CSOs and activists from Kosovo and Serbia speak out together on the importance of freedom of expression without fear in a joint statement.
Lamis Ben Aiyad
Lamis is responsible for maintaining an up to date understanding of peace and conflict dynamics and conflict sensitivity considerations in Libya, using social media, media monitoring and other sources. She has acquired experience over the last four years working for both local and international organisations, focused on deepening and expanding the role of young people… Read more »
COVID-19 and Gender in Libya Assessment
Peaceful Change initiative has released the COVID-19 and Gender in Libya Assessment to support their gender-focused activities to be initiated within the Social Peace and Local Development Libya programme. The Assessment is focused on six communities, Ajdabiya, Bani Walid, Sabha, Tobruq, Ubari and Zliten and research was carried out in the following four areas: Socio-economic… Read more »
Understanding divisive narratives in Serbia and Kosovo
Peaceful Change initiative is pleased to present research undertaken by Ipsos in order to understand how divisive narratives are generated and disseminated in mainstream media in Serbia and Kosovo. The research is available here: Understanding divisive narratives qualitative research – online focus groups The findings and recommendations of this research Understanding divisive narratives – media analysis will be… Read more »
Why we need conflict sensitivity in Northern Mozambique
The ongoing armed conflict in Cabo Delgado is creating challenges to the effective delivery of humanitarian aid by the international community. In this blog post we explore the pressing need for increased conflict sensitivity skills amongst those delivering aid.
Ibrahim Shebani
Ibrahim was one of the founders and creative director of Alentishar Media agency, managing many media outlets such as Alassema TV, The Libyan Magazine and Radio Zone. After 2011, he became more involved in civil society and participated in youth empowerment conferences providing media support. This led to a democracy fellowship at Syracuse University in… Read more »
Working towards peace with international organisations in Northern Mozambique
We are working with humanitarian and development organisation WeWorld in Northern Mozambique to help them minimise the negative impacts of their work and actively contribute to building lasting peace.
Sarah Abusaoud
As the Project Coordinator for Libya, Sarah is responsible for managing the Project Officers in their day-to-day work and reporting. Before joining PCi, Sarah worked for UNHCR Libya as Senior Project Control Assistant. Sarah graduated with a Higher Diploma from the Tripoli Accounting and Administration College.
Kosovo: Supporting civic responses during the COVID-19 pandemic
Despite good intentions and efforts to treat all citizens equally, regardless of their ethnicity, the Kosovo government has experienced a lack of capacity to address the needs of all communities living in Kosovo, as COVID-19 mitigation measures have been introduced. Government institutions have been weakened by the political crisis and the collapse of the government;… Read more »
Lamya Abusahmin
Lamya is responsible for day-to-day coordination of project activities related to the peacebuilding practitioners’ network; this includes communication and monitoring and evaluation. She also supports logistics related to PCi events inside and outside of Libya. Before joining PCi, Lamya worked as a Finance Officer at Radisson Blu Hotels. Lamya holds a Higher National Diploma in Business… Read more »