 1:30 pm | Breitenrainstrasse, Bern

Once a month, the GSoA coordination team meets up. At these meetings, which are open to the public, the main decisions about their work are made.

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KOFF |  KOFF, Events, Masterclasses

KOFF Master Class: Digital Peacebuilding

April 03, 2023 |1:30-5:00pm| KHaus, Basel

What challenges & opportunities does digital technology bring to your peacebuilding work? How do you know when to integrate digital technology into your program? Discuss digital peacebuilding with us at our next KOFF master class facilitated by our Digital Peacebuilding Expert, Emma Baumhofer.

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