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Results and messages emerging from research projects (2014-2020) of the r4d programme

Project exhibition, conversations, panel and film screenings

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With the appointment of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in 2018, the country opened up to increased space for civil society and peace. However, increasing ethnic conflicts and breakdowns in law and order have led to limitations of the credibility of the new government. This issue of à propos will focus on the current political situation and challenges to peace in Ethiopia.

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The coronavirus hits the whole world. The effects are most devastating for those already living in precarious conditions. Brücke - Le pont is particularly close to those affected in its partner countries in Latin America and Africa during this difficult time. A review of the first weeks with the virus - and a look ahead.

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After 16 years in the Swiss National Council as a representative of the Social Democratic Party, 17 years on the council of a municipality in Canton Berne and countless years of commitment to peace, women and human rights, Margret Kiener Nellen looks back on special moments in her political career.

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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

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PBI presents itself at the Seminar for Cultural Studies and European Ethnology at the University of Basel and talks with two Honduran activists about the problems of megaprojects in their country.

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Learn more on this day about the work of Mission 21 and its partner organizations. The focus lies on a children's centre in southern Sudan, which was destroyed by civil war.

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Sibylle Stillhart argues in her book "Schluss mit gratis!" that unpaid work should be put on the political agenda. She reads from it at the FeminisTisch. Afterwards, a space for open discussion related to the value of care work is provided.

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On two evenings, the course focuses on the most important current development theories and how they relate to other socio-political concepts and to the global UN sustainability goals (Agenda 2030). Against the background of the practical experiences from the development cooperation of Mission 21, these will be put up for discussion.

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Religions play an ambivalent role in conflicts: they can fuel violence, but they can also lay a foundation for peace. The conference on inter-religious peace work organized by Mission 21 is aimed at specialists, students and other interested parties who are interested in the added value of religions in the management of violent conflicts and in peacebuilding.

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