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A CSO Letter to the BTA: An Appeal for Unity, Solidarity, and Common Actions for a Peaceful Transition and Beyond

A CSO Letter to the BTA: An Appeal for Unity, Solidarity, and Common Actions for a Peaceful Transition and Beyond

Guiamel M. Alim

We are sharing this letter here from the Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS) to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) because of its particular interest to our alumni in Mindanao and the Philippines and for all our alumni to see what is required for a transition from an armed conflict to peacefully resolved conditions. We especially encourage you to read the 12-point appeal that highlights the conditions for positive peace.

Dear Esteemed Brothers and Sisters in the BTA,

Peace and Blessings of God be upon you.

Alhamdullilah! We are indeed happier to see the top leaders of the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] and the MILF [Moro Islamic Liberation Front] in a unity meeting in the recent days. Those who led the revolution and fought for us are now given the opportunity to run our government in the BTA and other LGUs [Local Government Units]. In the same vein, we are glad to know the new composition of the BTA where the different revolutionary organizations are represented with other sectors coming from the IPs, Christian settlers, legal personalities, politicians, academe, etc. We are made to believe that this choice of the new membership of the BTA is anchored on the call for unity and inclusive development in the BARMM [Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao]. We will be more than happy to see solidarity in actions in the BTA.

Strong leadership, change and bridging of gaps’ expected of Naga Civil Societies

Strong leadership, change and bridging of gaps’ expected of Naga Civil Societies

Peace Channel Desk

Strong leadership, initiation of changes and bridging the gaps to help the public voice heard’, were the recurring ideas stressed on by the panelists during the consultative meet on “The Role of Civil Society in Peace Building” organized by Peace Channel in collaboration with NESRC and NEISSR on 27th August, 2022, at Peace Centre, 7th Mile St. Joseph Campus, Chümoukedima. Rev. Dr. Mazie Nakhro, Director, Bright Horizon, Chümoukedima, Ms. Doichong Phom, Ambassador of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Longleng District, and Social & Cultural Secretary, Eastern Naga Women Organization (ENWO) and Rev. Fr. Dr. Walter Fernandes, Director, North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC), Guwahati, Assam spoke on the various aspects of peacebuilding as the panelists. The discussion was moderated by Rev. Fr. Chacko Karinthayil, Director, Shalom Rehabilitation Centre, Chümoukedima.

MPI facilitators contribute to new book: Confronting Peace

MPI facilitators contribute to new book: Confronting Peace

Catherine Joy Catulong

We are pleased to announce that MPI facilitator and Board of Trustees president Myla Leguro and MPI facilitator Wendy Kroeker are included as joint authors of a chapter in the book Confronting Peace: Local Peacebuilding in the Wake of a National Peace Agreement. The book is available for purchase as an ebook or hard-covered book online through SpringerLink.

Story telling a practice for Peacebuilding and healing in Communities

Story telling a practice for Peacebuilding and healing in Communities

NEISSR desk

North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR), Dimapur organized Peace Knit, in collaboration with Peace Channel, Dimapur as part of a NEISSR fest celebration on 11th December 2021at 9.30 a.m. on the theme “Storytelling for Peacebuilding in Communities.” The seminar had threefold objectives, namely: to locate the place of storytelling in the peacebuilding approaches of John Paul Lederach; to know how storytelling can counter stereotypes and build empathy and genuine relationship in communities; to have a greater understanding of how storytelling can be promoted as an effective tool for peacebuilding in communities.

A new book from GPPAC-SEA

Catherine Joy Catulong

Peace Conflict Transformation in Southeast Asia coverThe Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict – Southeast Asia (GPPAC-SEA) have launched a new book, Peace Conflict Transformation in Southeast Asia, which you can pdf download from our website here (3.09 MB) .

This book was edited and led by Prof. Dr. Zam Askandar of the Southeast Asia Conflict Studies Network (SEACSN), part of the Regional Steering Group members in (GPPAC-SEA).

This project, animated by Strengthening Human Rights and Peace Research and Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia (SHAPE-SEA), SEACSN, and AUN-Human Rights Education (AUN-HRE), runs parallel to, builds on, and strengthens the current efforts in GPPAC-SEA in the past years to develop practitioners' training modules and capacity development program on conflict transformation in Southeast Asia. The content of this book not only draws from the academic work of scholars but lived experiences of practitioners, civil society, and community peacebuilders who are working 24/7 on building on existing local capacities for peace and on transforming the roots of conflicts across the region.