The ADR like Sulha or Shalish may be introduced in any categories of disputes and conflict resolution including the conflict between Arab/ Israel, Kashmir and any other dispute around the world.
"I don’t know when I began to clearly see the evidence of another crime besides murder among the bodies in the ditches and the mass graves. I know that for a long time I sealed away from my mind all the signs of this crime, instructing myself not to recognise what was there in front of me. The crime was rape, on a scale that deeply affected me…. Nevertheless, if you looked, you could see the evidence, even in the whitened skeletons. The legs bent and apart -- A broken bottle, a rough branch, even a knife between them. Where the bodies were fresh, one saw what must have been semen pooled on and near the dead women and girls. There was always a lot of blood. Some male corpses had their genitals cut off, but many women and young girls had their breasts chopped off and their genitals crudely cut apart. They died in a position of total vulnerability, flat on their backs, with their legs bent and knees wide apart. It was the expressions on their dead faces that assaulted me the most, a frieze of shock, pain, and humiliation"
Romeo Dallaire on the Genocide in Rwanda
Armed conflict and peacebuilding in rwanda fakh0016
The document summarizes the history of armed conflict and peacebuilding efforts in Rwanda. It describes the ethnic tensions between Hutus and Tutsis that led to genocide in 1994 where over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. It then outlines the post-conflict reconstruction process including national reconciliation efforts, economic reforms, and establishing a democratic government with policies of unity and gender equality. Challenges to peacebuilding include strengthening civil society and ensuring inclusive economic growth while preventing a return to ethnic divisions.
It is not our culture Human Rights Culture in Guyana and the CaribbeanVidyaratha Kissoon
The oringal slidecast can be seen at http://youtu.be/SMmdiPGrCgQ
This presentation was made on 7 June, 2013 at the Caribbean Studies Association conference in Grenada. Guyana and the rest of the English-Speaking Caribbean have a history
of violence and subjugation of human subjects. Independence provided opportunities for equality of all citizens. However, the ending of the 20th century saw increased activism on two human rights issues.
These issues are :-
i) the beating of children as a form of discipline
ii) discrimination against lesbian,gay , bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) citizens
The resistance to change in these issues has been 'it is our culture'.
The response to the international human rights obligations which call for change has been framed in ideas of nationhood and sovereignty; preservation of cultural values and resistance to cultural imperialism. This presentation examines the work which has been done to change the attitudes to these issues. This review will be done through examination of the strategies which are being used by
organisations and individuals who advocate on these rights.
The presentation is a work in progress towards identifying how the changes have been happening and identifying the opportunities for deeper activism to promote equality for children and equality for LGBT in the Caribbean.
Thanks to the IDEAS Forum for their initial feedback and to Roxroy Bollers for providing the shape files to use for the maps which were created using QGIS
This document discusses the impact of extremism on Jordanian women. It outlines Jordan's accomplishments in advancing women's rights through new laws and regulations, as well as increased political participation. However, extremism threatens these gains by promoting misogynistic views. Extremism affects women's self-image and mindsets of youth. The media plays a key role in countering extremist ideas and promoting women's empowerment. Political leadership, through initiatives like Amman's Message, also aims to promote tolerance and moderation over extremism. Overall, the rise of extremism undermines women's rights in Jordan, threatening hard-won legal and social progress. Coordinated efforts are needed across society to address both the ideological roots
Social harmony is peaceful interaction of human dynamics among members of a social group or groups. Basic survival and subsistence families or complex societies develop and thrive on some form of social harmony.
• Peace and Sustainability • Understanding Peace and Conflict Tasneem Ahmad
This document discusses peace, sustainability, and conflict. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. Conflict is described as a process where groups compete for resources or seek to prevent each other from achieving goals. The document outlines different types of direct and indirect conflict and provides examples. It then discusses steps communities can take to promote peace, such as through cultural events, education programs, and community-wide policies. Overall, the document presents information on sustainability, conflict, and provides guidance on actions individuals and groups can take to develop and maintain peace.
This document provides background information on gun violence in Honduras. It summarizes key facts about Honduras, including its population, economy, political history, levels of violence, health impacts, and societal impacts. Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, with gun violence being the leading cause of death. Exposure to violence has negative health impacts and perpetuates further cycles of violence. Reducing violence could help improve health, social, and economic outcomes in Honduras.
"I don’t know when I began to clearly see the evidence of another crime besides murder among the bodies in the ditches and the mass graves. I know that for a long time I sealed away from my mind all the signs of this crime, instructing myself not to recognise what was there in front of me. The crime was rape, on a scale that deeply affected me…. Nevertheless, if you looked, you could see the evidence, even in the whitened skeletons. The legs bent and apart -- A broken bottle, a rough branch, even a knife between them. Where the bodies were fresh, one saw what must have been semen pooled on and near the dead women and girls. There was always a lot of blood. Some male corpses had their genitals cut off, but many women and young girls had their breasts chopped off and their genitals crudely cut apart. They died in a position of total vulnerability, flat on their backs, with their legs bent and knees wide apart. It was the expressions on their dead faces that assaulted me the most, a frieze of shock, pain, and humiliation"
Romeo Dallaire on the Genocide in Rwanda
Armed conflict and peacebuilding in rwanda fakh0016
The document summarizes the history of armed conflict and peacebuilding efforts in Rwanda. It describes the ethnic tensions between Hutus and Tutsis that led to genocide in 1994 where over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. It then outlines the post-conflict reconstruction process including national reconciliation efforts, economic reforms, and establishing a democratic government with policies of unity and gender equality. Challenges to peacebuilding include strengthening civil society and ensuring inclusive economic growth while preventing a return to ethnic divisions.
It is not our culture Human Rights Culture in Guyana and the CaribbeanVidyaratha Kissoon
The oringal slidecast can be seen at http://youtu.be/SMmdiPGrCgQ
This presentation was made on 7 June, 2013 at the Caribbean Studies Association conference in Grenada. Guyana and the rest of the English-Speaking Caribbean have a history
of violence and subjugation of human subjects. Independence provided opportunities for equality of all citizens. However, the ending of the 20th century saw increased activism on two human rights issues.
