by Giorgia Santamaria | Nov 29, 2022 | MWMN Blog
Let’s give peace a real chance Local mediation has increased in importance because today with fragmentation and “glocalisation” of conflicts, the whole planet is a constantly changing trouble spot and the road towards peace has needed to adapt. It is very...
by Giorgia Santamaria | May 30, 2022 | MWMN Blog
Even 22 years after the UNSCR 1325, which recognised and set out to increase women’s agency in peace processes, the number of women at peace tables as negotiators, mediators or witnesses is less than what is expected. The pictures from the Ukrainian-Russian...
by Giorgia Santamaria | Dec 27, 2021 | MWMN Blog
La possibilité d’une médiation entre l’Algérie et le Maroc nous impose de rappeler que les relations entre les deux pays ont toujours été belliqueuses, chargées de tensions et ponctuées de conflits. Il s’agit de tensions historiques perpétuées dans le temps et tous...
by Giorgia Santamaria | Nov 24, 2021 | MWMN Blog
“I knew what life would look like (…) female season was over.”Khatera, 34 years oldhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/world/asia/afghan-war-end-reflections.html Many like me witness the unfolding of the uncertainties that lie ahead under changing government in...
by Giorgia Santamaria | Jul 30, 2021 | MWMN Blog
The State of Palestine’s Basic Law and National Policy Agenda 2017–2022 clearly states that it is the vision of Palestine to promote gender equality. It further outlines that women’s participation in official institutions needs to be strengthened, and underlines the...
by Giorgia Santamaria | Jun 16, 2021 | MWMN Blog
Involving women affected by conflicts in mediation is important. My experience has shown that women are more prone to suffer from the impact of conflicts than men in the same context. Women are aware of the root causes of the conflicts not only because they are part...
