Peacemakers Network

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Peacemakers Network

Grassroots efforts for sustainable peace.

The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers is an organization embodying the role of a liaison between grassroots peacemakers and international players as a way to solidify the path toward sustainable peace. The Network supports a certain vision of peacebuilding efforts, one that includes traditional and religious communities as grassroots peacemakers. This vision contributes to strength

ening an inclusive peace dialogue and promoting a collaborative effort on research and policy-oriented recommendations at the local and international levels.

05/08/2026

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new iDove website! 🚀 The Interfaith Dialogue on Violent Extremism is an intercontinental platform empowering youth in preventing and countering violent extremism and building social cohesion. Our vibrant network connects approximately 150 young leaders across 49 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Discover our youth-led initiatives, resources, and global community today: https://idove-network.com/

22/07/2026

Over the past few years, we have seen young people organize with real courage, speed, and creativity. They expose corruption, challenge exclusion, push back against broken governance systems, and force difficult issues onto the agenda. Read Search for Common Ground's new report on 'Building the Alternative: Bridging Gen Z Movements and Governance for Lasting Change', which argues that can help build that bridge—not by helping absorb the pressure, but by creating legitimate channels through which youth voice can shape decisions: https://cnxus.org/resource/building-the-alternative/

16/07/2026

✅️ New Platform Brings Together Faith and Traditional Mediators to Advance Peace in the Horn of Africa

Last month, the Peacemakers Netw, in partnership with FCA Finn Church Aid, and with support from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, has launched a new regional platform to strengthen the role of tradition and faith-oriented insider mediators in advancing peace across the Horn of Africa. The platform brings together trusted mediators from Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan including religious leaders, traditional leaders, women, youth, and civil society representatives who are already supporting dialogue, reconciliation, and peace efforts within their communities. Learn more about the platform engagement here: https://www.peacemakersnetwork.org/new-platform-brings-together-faith-and-traditional-mediators-to-advance-peace-in-the-horn-of-africa/

24/06/2026

United Nations Secretary General Launches Muscat Plan of Action for Indigenous and Traditional Leaders on Countering Hate Speech Through Peace Mediation

This June, leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to launch a new global framework: the Muscat Plan of Action for Traditional and Indigenous Leaders and Peoples in Countering and Addressing Hate Speech and Preventing Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes and Their Incitement Through Peace Mediation.

United Nations officials, government representatives, civil society leaders, and Indigenous and traditional leaders from around the world shared the message, preventing hatred, violence, and atrocity crimes requires more than policies and institutions, it requires trust, dialogue, and communities themselves. Read more here: https://buff.ly/omkKWME

United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

23/06/2026

New Research Highlights the Critical Role of Tradition and Faith-Oriented Insider Mediators in Advancing Peace Across Africa

On June 15, the Peacemakers Netw alongside FCA Finn Church Aid launched a landmark research report in Addis Ababa that highlights the critical yet often under-recognized role of Tradition and Faith-Oriented Insider Mediators (TFIMs) in advancing peace, fostering dialogue, and supporting political transitions across Africa.

The report provides new evidence on how faith and traditional leaders are helping to prevent violence, mediate conflicts, build trust between communities and decision-makers, and support sustainable peace processes across the continent. More highlights of the launch here: https://www.peacemakersnetwork.org/new-research-highlights-critical-role-of-tradition-and-faith-oriented-insider-mediators-tfims-in-advancing-peace-across-africa/

19/06/2026

It's UN Peacebuilding Week! 🇺🇳 🕊️

Join us next Friday, June 26 at 9AM EDT with partners UN PBPSO, IDLO, Kituo Cha Sheria, Open Society Africa, Research for Mozambique, Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies, and UNDP for a side event that focuses on prevention, inclusion, and partnerships within the UN Peacebuilding Architecture.

The event will highlight the importance of coherent, people-centered justice ecosystems that strengthen constructive interaction between CIJ actors, formal justice institutions, and peacebuilding processes through complementarity, referral pathways, and shared standards.

Register here: https://buff.ly/5QyZ72u

05/06/2026

On May 22, the Peacemakers Netw, FCA Finn Church Aid, & Abilis convened policymakers, peacebuilders, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), civil society actors, and development practitioners in Helsinki 🇫🇮 for the event, Centering Disability-Inclusion in the Architecture of Peace. Against the backdrop of growing global polarization, rising conflict, and increasing pressure on multilateral cooperation, discussions highlighted meaningful collaboration, and implementing inclusion as a transforming process, partnerships, and structures to ensure meaningful participation from the outset. 👉️ Read more here: https://buff.ly/TwkWSLo

01/05/2026

Last year, FCA Thailand Foundation hosted the Youth Social Cohesion and Collective Action Fellowship in Mae Sot, Thailand. Through dialogue, conflict resolution, and collective action training, participants gained the skills, mentorship, and connections to become leaders and bridge-builders in their communities. This year in March, FCA Thailand announced the renewal of our partnership agreement with Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation (SNF) under ‘Building Resilient Livelihoods for Migrant Youth in Myanmar, Thailand and Nepal through Integrated Approaches’ (Youth on the Move) project.

Read more about the renewal process here: https://buff.ly/ad0VLHg

30/04/2026

With support from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Peacemakers Network’s Asia Working Group launched the 2025 Small Grants to back grassroots initiatives that bring underrepresented voices into peace processes. The program funded four member-led projects that translate lived experience into practical action, policy influence, and durable local structures. With goals to strengthen mediators and peacebuilders, design inclusive platforms, and uphold public accountability, the small grant projects truly initiated from words to action.

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/mYaxdJQ

29/04/2026

: FCA and Partners Side Event on Faiths in Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Women’s and Girls’ Access to Justice in Armed Conflict

In March, the Peacemakers Network and Partners held an event on, "Faiths in Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Women's and Girls' Access to Justice in Armed Conflict," where over 80 participants joined in-person and more than 40 participants joined online which showcased multi-stakeholder perspectives on justice for women and girls in conflict settings. Read more here: https://www.peacemakersnetwork.org/70th-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women-faiths-in-multi-stakeholder-partnerships/

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