Location: Asia

It’s About Time: a mobile museum project in Sri Lanka. Through interactive exhibits, site visits, walking tours, storytelling sessions, performances, and other scheduled events that reflect the history and identity of each locale, it aims to encourage critical thinking and deeper understanding of history’s implications in Sri Lanka. This approach…

The project primarily focuses on addressing the root causes of conflict and preventing the escalation of local disputes by enhancing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) capacity to mediate community-level grievances. It aims to support the development and implementation of inclusive, culturally sensitive, and accessible local mediation systems. The significance of this…

Search for Common Ground, the world’s largest peacebuilding organization, welcomes the release of the Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace, supported by 70 countries at COP28. This significant step forward, along with the first-ever day dedicated to relief, recovery, and peace as part of the official COP agenda, marks…

This report undertakes a thorough examination of the legal landscape in Sri Lanka, specifically honing in on the critical issue of Cyber Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (CSGBV). The primary objective of this investigation is to evaluate the effectiveness of the current legal framework in addressing CSGBV and pinpoint areas where…

What is Policy Work? Policy work is advocacy. It is an effort to educate and inform the institutions making decisions to resolve conflict. Policy work influences how the Department of State, the US Congress, the UN, and other international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) adjudicate resources. At the heart of our policy…

Women receive training to strengthen their ability to work with victims of trafficking and violence against women. Photo by our local partner. In a Tashkent hotel conference room, a dozen women have gathered. Leaders of their own nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are here to design new projects to empower women in…

We began in 1982 at the height of the Cold War, and we focused on building bridges between East and West. Back then, we had two employees, a handful of supporters, and a minuscule budget. And we had the audacity to think we could change the world – from a…

We’re peacebuilders in Sri Lanka who are a part of the world’s largest locally-rooted peacebuilding organization. Others like us are working across 33 countries to change the way the world deals with conflict. We believe that conflict is natural, but violence is always avoidable. In our 40 years of working…