Finding Peace at a Nursery School in Fergana Valley
We stepped off the dusty street in Asaka, Uzbekistan, through a simple steel door into another world. Gulirano met us in the open, sunlit courtyard of the nursery school she had founded. Trees filled the central garden. Colorful balloons and paper flowers decorated the walkways that ran around the perimeter.…
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A call to prioritize Peace and Human Security ahead of EU elections
With one week remaining until the European elections, Search for Common Ground is urging citizens and politicians to choose for solidarity and a society that prioritizes peace in an interconnected world. “EU citizens identify peace and security as the most pressing challenge facing partner countries, something our politicians should take…
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Voices of Peace: Becoming a Mother in the Middle of a War
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Nagat Suliman Ahmed, Search’s Grants and Reporting Officer for Central and East Africa. Gunfire rang out as I gave birth to my son in a makeshift delivery ward.…
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Voices of Peace: How We Say “Yes” to Creative Peacebuilding
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Search’s CEO, Shamil Idriss. Several weeks ago, I found myself in back-to-back meetings with high level leaders in Israel and Palestine. These public officials, civil society activists, and…
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Empowering the Next Generation of Female Journalists in Pakistan
“Focus on the work and don’t focus on how people see you. You can do good work.” Maryam, a female journalist from Pakistan’s Balochistan province, advises. She knows from experience how societal norms can prevent women from participating in a profession. In Balochistan and its neighboring province Khyber Puktoon Kha…
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Youth as Active and Responsible Citizens – Youth Act
Context and Background: Along with government mismanagement, Sri Lanka has also been wracked by other recent crises with serious economic implications, including the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings and the COVID-19 pandemic. With the government’s poor handling of the economy considered to be the cause, the country has also experienced widespread…
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Peace Rewards
Peace Rewards is a five-year project funded by KinderNothilfee (KNH.) Commencing in July 2022, the overall goal of this project is to strengthen the contribution of women’s civil society groups to foster a more peaceful Sri Lanka for children. This objective will be achieved through empowering women’s civil society groups…
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Enhancing Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL) -Scaling -up WILL Clubs
Context and Background: Female politicians face structural barriers that limit their ability to meaningfully contribute to local and national politics in Sri Lanka. They face overwhelming resistance from male candidates within and outside of their political parties, as well as from men in their communities and families. For example, many…
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Voices of Peace: What I Thought About While Hiding in a Bomb Shelter
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Dalia Goodhardt, an Orthodox Jewish Israeli who serves as program manager in Search’s Jerusalem office. My husband shook me awake. “Dalia, Dalia—sirens!” The sirens wailed as I ran…
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Independent Media in Pakistan
Search for Common Ground, in collaboration with The Media Training and Research Center, Freedom Network, and The Media Center, implemented Inspiring the Next Generation of Independent Media in Pakistan from September 2020 to June 2023. The project aimed to advance women and youth-led independent media in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.…
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