C4D and Peace

The complex array of conflict settings being faced by countries highlights the stark reality that peacebuilding in general and C4D in Peacebuilding in particular, cannot remain an optional agenda within development programming. Locally articulated theories of change underlying C4D in Peacebuilding strategies are key in addressing various levels and drivers of conflict, as are strategic partnerships forged between governments, civil society organizations and community groups.

This section features resources and news about the rich diversity of C4D interventions – including both inter-personal, technological, and multi-media approaches across different levels – individual, interpersonal, community, social, institutional and policy level – that provide a window into the emerging results and contribution of C4D to Peacebuilding interventions.

Latest C4D and Peace Resources and News

IOM Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and Displacement

The main aim of the manual is to provide those responsible for MHPSS in emergencies with a reference document that ...
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Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding: a communication for development approach to rebuilding peace from the bottom-up

Author: Dr Valentina Baú By unearthing the connections between the literatures on participatory communication and civic engagement with the reality ...
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Activism, Art-ivism and Digital Media to Reduce Marginalisation: Sharing Experiences and Lessons from Brazil, Kenya, Syria, and Costa Rica (eVoices, 2019)

This guide focuses on four emblematic case studies: (i) media activism in Brazil and how favela residents use digital media ...
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Whose Justice, Whose Alternative? Locating women’s voice and agency in alternative dispute resolution responses to intimate partner violence (Beyond Borders, Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP), and ICRW report, 2016)

Intimate partner violence against women is a complex, enormously prevalent crime with devastating effects on women’s safety, health, and well ...
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Civil Society & Inclusive Peace (Peace Direct, 2019)

Inclusive peace, or the idea that all stakeholders in a society should have a role in defining and shaping peace, ...
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Critical Choices: Assessing the Effects of Education and Civic Engagement on Somali Youths’ Propensity Towards Violence (Mercy Corps, 2016)

Understanding what works to reduce violence, including violent extremism, is a key priority for many policymakers. Despite this need, to ...
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When Facts Don’t Matter: How to Communicate More Effectively about Immigration’s Costs and Benefits (Migration Policy Institute, 2018)

At a time when people have more information at their fingertips than ever, it feels as though it has become ...
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