By Maria Lanteri
In the island of Ireland, paramilitary groups had abandoned their weapons in 1998 only because they were satisfied with the conditions contained in the Belfast Agreement. Also known as the Good Friday Agreement, the treaty was a...
By Sara Pieraccioni
The people of South Sudan, the youngest nation in the world, can now aspire for a significant victory: the first women's soccer championship. During its brief history, South Sudan has been afflicted by a fight for independence,...
By Francesca Romana Mollica
The Ivory Coast is still struggling to rid itself of Female Genital Mutilation practices, despite international campaigns that have been raising the attention on the violence of such traditional, but abusive, practices on young girls.
So, for...
By Sara Pieraccioni
Amplifying Local Voices for Equitable Development (ALVED) is a two-year project implemented by the Peaceful Change initiative and People in Need (PIN) and funded by the UK government, which aims to support municipal-level mechanisms in Kosovo and...
By Francesca Romana Mollica
On July 20, 2022, the Minister of Public Health and the fight against AIDS visited the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (COUSP). The aim was to inquire about the state of the COVID-19 response and surveillance...
By Anna Bisignano
After 30 years of military rule under an oppressive dictatorship Sudan has finally toppled its president Omar al-Bashir, in April 2019. Revolutions are not new in Sudan: the revolution that overthrew President Omar al-Bashir had been going...
By Camilla Ballerini
In August 2020, in the afternoon, an explosion of ammonium cargo occurred in the port of Beirut, which triggered a process of reconstruction and strong criticism and revision of a corrupt, absent and problematic system. The Forum...
By Sara Pieraccioni
In 2022, after twenty-two years of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace, and Security, there are fewer than a hundred National Action Plans (NAPs) about this resolution.
Tunisia adopted its first NAP...
Francesca Romana
Not even the COVID-19 pandemic was able to stop the Armenian project "Social and medical support to the Elderly living alone". Dating back to 2004, it is carried out by the NGO "Hangank Elder Program and Clinic" with the...
By Rebecca Bonechi
Civil society in Libya plays a prominent role in promoting inclusivity in political and peace processes: it represents the backbone of the peacebuilding infrastructure that is needed to build sustained peace. This is the mission of the...
