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Building on the Beijing Platform for Action, the UNSCR 1325 and the Agenda 2030 experts show that development and peace will only be sustainable when combining climate and gender justice.

Panel Discussion, 2020/09/17, 6.30 pm - 8pm, Rotonda, Saal der Pfarrei Dreifaltigkeit, Sulgeneckstrasse 13, Bern

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In this article, KOFF's Project Coordinator Leandra Bias approaches the shortcomings of security policy and its misrepresentation of the role of women in violent extremism - a reflection based on the findings of the joint project "Civil Society Contribution to the implementation of the Swiss NAP 1325" carried out by KOFF, cfd and PWAG.

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In the district of Choluteca, huge areas of land are being used to produce renewable energy from photovoltaics. The result is an ecological catastrophe with deforestation, drier soils and extinction of wildlife. The local community, which lives mainly from agriculture, pays the highest price.

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Can migration phenomena contribute to peace and under what conditions?

This edition of à propos offers an overview of KOFF and other organizations’ perspectives on the migration-peace nexus, its opportunities and challenges in the current context.

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Our Annual Report 2019 highlights the relevance and potential of joint learning within KOFF. It provides an overview of the work and exchanges that our member organizations have had this year in order to harness the diversity of knowledge, experience and perspectives on peace.

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What is the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development? The Agenda 2030 platform is conducting a series of interviews with experts. Here is an interview with Anna Leissing, the Head of KOFF at swisspeace.

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The next episode “Climate and Peace: Opportunities for entry into climate-relevant peacebuilding” has now been released on our SoundCloud page! Silja Halle of UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, and Stefan Salzmann of Fastenopfer are talking with Hannah-Milena Elias about the tension between climate, peace and social justice and how these issues arise in practice.

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Following the KOFF Advisory Board Meeting this March, we would like to share an update for the upcoming months.

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KOFF presents its first episode of the new podcast series: On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Jonas Hinck talks about gender justice in peace processes with Anat Al-Mzayyen (Palestinian Working Women Society for Development), Flurina Derungs (PeaceWomen Across the Globe) and Sarah Koch (Gender Focal Point at the Human Security Division from the FDFA)

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Our 2018 Annual Report delves into how the KOFF platform can contribute to peacebuilding.

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