These issues are :-
i) the beating of children as a form of discipline
ii) discrimination against lesbian,gay , bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) citizens
The resistance to change in these issues has been 'it is our culture'.
The response to the international human rights obligations which call for change has been framed in ideas of nationhood and sovereignty; preservation of cultural values and resistance to cultural imperialism. This presentation examines the work which has been done to change the attitudes to these issues. This review will be done through examination of the strategies which are being used by
organisations and individuals who advocate on these rights.
The presentation is a work in progress towards identifying how the changes have been happening and identifying the opportunities for deeper activism to promote equality for children and equality for LGBT in the Caribbean.
Thanks to the IDEAS Forum for their initial feedback and to Roxroy Bollers for providing the shape files to use for the maps which were created using QGIS
This document discusses the impact of extremism on Jordanian women. It outlines Jordan's accomplishments in advancing women's rights through new laws and regulations, as well as increased political participation. However, extremism threatens these gains by promoting misogynistic views. Extremism affects women's self-image and mindsets of youth. The media plays a key role in countering extremist ideas and promoting women's empowerment. Political leadership, through initiatives like Amman's Message, also aims to promote tolerance and moderation over extremism. Overall, the rise of extremism undermines women's rights in Jordan, threatening hard-won legal and social progress. Coordinated efforts are needed across society to address both the ideological roots
Social harmony is peaceful interaction of human dynamics among members of a social group or groups. Basic survival and subsistence families or complex societies develop and thrive on some form of social harmony.
• Peace and Sustainability • Understanding Peace and Conflict Tasneem Ahmad
This document discusses peace, sustainability, and conflict. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. Conflict is described as a process where groups compete for resources or seek to prevent each other from achieving goals. The document outlines different types of direct and indirect conflict and provides examples. It then discusses steps communities can take to promote peace, such as through cultural events, education programs, and community-wide policies. Overall, the document presents information on sustainability, conflict, and provides guidance on actions individuals and groups can take to develop and maintain peace.
This document provides background information on gun violence in Honduras. It summarizes key facts about Honduras, including its population, economy, political history, levels of violence, health impacts, and societal impacts. Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, with gun violence being the leading cause of death. Exposure to violence has negative health impacts and perpetuates further cycles of violence. Reducing violence could help improve health, social, and economic outcomes in Honduras.
"Armed violence reduction within the post-2015 agenda"
Regional Review Conference on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development
Geneva, Switzerland | 8-9 July 2014
Text book on political parties and pressure groups full.ogbaji udochukwu
This document provides an overview of the concept of politics including various definitions from scholars. It discusses how politics involves interactions between people as they try to define their positions in society and struggle over scarce resources. Politics can be seen as the authoritative allocation of values as influenced by the shaping, distribution, and exercise of power. The document also notes that politics involves negotiation, arguments, and discussions to resolve issues and settle conflicts in a society. It aims to give students context on the meaning of politics before discussing political parties and pressure groups in Nigeria.
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-forgotten-war-in-kachin-state The forgotten war in Kachin State http://burmacampaign.org.uk/category/all-news/crisis-in-kachin-state/ CRISIS IN KACHIN STATE NEWS Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situaton in Myanmar http://burmacampaign.org.uk/media/ResourceFederalismWEB.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachin_conflict Kachin conflict https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/6429/2017/en/ MYANMAR: "ALL THE CIVILIANS SUFFER" : CONFLICT, DISPLACEMENT, AND ABUSE IN NORTHERN MYANMAR https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OCHA_Myanmar_Press_Release_16May2014.pdf
1) The UN humanitarian reform aims to build a stronger, more predictable response system and coordinate finances and leadership.
2) There is confusion between political and humanitarian agendas and between humanitarian action and development.
3) MSF's perspective is to prioritize independence and a clear identity, especially in high conflict settings where impartiality is important. Coordination does not require losing independence or identity.
4) The humanitarian system faces dilemmas between being rescuers of human suffering or seeking political solutions, as the world changes with new crises, actors, and sovereignty issues.
The document summarizes key international instruments that establish and protect women's human rights. It discusses conventions like CEDAW that prohibit discrimination against women and establish principles of gender equality. It also outlines other agreements from conferences that further articulate concepts of women's empowerment, reproductive rights, and gender equity. However, it notes that while progress has been made, many challenges still remain in fully implementing these agreements and ensuring women's rights are upheld and respected in practice around the world.
Peace building and sustainable developmentpurplelika
The document discusses peace-building as interventions designed to prevent violent conflict by creating sustainable peace. Peace-building addresses root causes of violence, creates expectations for peaceful conflict resolution, and stabilizes societies politically and economically. It differs from peace-making, which stops ongoing conflicts, and peace-keeping, which only prevents resuming conflicts after they end. Components of peace-building include reconciling opponents, preventing recurring conflict, and addressing structural issues. Peace-building must consider functional structures, emotional conditions, social psychology, stability, rule of law, and cultural sensitivities. It involves three dimensions: demilitarizing and reintegrating combatants, rebuilding infrastructure, and addressing trauma, community relations, human rights, and development.
U peace presentation peacebuilding_slideshareGenPeace
The document outlines concepts related to peacebuilding from a practitioner's perspective. It discusses the basis of peacebuilding in human rights and dignity. It also discusses different approaches to peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding. Peacebuilding aims to address the root causes and effects of conflicts through reconciliation and political/economic transformation to prevent violence from recurring.
The document discusses different social structures and their role in fulfilling human desires and attaining happiness. It argues that government exists to (1) defend countries from invasion through military force, and (2) maintain justice and rule of law to create freedom for citizens to live moral and meaningful lives. The highest good is happiness, which relies on properly channeling desires through social institutions like family, economy, education and religion.
The document discusses key aspects of a rights-based perspective and approach to social work and human rights. It begins by stating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. It then provides definitions of human rights, explaining that rights are the basic standards needed for people to live in dignity. The document outlines three generations of human rights - civil/political, economic/social/cultural, and collective rights. It discusses principles of human rights like universality, inalienability, and indivisibility. Finally, it explains that a rights-based approach means that governments have obligations to respect, protect, promote, and fulfill the rights of individuals.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Social work promotes social change, empowerment, and liberation to enhance well-being utilizing theories of human behavior. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work. A rights-based perspective is founded on the belief that all humans hold rights and requires governments to respect, promote, protect, and fulfill those rights based on international agreements. A human rights-based approach entails systematically paying attention to human rights and rights principles in all aspects of work.
