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The KOFF Master Class "Poetry, Gender and Peace" took place in Bern in March 2019. The class brought together arts, peacebuilding, and gender equality professionals from across Switzerland. The first session explored conflict transformation

approaches to strategic arts-based peacebuilding practice and discussed spoken word poetry case studies. The second featured a workshop for interactive spoken word poetry.

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The crucial and indispensable role played by non-govern-mental organizations, civil society organizations, social and popular movements, and human rights defenders in achieving fair, inclusive, peaceful and sustainable societies has been recognized and reaffirmed internationally and in the legislation of most countries in the world.

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