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What can we learn from previous peacebuilding projects to make our work more effective in the future? Are we devoting enough (safe) space and time for self-reflection within the peacebuilding sector? Are we creating opportunities for sharing experiences and recommendations with our peacebuilding peers?

Read more in our November edition!

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Geneva Peace-Cast is a new series highlighting solutions emerging from Geneva Peace Week, produced by Interpeace and Fondation Hirondelle.

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The care economy - which predominantly relies on women's work - is in a constant state of crisis. This is a barrier to political participation for anyone active in this economy. This booklet explains how socio-economic barriers, and care-work in particular, hinder women's participation in political and peace processes and offers recommendations on how Swiss policy can address this problem and thus increase the potential of its Women Peace and Security agenda.

Read the booklet (en, de, fr) and register for the Virtual Conference “Centering Care in Women, Peace and Security” ( 21 September 2021, 1.45pm-4.45pm).

For the first time, civil society is an implementing partner in Switzerland’s National Action Plan 1325. The past two years were dedicated to investigating how care relates to women’s participation and peacebuilding.

This virtual conference is the culmination of this project where key findings will be presented and discussed in a broader context with civil society actors and policymakers.

21 September 2021, 1.45pm-4.45pm

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What efforts are Swiss peacebuilding organizations making to promote peace and security in Switzerland and abroad?

Read this issue to learn more about current initiatives, as well as the remaining challenges and opportunities.

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In this peace article you will learn that the contradiction between war and peace is the contradiction between the destructive and the constructive, the right and the wrong inside of your psyche, and that it is waiting there to be resolved by you. The peace article shows you how.

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What are the biggest hurdles we currently face regarding mis/disinformation? What impact can digital technologies make in promoting peacemaking and preventing conflict?

In the third KOFF roundtable of 2021, panelists from four areas of peacebuilding discussed the challenges of mis/disinformation and ways forward - the discussion is reflected and summarized in this synthesis.

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How does Switzerland advocate for peace? Who determines peace policy? What has changed in recent years? What priorities should Switzerland set in its future peace policy in the future? And how does the Swiss candidature for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council play into this?

These and other questions came up at a KOFF Roundtable in May 2021 - the discussion is reflected and summarized in this synthesis.

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This article elaborates on the terre des hommes switzerland study on gun violence in Brazil with a focus on the "war on drugs" of the police against the population in the Jacarenzinho Favela, Rio de Janeiro. What is certain is that weapons from Europe are involved.

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"How does peace policy work in Switzerland?" is an interview with the historian Jo Lang, the SP National Councillor Priska Seiler Graf, and KOFF/swisspeace's Anna Leissing on Swiss peace and security policy. In particular, the topics of care work, arms exports, approaches to international military interventions, and women in the armed forces are addressed.

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