From the Field to the Judge’s Bench
Published by Human Rights Law Network(HRLN), a division of Socio Legal Information Centre(SLIC). For more details about our works, visit us at http://hrln.org
1) The document discusses the adoption of multi-party democracy in Nigeria as a strategy for managing ethnic conflict in the country's multi-ethnic society.
2) Nigeria faces significant socio-political challenges due to its divisions along ethnic lines, which has led to insecurity, instability, and ethno-religious crises.
3) The adoption of multi-party democracy in Nigeria provides a political and constitutional means for representing groups' interests and promoting national integration, which is important for effectively managing ethnic tensions.
The document provides guidance for Finnish NGOs on applying a human rights-based approach to development projects. It explains that a human rights-based approach aims to empower rights-holders to demand their rights and strengthen the capacity of duty-bearers to respect, protect, and fulfill those rights. In addition, the document outlines the core principles of a human rights-based approach and provides guidance on how to integrate human rights into project planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
Lecture delivered on the occasion of the public presentation of The Nigerian Political Turf: Polity, Politics and Politicians written by Mobolade Omonijo on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at The Muson Centre, Onikan-Lagos.
The Power of You is an article that highlights the power of an individual and the youth to improve the Human Rights of Women and the Power of Youth in improving society.
06 b making-transitional-justice-work-for-womenDr Lendy Spires
Transitional justice aims to address past human rights violations and strengthen the rule of law in post-conflict societies. However, it has traditionally neglected women's experiences during conflicts. This document argues that transitional justice processes need to be made more gender-sensitive by recognizing how women's experiences of violence and inequality differ from men's, and by seeking redress for the underlying structural inequalities that enabled violations against women. A gender-sensitive approach would rethink the core assumptions about what constitutes justice for women and which violations should be addressed through transitional justice mechanisms.
From Inclusive to Just Development Bangkok Civil Society DeclarationWOREC Nepal
This document outlines a vision for "Development Justice" as a framework for post-2015 development. It calls for five foundational shifts: 1) Redistributive Justice to equitably redistribute wealth, power and opportunities; 2) Economic Justice to enable dignified lives and eliminate exploitation; 3) Social Justice to eliminate discrimination and guarantee human rights; 4) Environmental Justice to alleviate those most harmed by environmental degradation; 5) Accountability to Peoples to empower people in development decisions. It proposes specific policies and targets to achieve redistributive justice, economic justice, and reduce inequality within and between countries.
This document is an introductory chapter about global studies, globalization, and global citizenship. It discusses how global studies emerged as a field of academic study to address increasingly global issues. It explores various definitions of globalization and debates around whether it is positive or negative. Finally, it compares the concept of global citizenship to traditional definitions of citizenship, noting global citizens see their local actions as having global consequences and responsibility.
This document provides an overview of best principles and practices for promoting gender equality in peacebuilding initiatives, based on lessons learned from experience. It defines key terms like gender equality and gender mainstreaming. It also examines how gender roles and relations are affected during conflicts, with women often facing increased risks of violence and loss of social support. The document recommends that peacebuilding programs conduct gender analyses and promote women's participation, to help create more equitable and sustainable peace.
This document summarizes a journal article that examines corruption in Nigeria. It discusses how corruption is endemic and pervasive in all aspects of Nigerian society, politics, and economy. It traces the origins and increasing institutionalization of corruption from the early post-independence governments up through contemporary administrations. Various types of corruption are defined, such as grand, political, bureaucratic, and legislative corruption. Causes of corruption discussed include unequal wealth distribution, using political power to access wealth, weak enforcement mechanisms, and displays of ill-gotten wealth without consequences. The article analyzes how corruption has damaged Nigeria's development and governance.
US National Action Plan on Women Peace and SecurityDr Lendy Spires
The goal of this National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security is as simple as it is profound: to empower half the world’s population as equal partners in preventing conflict and building peace in countries threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity. Achieving this goal is critical to our national and global security. Deadly conflicts can be more effectively avoided, and peace can be best forged and sustained, when women become equal partners in all aspects of peace-building and conflict prevention, when their lives are protected, their experiences considered, and their voices heard.
As directed by the Executive Order signed by President Obama entitled Instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, this Plan describes the course the United States Government will take to accelerate, institutionalize, and better coordinate our efforts to advance women’s inclusion in peace negotiations, peacebuilding activities, and conflict prevention; to protect women from sexual and gender-based violence; and to ensure equal access to relief and recovery assistance, in areas of conflict and insecurity. It is guided by the following five principles: First, the engagement and protection of women as agents of peace and stability will be central to the United States’ efforts to promote security, prevent, respond to, and resolve conflict, and rebuild societies. Second, by building on the goals for gender integration described in the United States National Security Strategy and the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, the United States’ efforts on Women, Peace, and Security will complement and enhance existing initiatives to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, ensure respect for human rights, and address the needs of vulnerable popula-tions in crisis and conflict environments.
Third, in executing this policy, the United States will be guided by the principle of inclusion, seeking out the views and participation of a wide variety of stakeholders—women and girls, men and boys, and members of marginalized groups, including youth, ethnic, racial or religious minorities, persons with disabilities, displaced persons and indigenous peoples, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and people from all socioeconomic strata. Fourth, in order to maximize the impact of this Plan, the United States will ensure that activities in sup-port of Women, Peace and Security are coordinated among all relevant departments and agencies
This document provides an overview and introduction to the concepts of peace studies and conflict resolution. It defines key terms like conflict, violence, ceasefire, peacemaking, and peacekeeping. It also discusses the importance of considering gender and identity in peace and conflict issues. Specifically, it notes that women are disproportionately impacted by conflict and addresses the need for greater female representation in peace negotiations. The document aims to educate students on these fundamental concepts to promote peace at both the micro and macro levels.
