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March 27, 2023 | 7-9pm | Gartenhofstrasse 7, Zurich

The next Café de la Paix will consist of reports from three countries in the Horn of Africa. Abel Atsbeha will speak about Ethiopia and the war in Tigray. Pheben Asgehedom will give insights to Eritrea and the current situation and Bashir Gobdon will report on Somalia and the famine there.

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March 24, 2023 | 05:30-6:45pm | Missionshaus Basel

Based on documents from the archive of the Basel mission women's voices from Europe, Asia and Africa in the 19th and early 20th century are revived: They speak about their tasks, their motivation and their work for gender equality. With Andrea Rhyn, archivist at Mission 21. Cost: 20 CHF.

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With the Education Agenda, Mission 21 provides a compact overview of its numerous educational events and courses. Mission 21 is using the digital sphere and thus enables international participation of interested parties and experts – through the organization of its inter-religious forum on transcultural peacebuilding, or its webinars “Mission-Colonialism Revisited” for a critical reappraisal of historical entanglements of mission and colonialism.

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30.01.2023 | 7-9pm | Gartenhofstrasse 7, Zürich or Online

A speech by and talk with Stefan Salzmann, responsible for energy and climate justice at Fastenaktion and co-president of the Climate Alliance Switzerland.

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We welcome World Vision Switzerland as new KOFF member and are delighted that they are part of our peacebuilding platform for network, exchange and dialogue. World Vision Switzerland is a Swiss foundation, which aims at providing all children on this globe with life without hunger and poverty, with security and free from violence, with the possibility of education and a perspective for a self-determined future.

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26.11.2022 | 9:30am-4:30pm | Bern

Are you interested in getting involved in the observance of human rights in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala or Colombia? Then register now for the workshop day and learn more about non-violent conflict resolution. Ask questions about the application process and find out how PBI Switzerland can support your preparation for an assignment abroad.

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08.11.2022 | 6-8pm | Kirchgemeindehaus Paulus, Freiestrasse 8, 3012 Bern

The integration parcours "A lioness on the move" is taking place in the framework of a workshop talk of the cfd-project "Migrants in the networks of the working world - career mentoring". The participants can expect an interesting change of sides on their journey through the integration parcours. At four stops they experience what qualified migrants go through when integrating in Switzerland.

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Curious how art, peace, and the future come together? Register for the KOFF Peace Conference now! In four thematic workshops, an artistic future scenario, and a fishbowl panel, we will address questions such as: What does civil society expect from Swiss peace policy? Which hot topics must be part of the (global) peace and security agenda? How to seize opportunities and navigate challenges around Switzerland’s non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council?

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Wednesday | 14.09.2022 | 3-5 pm

KOFF roundtable on media & information in the context of the war in Ukraine and other peace and security trends. The roundtable provides a space for KOFF members to exchange knowledge on the role of media, conspiracy theories, and preservation of open-source content for dealing with the past during conflict, and to jointly reflect on how multiple truths can exist at once in relation to misinformation. External partners are welcome to join these reflections.

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Building on the KOFF Master Class on Urban Peacebuilding, terre des hommes schweiz and KOFF organized a roundtable discussion on the impact of urban police violence on community life in Brazil, as well as the ways in which civil society and researchers from the peripheries respond to it.

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