News Archive

On this months episode of Vox Mundi on Radio RaBe Anna Leissing and Hannah-Milena Elias talk about Narratives in Colombia and the connection to the Venezuelan migration and peace. The show was live on 7 July 2020 and can now be lsitened to on the radio`s website.

learn more

An after-work talk on the question of art as a mobilisation and expression of civil society - activist, militant art forms in the global South with Géraldine Zeuner, Urbain Kiswendsida Guiguemde and Roger Nydegger

learn more

Alliance Sud InfoDoc takes the stronger presence of civil society as an opportunity to discuss the history and present of activism in Switzerland with representatives of different generations. Equal rights, freedom for young people, social justice: what has been achieved in recent decades? Where can we still see challenges?

learn more

Since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in 2000, the role of women and gender within all realms of international peace and security has steadily gained prominence. This Policy Brief summarizes reflections from Civil Society in the Context of the Fourth Swiss National Action Plan 1325.

Read the Policy Brief

The Latin America Roundtable, organised by the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding KOFF together with the working group Switzerland Colombia (ask!) and Peace Brigades International Switzerland (PBI) , offers the opportunity to meet four committed women from Colombia and Honduras and to exchange views on the current situation in the two countries, on the work and challenges of local civil society organisations and their demands, fears and hopes.

German Invitation

Civil society engagement in conflict-affected states is a foreign policy priority for the Swiss FDFA, the European Union, and the United Nations. However, the space for civil society organizations to operate is affected by the modes of governance of the state in which they work.

English Invitation

This report is the result of extensive desk-based research, interviews, and continuous discussions with civil society organizations and experts on Women, Peace and Security and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. It was developed in the context of the project, “Civil Society Contribution to the Implementation of the Swiss NAP 1325,” jointly led by PeaceWomen Across the Globe (PWAG), the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding KOFF at swisspeace, and cfd - The feminist Peace Organization.

Read the report in English

Read the report in German

This conference brought together civil society, academia and state institutions to discuss violence prevention in the framework of the Swiss National Action Plan (NAP) 1325. It highlighted critical perspectives on Preventing Violent Extremism, the implementation of NAPs and the future of Women, Peace & Security in Switzerland and beyond. The conference took place the 18 September 2019, in Bern.

Learn more about the conference

In New York on Thursday (13 December), at a meeting of the UN Group of Friends (GoF) on SSR, DCAF launched the Mapping Study Enhancing Multilateral Support for Security Sector Reform: A Mapping Study covering the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Learn more

Wars and peacebuilding are often associated with men, be they soldiers, well-known heads of state, or successful mediators. However, women have always played an important role in conflicts – albeit a much less visible one. The UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security of 2000 recognizes the role of women and girls in the areas of conflict and peacebuilding.

en | de | fr | Take a look at all à propos