"Armed violence reduction within the post-2015 agenda"
Regional Review Conference on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development
Geneva, Switzerland | 8-9 July 2014
Text book on political parties and pressure groups full.ogbaji udochukwu
This document provides an overview of the concept of politics including various definitions from scholars. It discusses how politics involves interactions between people as they try to define their positions in society and struggle over scarce resources. Politics can be seen as the authoritative allocation of values as influenced by the shaping, distribution, and exercise of power. The document also notes that politics involves negotiation, arguments, and discussions to resolve issues and settle conflicts in a society. It aims to give students context on the meaning of politics before discussing political parties and pressure groups in Nigeria.
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-forgotten-war-in-kachin-state The forgotten war in Kachin State http://burmacampaign.org.uk/category/all-news/crisis-in-kachin-state/ CRISIS IN KACHIN STATE NEWS Call for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situaton in Myanmar http://burmacampaign.org.uk/media/ResourceFederalismWEB.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachin_conflict Kachin conflict https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/6429/2017/en/ MYANMAR: "ALL THE CIVILIANS SUFFER" : CONFLICT, DISPLACEMENT, AND ABUSE IN NORTHERN MYANMAR https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OCHA_Myanmar_Press_Release_16May2014.pdf
1) The UN humanitarian reform aims to build a stronger, more predictable response system and coordinate finances and leadership.
2) There is confusion between political and humanitarian agendas and between humanitarian action and development.
3) MSF's perspective is to prioritize independence and a clear identity, especially in high conflict settings where impartiality is important. Coordination does not require losing independence or identity.
4) The humanitarian system faces dilemmas between being rescuers of human suffering or seeking political solutions, as the world changes with new crises, actors, and sovereignty issues.
The document summarizes key international instruments that establish and protect women's human rights. It discusses conventions like CEDAW that prohibit discrimination against women and establish principles of gender equality. It also outlines other agreements from conferences that further articulate concepts of women's empowerment, reproductive rights, and gender equity. However, it notes that while progress has been made, many challenges still remain in fully implementing these agreements and ensuring women's rights are upheld and respected in practice around the world.
Peace building and sustainable developmentpurplelika
The document discusses peace-building as interventions designed to prevent violent conflict by creating sustainable peace. Peace-building addresses root causes of violence, creates expectations for peaceful conflict resolution, and stabilizes societies politically and economically. It differs from peace-making, which stops ongoing conflicts, and peace-keeping, which only prevents resuming conflicts after they end. Components of peace-building include reconciling opponents, preventing recurring conflict, and addressing structural issues. Peace-building must consider functional structures, emotional conditions, social psychology, stability, rule of law, and cultural sensitivities. It involves three dimensions: demilitarizing and reintegrating combatants, rebuilding infrastructure, and addressing trauma, community relations, human rights, and development.
U peace presentation peacebuilding_slideshareGenPeace
The document outlines concepts related to peacebuilding from a practitioner's perspective. It discusses the basis of peacebuilding in human rights and dignity. It also discusses different approaches to peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding. Peacebuilding aims to address the root causes and effects of conflicts through reconciliation and political/economic transformation to prevent violence from recurring.
The document discusses different social structures and their role in fulfilling human desires and attaining happiness. It argues that government exists to (1) defend countries from invasion through military force, and (2) maintain justice and rule of law to create freedom for citizens to live moral and meaningful lives. The highest good is happiness, which relies on properly channeling desires through social institutions like family, economy, education and religion.
The document discusses key aspects of a rights-based perspective and approach to social work and human rights. It begins by stating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. It then provides definitions of human rights, explaining that rights are the basic standards needed for people to live in dignity. The document outlines three generations of human rights - civil/political, economic/social/cultural, and collective rights. It discusses principles of human rights like universality, inalienability, and indivisibility. Finally, it explains that a rights-based approach means that governments have obligations to respect, protect, promote, and fulfill the rights of individuals.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Social work promotes social change, empowerment, and liberation to enhance well-being utilizing theories of human behavior. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work. A rights-based perspective is founded on the belief that all humans hold rights and requires governments to respect, promote, protect, and fulfill those rights based on international agreements. A human rights-based approach entails systematically paying attention to human rights and rights principles in all aspects of work.
From the Field to the Judge’s Bench
Published by Human Rights Law Network(HRLN), a division of Socio Legal Information Centre(SLIC). For more details about our works, visit us at http://hrln.org
1) The document discusses the adoption of multi-party democracy in Nigeria as a strategy for managing ethnic conflict in the country's multi-ethnic society.
2) Nigeria faces significant socio-political challenges due to its divisions along ethnic lines, which has led to insecurity, instability, and ethno-religious crises.
3) The adoption of multi-party democracy in Nigeria provides a political and constitutional means for representing groups' interests and promoting national integration, which is important for effectively managing ethnic tensions.
The document provides guidance for Finnish NGOs on applying a human rights-based approach to development projects. It explains that a human rights-based approach aims to empower rights-holders to demand their rights and strengthen the capacity of duty-bearers to respect, protect, and fulfill those rights. In addition, the document outlines the core principles of a human rights-based approach and provides guidance on how to integrate human rights into project planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
Lecture delivered on the occasion of the public presentation of The Nigerian Political Turf: Polity, Politics and Politicians written by Mobolade Omonijo on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at The Muson Centre, Onikan-Lagos.
The Power of You is an article that highlights the power of an individual and the youth to improve the Human Rights of Women and the Power of Youth in improving society.
06 b making-transitional-justice-work-for-womenDr Lendy Spires
Transitional justice aims to address past human rights violations and strengthen the rule of law in post-conflict societies. However, it has traditionally neglected women's experiences during conflicts. This document argues that transitional justice processes need to be made more gender-sensitive by recognizing how women's experiences of violence and inequality differ from men's, and by seeking redress for the underlying structural inequalities that enabled violations against women. A gender-sensitive approach would rethink the core assumptions about what constitutes justice for women and which violations should be addressed through transitional justice mechanisms.
From Inclusive to Just Development Bangkok Civil Society DeclarationWOREC Nepal
This document outlines a vision for "Development Justice" as a framework for post-2015 development. It calls for five foundational shifts: 1) Redistributive Justice to equitably redistribute wealth, power and opportunities; 2) Economic Justice to enable dignified lives and eliminate exploitation; 3) Social Justice to eliminate discrimination and guarantee human rights; 4) Environmental Justice to alleviate those most harmed by environmental degradation; 5) Accountability to Peoples to empower people in development decisions. It proposes specific policies and targets to achieve redistributive justice, economic justice, and reduce inequality within and between countries.
