A Congolese minority demands dignity and justice

    Facing targeted violence and silence around their plight, the Banyamulenge diaspora are calling for concrete action to protect civilians and human rights.

    Founded in 1964 to advance research on the conditions of peace and the causes of war and violence — with five regional associations covering every corner of the planet — the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) is the world’s most established multi-disciplinary professional organization in the field of peace, human rights and conflict studies.

    Waging Nonviolence partners with other organizations and publishes their work.

      Germans are not falling in line for the new military draft

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      Widespread protests across Germany are a sign that the new military conscription legislation will face fierce noncooperation.

        Women play an overlooked but essential role in peacebuilding

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        Women peacebuilders deserve funding for their efforts, protection against violence and to have their alternative visions of peace taken seriously.

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