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Our member organization Quaker United Nations Office is looking for a Representative Peace & Disarmament for its Geneva Office. Tasks include program leadership, development and implementation, as well as representation of QUNO at the United Nations and the effective and efficient management of QUNO Geneva. Interested? Apply by 26 May 2024.

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On 2/9/16 November, 13-15h CET, HEKS/EPER will hold its Land Forum 2023, focusing on the land-based carbon market. This year’s forum will take place online in English, French and Spanish (with simultaneous translation). The three session will focus on the following: Understanding the System: The Land-Based Carbon Market and its Impacts on the Ground, Improving the System: Avoiding Land and Human Rights Violations, Strengthening Climate Resilience, and Changing the System: Alternatives towards Climate Justice beyond Carbon Colonialism.

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01 October - 30 November 2023 | Basel and other cities in Switzerland

This year's edition of the cross-disciplinary art festival Culturescapes is dedicated to the theme of Sahara. With several film evenings, discussion rounds and a city tour terre des hommes switzerland puts the Western Sahara in the spotlight. Western Sahara is a program country of tdh switzerland. Western Sahara is located south of Morocco. It was occupied by Morocco by force about 45 years ago and since then it is considered as the last unresolved colonial conflict in Africa. Join the film screenings and city tour, and learn more about it!

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31 September | 2 – 5:30 pm | Bern or virtually

Authoritarianism is on the rise globally and civic space is shrinking. Civil society organizations and social movements are under attack in many countries. Their ability to act as a counterweight is being curtailed through political intimidation and prosecution, and funding is becoming increasingly scarce. It is urgent to rethink bilateral partnerships and funding mechanisms enabling organizations to further civic rights. The symposium offers the chance to discuss and exchange with experts and activists.

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07 September 2023 | 1.00 - 3.00pm | Käfigturm, Politfurm Bern

The prevalence of patriarchal violence and militarization continues to cause harm to the lives of many, including women and children. In the face of the current peace and security situation, what should feminist peace work address?

Join this KOFF Roundtable discussion with four amazing feminist experts organized in collaboration with PeaceWomen Across the Globe!

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31 August 2023 - 08 September 2023

The fifth AUBE invites you to the international film program Autre Regard marked by visual courage and civic engagement with further diverse events. The program includes film screenings in the presence of directors as well as a charity concert by rappers from Basel for imprisoned rappers in Iran. The PRIX DE L´AUBE pour le Cinéma Poétiqueist will be awarded on 3 September at 8pm in the Stadtkino Basel with a speech by Anna Leissing (KOFF) & Maryvonne Raymond (Alliance Française Basel).

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08 - 13 August 2023 | Cinema Sil Plaz, Ilanz

At this year's Ilanzer Sommer, KOFF is again co-organizing the film series "Stad da Pasch". Four fascinating films addressing conflict and peacebuilding issues will be screened and discussed with protagonists, activists and peacebuilders afterwards: Utama (2022), This Kind of Hope (2023), Polish Prayers (2022), La Mif (2021).

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09-10 June 2023 | Barfüsserplatz, Basel

The self-organized youth project taking place in June is more than a festival. It is a unique creativity lab which is planned and organized by young people from Basel. For the last 20 years, it has contributed to a more just and peaceful world through diverse events and actions.

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26 May 2023 | 4:15 - 9:30 pm | Kirchgemeindehaus Aussersihl, Clara-Ragaz-Zimmer, Stauffacherstr. 8, Zurich or Zoom

At its Annual Assembly, the Swiss Peace Council will have a discussion round on "War in Ukraine: Switzerland between Solidarity and Neutrality" with the author Jonas Lüscher, the Ukrainian author and journalist Tanja Maljartschuk, the historian Jakob Tanner, the president of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining Barbara Haering and former FDFA employee Markus Heiniger.

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May 14, 2023 | 11am - 6pm | Restaurant Kreuz, Kreuzgasse 4, Solothurn

In 1982, GSoA was founded by 120 army-critical activists in Restaurant Kreuz in Solothurn. Now, after 11 federal popular initiatives and 4 referenda, GSoA celebrates its 40-year-long existence as the biggest anti-military initiative in Switzerland. At this year's general assembly, GSoA will adopt an anti-military manifest and will address the war in Ukraine, the Nuclear Prohibition Treaty and upcoming projects.

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