This document is an introductory chapter about global studies, globalization, and global citizenship. It discusses how global studies emerged as a field of academic study to address increasingly global issues. It explores various definitions of globalization and debates around whether it is positive or negative. Finally, it compares the concept of global citizenship to traditional definitions of citizenship, noting global citizens see their local actions as having global consequences and responsibility.
This document provides an overview of best principles and practices for promoting gender equality in peacebuilding initiatives, based on lessons learned from experience. It defines key terms like gender equality and gender mainstreaming. It also examines how gender roles and relations are affected during conflicts, with women often facing increased risks of violence and loss of social support. The document recommends that peacebuilding programs conduct gender analyses and promote women's participation, to help create more equitable and sustainable peace.
This document summarizes a journal article that examines corruption in Nigeria. It discusses how corruption is endemic and pervasive in all aspects of Nigerian society, politics, and economy. It traces the origins and increasing institutionalization of corruption from the early post-independence governments up through contemporary administrations. Various types of corruption are defined, such as grand, political, bureaucratic, and legislative corruption. Causes of corruption discussed include unequal wealth distribution, using political power to access wealth, weak enforcement mechanisms, and displays of ill-gotten wealth without consequences. The article analyzes how corruption has damaged Nigeria's development and governance.
US National Action Plan on Women Peace and SecurityDr Lendy Spires
The goal of this National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security is as simple as it is profound: to empower half the world’s population as equal partners in preventing conflict and building peace in countries threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity. Achieving this goal is critical to our national and global security. Deadly conflicts can be more effectively avoided, and peace can be best forged and sustained, when women become equal partners in all aspects of peace-building and conflict prevention, when their lives are protected, their experiences considered, and their voices heard.
As directed by the Executive Order signed by President Obama entitled Instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, this Plan describes the course the United States Government will take to accelerate, institutionalize, and better coordinate our efforts to advance women’s inclusion in peace negotiations, peacebuilding activities, and conflict prevention; to protect women from sexual and gender-based violence; and to ensure equal access to relief and recovery assistance, in areas of conflict and insecurity. It is guided by the following five principles: First, the engagement and protection of women as agents of peace and stability will be central to the United States’ efforts to promote security, prevent, respond to, and resolve conflict, and rebuild societies. Second, by building on the goals for gender integration described in the United States National Security Strategy and the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, the United States’ efforts on Women, Peace, and Security will complement and enhance existing initiatives to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, ensure respect for human rights, and address the needs of vulnerable popula-tions in crisis and conflict environments.
Third, in executing this policy, the United States will be guided by the principle of inclusion, seeking out the views and participation of a wide variety of stakeholders—women and girls, men and boys, and members of marginalized groups, including youth, ethnic, racial or religious minorities, persons with disabilities, displaced persons and indigenous peoples, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and people from all socioeconomic strata. Fourth, in order to maximize the impact of this Plan, the United States will ensure that activities in sup-port of Women, Peace and Security are coordinated among all relevant departments and agencies
This document provides an overview and introduction to the concepts of peace studies and conflict resolution. It defines key terms like conflict, violence, ceasefire, peacemaking, and peacekeeping. It also discusses the importance of considering gender and identity in peace and conflict issues. Specifically, it notes that women are disproportionately impacted by conflict and addresses the need for greater female representation in peace negotiations. The document aims to educate students on these fundamental concepts to promote peace at both the micro and macro levels.
The Participation Promise “Security Council Resolution 1325Dr Lendy Spires
The participation promise October 2010 marked the tenth anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 (‘SCR 1325’) on Women, Peace and Security. The previous ten years have delivered an agenda for action on SCR 1325. However, it is critical that the next ten are about creating real change for women and their conflict-affected communities. We need concrete action backed by resources and commitment at the international, national, and local levels to ensure the participation promise, made to women all over the world, is realised.
SCR 1325 is first and foremost about peace and security.The inclusion of women is rooted in the premise that their presence, participation and perspectives will improve the chances of attaining viable and sustainable peace. It is also based on the knowledge that if half the population faces discrimination and violence there can be no peace.2 Rebuilding after conflict provides a window of opportunity to transform the status quo. This requires recognition of the roles which women have played during the conflict (such as combatants, economic actors, leaders and peacemakers in their local communities) and post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery processes which include the needs, skills and experiences of women. Why does women’s participation matter?
The participation of women in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding assures their experiences, priorities and solutions contribute to stability, inclusive governance and sustainable peace.” 3 A question of justice Women as a group make up half the world’s population and should be able to participate in decisions which affect their lives. This is enshrined in international human rights standards such as the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Different perspectives and priorities Women’s experiences of conflict and the aftermath of conflict frequently differ from those of men.
Identifying Women’s Peace and Security PrioritiesDr Lendy Spires
Identify important peace and security entry points. It is important for women to agree on the specific upcoming events or processes in which they wish to be involved. The following are typical peace and security processes that often lack opportunities for women’s engagement and as a result, often fail adequately to reflect women’s concerns:
»» Humanitarian interventions, which include delivery of urgently needed relief and are often supported by significant fund-raising drives to generate resources to address urgent recovery needs;
»» Ceasefires or pre-ceasefires, including confidence-building measures and humanitarian access agreements;
»» Peace negotiations, whether they are about to start or ongoing;
»» A post-conflict needs assessment or other planning process, which identifies priorities for public investment and focuses on a wide range of issues, such as infrastructure recovery, creation of economic opportunities, health and education rehabilitation, justice and security sector reform, and basic rehabilitation of governance infrastructure and processes;
»» Donor conferences, in which the plans identified through needs-assessment processes are financed;
»» Production of an Integrated Strategic Framework for ensuring coherence between national priorities and international support, including grounding international peacekeeping missions in the national context. These can be supported by the UN’s Integrated Mission Planning and by the Peacebuilding Commission.4 These frameworks will be supported by multi-donor trust funds or by the Peacebuilding Fund.5
»» Establishment or draw-down of an international peacekeeping or political mission;
»» Production of a Poverty Reduction Strategy; and
»» Production of a National Action Plan on 1325 to bring issues of women, peace and security into national defence, justice, interior and gender planning. Any of these events or processes offer women a useful entry point for engaging as a collectivity.
