Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL)
The objective of the Women in Learning and Leadership project (WILL) is to strengthen the voices of Sri Lankan women in shaping political decision-making. The project will connect women leaders with their constituents and improve communications skills, challenging harmful gender norms and stereotypes in the process. This project builds on…
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Young Women as Drivers of Peace: Providing 360° Support to Emerging Women Leaders
In 2020, Search Sri Lanka started the ‘Young Women as Drivers of Peace: Providing 360° Support to Emerging Women Leaders’ project. The project will support emerging women leaders with mentoring and networking, as well as providing small grants for peacebuilding interventions within their communities. The program works with emerging young…
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Social Media Use Needs Assessment for At-Risk Groups & In-Depth Analysis of Use of Social Media in Indonesia
Indonesia has undergone dramatic changes since its economic crisis in 1998, including a transition from authoritarianism to democracy and subsequent successful democratic elections. In more recent years, extremist groups in Indonesia have been gaining more support within national, regional and local elections. Cities such as Surabaya have suffered an upsurge…
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Final External Evaluation of SOLID-ID (Solidifying Religious Freedom in Indonesia) Project
This is the final external evaluation report of the Bureau of Democracy, Rights and Labor (DRL) funded "Solidifying Religious Freedom in Indonesia” (SOLID-ID) program, implemented by Search for Common Ground (Search). The project ran from September 2017 to March 2019 for a total of 18 months. The project was implemented…
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Rapid Conflcit Assessment on Young People Countering Hate Speech on Social Media in Sri Lanka
“Hate speech” in Sri Lanka has been prevalent for many years and discussed by many including activists, researchers as well as policymakers, policy advocates and educators in various platforms and in various dimensions. It has been deliberated and examined over a long time. The issue has got more attention in…
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Final Evaluation report of the Community Memorialization Project (CMP) in Sri Lanka
This is the final evaluation report of the Community Memorialization Project (CMP), implemented by Search for Common Ground, Sri Lanka and HerStories project (http://herstoryarchive.org) together with local partners Akkaraipattu Women’s Development Foundation in Ampara, Viluthu Centre for Human Resources Development in Mannar; Prathiba Media Network in Matara and Sarvodaya in…
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Peacebuilding in a Pandemic
The heart and soul of Search for Common Ground are our 800 colleagues working in 28 countries, nearly all local to our communities. Our top priority during this pandemic is their safety. We have taken steps to protect our teams and we communicate daily with one another, sharing resources and…
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Search – Sri Lanka 2019 – Annual Report
Search has been working in Sri Lanka since 2011 with a long-term strategy of supporting the country to move towards sustainable peace and reconciliation...
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Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding
The UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development’s (IANYD) Subgroup on Youth Participation in Peacebuilding, co-chaired by the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and Search for Common Ground, has developed the Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding. This working group consists of members representing a number of UN…
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Final Evaluation – Promoting Political Leadership of Women and Youth in Nepal – July 2018
This report presents the final evaluation of Search's project "Promoting Political Leadership of Women and Youth in Nepal", funded by and implemented from October 2017 to June 2018. The project aimed to develop collaboration, representation, and the meaningful participation of women and youth in three districts of Nepal. It focused…
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