Search for Common Ground welcomes Marjorie Newman-Williams as New President
After an extended search, Search for Common Ground is delighted to announce the appointment of our new President, Marjorie Newman-Williams. Marjorie assumes the role that was previously held by Isam Ghanim and will begin her work with Search for Common Ground in January 2023. Isam Ghanim will join the organization’s…
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Search for Common Ground – Burkina Faso promotes community resilience through dialogue and peace initiatives in Ouahigouya
Read our press release about an exciting development for UNSCR 2250.
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Search for Common Ground – Burkina Faso promeut la résilience communautaire à travers le dialogue et des initiatives de paix à Ouahigouya
Read our press release about an exciting development for UNSCR 2250.
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Empowering Communities for Equality Between Men and Women & Safety: Stories from West Africa
Search for Common Ground (Search), grâce à un financement de 12 mois de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates, a lancé le projet "COVID 19 : Renforcement des capacités des Centres d'Opérations d'Urgence Sanitaire dans le domaine de la RCCE au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso", afin d'aider ces deux…
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IWD2023: Promoting the role of Women as Agents of Peace and Change in the MENA region
Search for Common Ground research has shown that users experience the worst violent content and the most effective responses to it in private groups or private channels. This is particularly important and relevant for groups who may belong to minority groups or be otherwise ostracized in their mainstream culture or…
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On March 8, International Women’s Day, Embrace Equity through Female Entrepreneurship
You and your family run from ISIS and hide on a mountaintop. From there, you cross countries and end up living in an unfinished building far from home for six years, waiting for the conflict to subside. By the time you return home, your house has been ransacked and is…
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Conflict Assessment – Contributing to the Mitigation of Conflict over Natural Resources between Farmer and Herder Communities in Adamawa State, Nigeria – December 2022
Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria, has been faced with conflict related to the utilization of natural resources, particularly land and water resources. This has resulted in widespread conflicts in which property and lives have been lost especially in local government areas (LGAs) like Demsa, Numan, Girei, Lamurde and Mayo Belwa. The…
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Social Media Listening Analysis – Uchaguzi Bila Balaa – Kenya – October 2022
Social media platforms emerged as fertile grounds to amplify politically instigated hate speech, disinformation, misinformation and manipulation around the Kenya 2022 elections. In this context, Search for Common Ground (Search) in collaboration with the Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative (KYBI), Tana River…
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Evaluation finale – projet « COVID-19 » – Burkina Faso Sénégal – Mai 2022
Search for Common Ground (Search), grâce à un financement de 12 mois de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates, a lancé le projet "COVID 19 : Renforcement des capacités des Centres d'Opérations d'Urgence Sanitaire dans le domaine de la RCCE au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso", afin d'aider ces deux…
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Donations: Frequently Asked Questions
Search for Common Ground mourns the passing of William (Bill) Kirby. An accomplished diplomat who dedicated his life to the service of others, Bill served as Executive Director of Search for Common Ground's Middle East program from 1994-1999. In that role, he not only extended the legacy he had built…
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