Women can request inclusion, consultation and/or representation. They can make substantive suggestions about issues they want to see on the agenda, or they can make concrete proposals for monitoring these processes. Focus on peace and security.
This document provides an implementation plan for the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. It outlines how the Department of State will advance the goals of empowering women in conflict prevention, peace processes, decision-making, protection from violence, access to relief and recovery assistance. Key actions include working with focus country embassies, maintaining efforts at the UN, and addressing issues through programs focused on women's participation, security sector reform, rule of law, and economic and political empowerment. The plan also provides overviews of women, peace and security issues and opportunities in each region of the world.
It is highly recommended that you review this sample as you prepare for any upcoming model summit. In this exemplary position paper, I adeptly address the critical topic of women’s role in peace and security in my capacity as Cabo Verde’s Ambassador to the Ivory Coast at the 2nd Model ECOWAS Summit 2016. It underscores the importance of moving beyond coercion to achieve lasting peace - a sentiment echoed by Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General.
Entering the field of youth diplomacy is an exciting and demanding undertaking. Engaging in model summits is a fantastic chance to learn international relations, polish diplomatic abilities, and connect with like-minded people. Creating an engaging position paper that clearly explains your nation's perspective on important topics is one of the most important components of these summits.
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Transitional Justice from Women’s PerspectivesWOREC Nepal
The official peace process in Nepal has been ongoing for 7 years but has failed to fully establish sustainable peace or provide justice. While some positive steps have been taken, such as establishing a Peace Ministry and adopting UN Resolution 1325, the political commitments have not been fully implemented. In particular, thousands of families still do not know the fate of loved ones and thousands more have yet to receive justice. The transitional justice process has been debated but not advanced, with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission still not functioning properly. Overall, the lack of political will has prolonged the transition and denied justice to many conflict victims, especially women who still face deep-rooted discrimination within the justice system.
“We can no longer afford to minimize or ignore the contributions of women and girls to all stages of conflict resolution, peacemaking, peace-building, peacekeeping and reconstruction processes.
Sustainable peace will not be achieved without the full and equal participation of women and men.”1 Kofi Annan Wars in the past two decades have heightened awareness of the vulnerability of non-combatants in civil strife. Civilians in every major conflict – Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosnia, Cambodia, El Salvador and others – have been regularly targeted as a tactic of war. Women have not escaped this targeting – in fact, in many conflicts, women have been particular targets, as armed forces attempt to demoralize their opponents.
At the same time, women have not participated in political negotiations to end their conflicts. Neither have they been included in many UN-sponsored mediations. As a result, a special concern for women’s issues is often missing from peace settlements, hampering reconstruction and reconciliation processes. Contemporary analysis of war and peace issues often draws on the idea of human security—in addition to national security— in order to focus on the individual as well as the connections between individuals and groups within societies.
In that way, peace depends on the belief by all those affected by the outcome of a negotiated peace or the resumption of war and violence (referred to as “stakeholders”) that their needs and aspirations will be taken into account. Increasingly, the inclusion of women is an essential element to understanding the roots of a conflict and also to developing innovative, viable solutions that can help establish sustainable peace. The importance of bringing gender into peacebuilding is not confined to redressing the violations of the human rights of women or addressing women’s economic, social, or justice needs. Instead, for many, a gendered perspective represents peacebuilding as a process of inclusion.
Patriarchal systems in South Sudan have exacerbated its ongoing armed conflict in several ways. The practice of paying bride prices or dowries with cattle has led many young men to join militias or engage in cattle raiding in order to obtain enough cattle to marry. This has increased violence and proliferation of small arms. Additionally, the commodification of women and acceptance of practices like child marriage, polygamy, and domestic violence have contributed to instability, lower education rates, and high maternal mortality. Peace efforts have neglected to address patriarchal systems as a root cause, leaving the conflict prone to reemergence.
Use of indigenous language for conflict resolutionM S Siddiqui
The theme of International Mother Language Day 2019 is "Indigenous languages matter for development, peace building and reconciliation". It has been taken with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation. It aims to improve quality of life, wider international cooperation and visibility and strengthened intercultural dialogue to reaffirm the continuity of indigenous languages and cultures.
COMPUTER SCIENCE: PACIFISM IN ETHICS AND PEACE STUDIESDukeCalvin
This document discusses pacifism and various types of pacifist organizations that work for peace, including the UN Peacebuilding Commission and Jesuit Refugee Service. It also examines the roles of morality, ethics, and women in peacebuilding efforts. While women have contributed greatly through involvement in politics, security, justice, entrepreneurship, and psycho-social support, there are still limitations to women's participation in peacebuilding due to underrepresentation in politics and limited access to education for girls in some areas.
This document discusses civil society mediation in conflict resolution. It defines civil society and examines its main functions, particularly mediation. It explores characteristics of effective mediators and different categories of civil society mediators, including NGOs, faith-based groups, and women. The paper analyzes case studies of civil society mediation in Northern Ireland and Darfur, looking at initiatives by local and international groups that complemented official peace processes. It concludes that civil society can play a crucial role in conflict resolution when given opportunities to do so.
Peace has many faces. This booklet presents eight stories which show how people in Zim
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babwe managed to deal peacefully with conflicts. We hear about Chishuwo (23) in Epworth,
Memory (31) in Murehwa and Jabuliso (92) in Bulawayo – how they succeeded in overcoming
potentially disastrous divisions in their community or their cooperative, how they managed
to forgive people who had treated them violently or had caused other harm to them.
Women talk about how they became victims of politically motivated violence – and how they
learnt to make the most of their lives after their terrible ordeal. We hear how a community
forum can encourage divided residents to lay aside their different opinions and ideologies
and plan together for the development of their village, be it the construction of a well or a
school.
All eight stories have one thing in common: In each case, the best way out of an apparently
unsolvable conflict or a hopeless situation was found only after the intervention of a Zim
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babwean peace organisation.
