Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Terminology
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This glossary of peacebuilding and conflict transformation terminology was compiled primarily from the following sources:
- University of Peace (Glossary of terms and concepts for peace and conflict studies)
- Glossary of Peacebuilding Terms from Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual, 2002, pp, 14 – 15, Caritas Internationalis, Vatican City.
- Beyond Intractability
- Fisher, S. et Al (200) Working with Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action, Zed Books, London.
- A Glossary of Terms for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. United State Institute of Peace.
- Glossary of Key Peace and Conflict Terminology. MPI Fundamentals of Peacebuilding course handouts.
- Oxford Dictionary
- One You
- American Psychological Association
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MarchA large number of people walk in a group to a place of symbolic significance to protest an injustice. | |
MasculinityConcerns itself with social constructions of what it means to be a man, with the understanding that there is no single form of masculinity. | |
MediationA voluntary, informal, non-binding process undertaken with an external party that fosters the settlement of differences or demands between directly invested parties. Intervention in a dispute by a neutral third party with expertise on a particular issue for the purpose of securing a compromise, an agreement or reconciliation. A mediator cannot impose a binding agreement. | |
Moral PersuasionAppealing to the moral beliefs of an adversary or the public to convince the adversary to change behavior or attitudes. | |