By Michael Astor, May 17, 2016, published in ABC News Indigenous women are disproportionately the victims of violence in conflict zones and peace treaties must take into account their unique status by including clauses to protect this twice marginalized population, a United Nations special investigator said Tuesday. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the U.N. special [...]

The Annual General Meeting of membership of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace will be held: Date: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location:  Business Lounge 2B, Seoul, Korea Rotarian Action Group for Peace Annual General Meeting Tentative Agenda:  Call To Order Establishment of Quorum Introduce current Board members [...]

By USIP Staff, May 5, 2016, published in United States Institute of Peace His Holiness the Dalai Lama serves cookies to young peace leaders during meetings with them at his residence in Dharamsala, India. Photo: Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL Violent conflict, often shaped by religious extremism, is concentrated in many of [...]

April 7, 2016, published in Vision of Humanity Peacefulness in Mexico has improved 13.5 percent over the past five years: 2011 to 2015. However, this period of recovery comes after six consecutive years of deterioration in peace. We take a look at the history of peace in Mexico - from [...]

Reported by Tin Aung Khine for RFA’s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khet Mar. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin, May 6, 2016, published in Radio Free Asia Eight armed ethnic groups met informally with the Myanmar government’s new peace envoy on Wednesday in Yangon to discuss how to advance peace [...]

By Charlotte Alfred, April 27, 2016, published in the World Post After months of delays, South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar returned to the capital city of Juba on Tuesday, a day after his military chief of staff General Simon Gatwech Dual returned, pictured above.JOK SOLOMUN/REUTERS South Sudan’s leaders [...]