These eight organisations have one thing in common as well: They are assisted by expert
personnel from the German Civil Peace Service (CPS) programme. Lawyers, mediators,
psychologists and other CPS experts advise Zimbabwean peace organisations on how to
implement their projects. They all contribute to a more peaceful Zimbabwe by encouraging
people to change their behaviour and tackle conflicts in a peaceful manner.
Peace education aims to develop skills and attitudes that promote harmony. It teaches nonviolent conflict resolution, democracy, human rights, and transforming perspectives. There are different forms, including conflict resolution training, democracy education, human rights education, and worldview transformation. Peace education has been criticized for not having a unified theory and for each approach having its own dynamics in theory and practice. The overall goal is to educate students to value peace and resolve conflicts nonviolently.
This document defines key concepts related to peacebuilding, including peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding. It discusses peacekeeping as involving lightly armed troops to uphold ceasefires, while peacemaking focuses on negotiation processes. Peacebuilding aims to establish durable peace by addressing root causes of conflicts through reconciliation, institution building, and economic and political transformation. The document also discusses civil society's roles in peacebuilding, such as providing services, monitoring states and armed groups, and advocating for alternative policies and programs to promote peace.
'Education for justice and peace: empowering harmony at individual & communit...VIBHUTI PATEL
Justice, Equality and Peace in the family, in the community, in the country and in the world.
Harmony at the grassroots is best promoted by those whose stakes are high: the urban and rural poor.
Putting women’s concerns center-stage to ensure development is equitable and sustainable.
Publication on Women, Peace and Security (2010) copySarah Boyd
The document discusses Australia's support for UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. It recognizes women's roles in preventing conflict, peace negotiations, post-conflict reconstruction, and addresses their protection and needs. Australia provides development assistance to support women's participation, address gender-based violence, and ensure gender perspectives are incorporated into peace processes, operations and reporting.
Resilience and Resolution - Essays on WPSRebecca Blum
This document discusses the rising threat of violent extremism and the importance of including women and gender perspectives in counterterrorism efforts. It notes that while preventing and countering violent extremism requires cross-sector engagement, security strategies often overlook the roles of women. The essay argues that excluding women from decision-making leads to ineffective policies and that empirical evidence shows promoting women's inclusion improves national security and stability. It examines the roles women play in violent extremist organizations and how those groups exploit gender dynamics in recruitment. The author calls for security approaches to meaningfully consult women and include gender analysis to develop more robust understanding of community threats.
The document discusses violence against women and defines it as any act of gender-based violence that results in physical, sexual, or mental harm to women. It notes that this violence can be perpetrated by assailants of either gender, including family members or states. The UN designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The Role of Youths in Peace Building A Response to Insurgency in the Northeas...ijtsrd
This paper aims to investigate the role of youths in peace building, as a response to Boko Haram insurgent activities in the northeastern Nigeria. The paper used secondary data and discussions of the findings have been made qualitatively. The finding of the study indicated that the northeast geopolitical region has been a peaceful region, notably Kanem Borno Empire since before the colonial rule. This was possible because of the role played by the rulers of that era in promoting peace and peaceful coexistence, such as establishing the concept of unity of God none to be worshipped but Allah alone , rule with justice as Allah and His messenger gave judgment, by the Book Quran and the Sunnah Hadith , and not to oppress any of the servants of Allah, as Allah averts oppression from the two worlds, etc. However, there were some emerging challenges to peace as a result of Boko Haram insurgency in the region, such as unleashed great fear and suffering upon individuals, displaced great number of people causing an enormous economic Barden upon the society and total destruction of educational system where students were been killed and schools were destroyed. The finding also indicated youth have played important role in peace building. The paper gave some recommendations on the expected roles of youth in peace building in the North East, view to proffering solutions and relevant policy options that could be implemented, for a strong, lasting, beneficial, acceptable, strategy that will eradicate violence, social conflicts and other vices which constitute threat to our peaceful coexistence. Dr. Kalli Alkali Yusuf Gazali "The Role of Youths in Peace Building: A Response to Insurgency in the Northeastern Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-1 , February 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52715.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/52715/the-role-of-youths-in-peace-building-a-response-to-insurgency-in-the-northeastern-nigeria/dr-kalli-alkali-yusuf-gazali
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Shalish and Sulha with participation of women
M S Siddiqui
A successful process of peace-building should be locally owned and focusedon social
transformation and the re-establishment of trust through the participation of the national
authorities as well as the local population, including women. The process should be designed to
meet the specific needs of the country or region, and address the immediate security and
humanitarian needs as well as the root causes of actual and potential crises.
Conflict prevention requires a variety of approaches, including measures aimed at building
mutual confidence, reducing perceptions of threat, eliminating the risk of surprise attack,
discouraging competitive arms accumulation and creating an enabling environment for
agreements on arms limitation and reduction, as well as on military expenditures. All actors
committed to equality and non-discrimination - whether male or female - should have the
responsibility and capacity to ensure that peace agreements incorporate gender equality issues.
A formal peace negotiations aim at achieving a settlement between the protagonists in a
conflict, which are usually Governments, political parties, opposition groups, armies, warlords or
militias etc. As a community women and children are worse suffer of any conflict. Unfortunately,
most of the negotiation processes exclude a significant number of actors, including women who
are equally affected by the conflict and are essential for building lasting peace.
Women are under-represented in formal peace negotiations, whether as local participants
representing warring factions, or as representatives of international authorities overseeing or
mediating deliberations and institutions invited to the negotiating table.
There are number success story of active role of women in peace building around the world in
the recent time. Some women's groups, such as the Liberian Women's Initiative and the
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, have had success in including their proposals for peace
and reconciliation in formal peace negotiations and plans.
In conflict areas across the world, women's movements have worked with the United Nations to
rebuild the structures of peace and security, to rehabilitate and reconcile societies, to protect
refugees and the internally displaced, to educate and raise awareness of human rights and the
rule of law.
On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council adopted resolution1325 (2000) on women, peace
and security and a series of Council resolutions on children and armed conflict, the protection of
2. civilians in armed conflict and the prevention of armed conflict. The Security Council highlights
the importance of bringing gender perspectives to the centre of all UN conflict prevention and
resolution, peace -building, peacekeeping, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.
