A disscusion about peace and how it can be built today, involving knowlegeable experts including, Saskia Binet, Jonathan Cohen and Helen Kezie-Nwoha. This is a conversation about the challenges to peace, and how the impact of AI and climate change will affect future conflicts. This is follwed by a book signing of 'At the Heart of Conflict: Talking Resolution' at The Quaker Bookshop.
Saskia Binet is an inclusive peacemaking practitioner currently working as a Middle East North Africa Co-ordinator at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She primarily focuses on supporting inclusive peace process and women's participation in peacebuilding and peacemaking in Syria and Yemen. Previously, Saskia worked at UN Women, inluding on Women, Peace, and Security in Libya.
Jonathan Cohen is Executive Director of Concilation Resources, a post he took up in 2016. Over the past 28 years at Conciliation Resources, Jonathan has supported dialogue and peace-building initiative in contexts including the South of Caucasus, Kashmir, the Philippines, Colombia, Ethiopia, and Papua New Guinea. He is an Associate of the Institute for the Public Understanding of War and Conflict at the Imperial War Museum, a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London, and a Board Member of the Peace Dividend Initiative.
Helen Kezie-Nwoha is a feminist scholar, peace-builder, and human rights advocate with over two decades of experience advancing gender equality in conflict and post-conflict settings. She is the founder and Lead Researcher at Researchers Without Borders and Former Executive Director of the Women's International Peace Centre. Her work spans Africa and beyond, providing strategic policy advice to regional institutions such as the African Union. She holds a Ph.D. in Women and Gender Studies from Makerere University and has published extensively on feminist peacebuilding, political participation, and transitional justice.
'At the Heart of Conflict: Talking Resolution' is a book that is an essential read for those studying conflict resolution, international relations, or working in the field, looking to know more about the lived experiences of UN officials, translators, ambassadors, NGOs and military personnel. This new and critically important book challenges conventional wisdom and asks: Can peace be built by dialogue alone? When is the use of force necessary? Is there cause for hope? With 20 unflinching first-person accounts, this book uniquely gives voice to both sides of the conflict resolution debate.
Here is the link to purchase the book: At the Heart of Conflict: Talking Resolution - Aurora Metro & Supernova Books £18.99
