On 9 March 2023, Interpeace organised a high-level national conference in Rwanda to share the outcomes, challenges & lessons identified from its societal healing pilot programme implemented in Bugesera District. The programme created community-based healing spaces that contributed to reducing trauma, strengthening mental resilience, increasing the sense of safety, trust, cohesion & reconciliation among Genocide […]

The recent insecurity in Kenya’s North Rift is a multifaceted issue with complex and interconnected underlying drivers. The region has a long history of marginalisation and violence, which has led to a deep-seated mistrust of the government, intercommunal animosity, and a belief that communities must provide for their own security. Jointly with NCIC, Interpeace has […]

The paper provides a conceptual framing for understanding the integration of a gender lens into peace responsiveness, and provides actionable tools for organisations to achieve optimal peace impacts and promote gender equality. Substantively, the paper posits that neither “gender” nor “peace” outcomes can be fully advanced without consideration of each other: they each represent sets […]

  The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC)/Interpeace Kenya Peacebuilding Programme has been facilitating community peace dialogues across the North Rift region counties of Baringo, Samburu, Turkana, Elgeyo Marakwet, and West Pokot since 2019. This has resulted in several peace agreements between communities with long-standing grievances – bringing about periods of relative peace and stability […]

  Interpeace RDC met en œuvre un projet dénommé « Soutien à la médiation et la résilience pour la paix en Ituri et au Grand Nord-Kivu. Au cours de la première année du projet, l’action menée par Interpeace et ses partenaires dont Pole Institute, Action pour la paix et la concorde APC et l’Université de […]

Interpeace’s seventh Peacebuilding in Practice paper, Mind the Peace, presents a guidance framework for practitioners to integrate MHPSS, peacebuilding and livelihood programming. It provides practical principles and guidance for programme implementers, researchers and donors who want to operationalise and support more integrated approaches to MHPSS, peacebuilding and livelihood development. The report draws on journals, books, mapping […]