It may be mention here that a good number of women member of Police, Army and other
defense forces of Bangladesh actively participating in the UN peace keeping forces in some
countries and territories. There are instance of national law to make mandatory participation of
women in peace building process. The United States promotes the meaningful participation of
women in mediation and negotiation processes seeking to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent
conflict.
The Congress has passed 'The Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017'.US Congress makes
observations in preamble of a such law: (1) Around the world, women remain under-represented
in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and post-conflict peace building efforts. (2) Women in
conflict-affected regions have achieved significant success in- (A) moderating violent extremism;
(B) countering terrorism; (C) resolving disputes through nonviolent mediation and negotiation;
and (D) stabilizing societies by enhancing the effectiveness of security services, peacekeeping
efforts, institutions, and decision making processes.
In the conflict of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese women from Government
and rebel-controlled parts of the country gathered in Nairobi in February 2002, organized by
Femmes Africa Solid arité and Women as Partners for Peace in Africa - Democratic Republic of
the Congo, and issued a Nairobi Declaration and a Plan of Action to integrate gender
perspectives in the peace process in conflict within Congo.
The Plan of Action sets out goals, strategies and follow-up mechanisms for the incorporation of
gender perspectives in the peace process, and the political, economic, social and human rights
aspects of the reconstruction of the society.
But women still form a minority of those who participate in peace and security negotiations, and
receive less attention than men in post-conflict agreements, disarmament and reconstruction.
The social system has some Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Sulha is a mediation of
disputed in Arab region from a long time. Sulha of Middle East and Shalish of South Asia is very
much identical system. The role of culture is crucial in fostering mutual understanding in conflict
resolution. Both the process is not replacement of civil and criminal law of the countries.
In dispute resolution Sulha, usually, one of the parties in dispute take the dispute to one or
more highly respected, influential people in the society and request them to intervene in the
disputing issue. The Jaha being the most respected members of the community but women are
not permitted to serve on it.
These interveners are collectively known as Jahaot mediator or Shalishder. Jaha use to inquire
about consent of both the parties in dispute and ask for a taffwith, a written document that
authorizes the Jaha and committing to abide by the Jaha's decision.
3. In case of Middle East, and If a conflict involves family matters, it may be adjudicated between
the individual disputants in religious court. If a conflict involves a criminal offense, the matter will
be adjudicated in criminal court (a Sharia court if Sharia is the official law of the land). In both
situations, the conflict is likely to provoke a dispute between the clans to which the victim and
offender belong. The Sulha process will address the clan level dispute.
The Shalish is a voluntary methods depending upon acceptance of mediation (Shalish) and
mediators (Shalishder) in South Asia including Bangladesh. Shalish is use to dispute between
two individual or two families and communities. Shalish use to address some civil and small
criminal offences.
Shalish is of two types. One is non-binding compromise meeting and another arbitration type
with an understanding of acceptance of judgment on both the parties. Shalishders take the sit
for mediation or arbitration with the full consent of both the disputed parties accepting them as
Shalishder (Judge or mediator) and unconditional promise to accept their judgment.
The enforcement of verdict of second category of Shalish is social enforcement and earlier one
is a mutual agreement. Historically, mediators are village elders, religious leaders, elected
representatives or other influential community members but not a woman.
There is a norm that even woman witness is not accepted unless allegation proved beyond
reasonable doubt. In rural Bangladesh, traditional forms of community justice i. e. Shalish, in a
very special situation, women rarely even attend their own hearings, not to talk about becoming
mediator in the Shalish. They are represented by male member of her family.
The situation has started changing in the recent time and in some cases, women participation in
community dispute resolution tends to be restricted only to 'women's issues', which excludes
issue such as land and property disputes and small offences. A major reform is going on with
the long time persuasion in NGO to accept to accept NGO- sponsored Shalish sits with woman
Shalishder.
A study by one NGO in poorest areas of the country suggests women's participation as leaders
in Shalish has been increased, although society has doubt whether women have enough
knowledge and quality to deliver any concluding judgment. In-depth interviews with women
leaders at the community level in some rural area suggest their ability to participate depends on
their family dynamics, political connections, and household economy, education and NGO
networks.
Shalish is now supported by law of the land. Bangladesh government brought the system under
legal framework of local government. The law incorporated the provision of 'village court' having
mandatory women mediator or judge in case of involvement of women or minor as defendant or
complainer.
The Sulha process is an informal conflict resolution mechanism in Middle East. Many different
kinds of disputes can be resolved through Sulha dispute resolution, including business, financial
and consumer conflicts, although many disputes arise out of acts of violence, including murder.
Shalish in Bangladesh also deals with minor criminal offences not like murder.
4. The Sulha practice and process embodies "ideals of cooperation, negotiation, honor and
compromise" highlighting interpersonal conflict management strategies that impact the larger
community through "indigenous sociopolitical interaction". It is a conflict management and
reconciliation process that is employed to resolve an extensive range of disputes often times
dealing with inter and intra-familial conflicts such as divorce and murder.
The United Nations has organized peace keeping forces to maintain peace in certain area with
political and social unrest. A woman member of UN peace force can enter inside the house of
conservative societies.
Some unique tactical skills female military bring to this field include screening of female civilians
and conducting of house searches in areas where it is not culturally appropriate for men to enter
private spaces. Local populations in host countries often feel more comfortable liaising and
sharing information with military troops that include women alongside men. By obtaining better
information, we are able to better protect these communities.
Only women member should be deployed in conservative country like Afghanistan. Access to
the local population becomes particularly relevant when considering the current nature of
conflicts in which UN peacekeepers find themselves.
UN has set example by introducing women peace-keepers and now rapidly increasing the
number of senior female civilian personnel in peace support operations in all relevant
Headquarters departments, including the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and
in the field. Women peacekeepers act as role models in the local environment, inspiring women
and girls in often male-dominated societies to push for their own rights and for participation in
peace processes.
The ADR like Sulha or Shalish may be introduced in any categories of disputes and conflict
resolution including the conflict between Arab/ Israel, Kashmir and any other dispute around the
world.
The writer is a legal economist. Email: mssiddiqui2035@gmail.com