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Stopping Urban Violence By Treating It Like An Infectious Disease

Co.EXIST
May 16th, 2013

Violence breeds violence, much like an infectious disease infiltrates a body and takes over healthy cells. Recognizing this relationship, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin created Cure Violence, a program that aims to reduce crime by tracking down possible causes of violence and addressing it like an epidemic through intervention and treatment.

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Violent Repression Can’t Stop Us- Anywhere In The World

WAGING NONVIOLENCE
May 14th, 2013

Violent repression is used to stop a social movement or protest, but more often than not, it acts as a catalyst for more unity and resistance by the people fighting to right an injustice.

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Pakistani Women Determined To Vote Despite Threats

VOA
May 9th, 2013

In the conservative southwestern province of Baluchistan, women are determined to make their vote count in the upcoming national elections.

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In Some Israeli Schools, It’s Arabic In First Period And Hebrew In Second

The Atlantic
April 29th, 2013

Some Israeli schools are making hugely positive steps toward equal representation and integration of cultures by implementing a curriculum that teaches both the Arabic and Hebrew languages alongside one another.

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Building Health Systems From Scratch In Somalia

IRIN
April 28th, 2013

Although Somalia is experiencing a period of relative peace, health care continues to be a problem for many of its people. Building a sustainable infrastructure would lead to accessibility, but first, private and public relationships must be created between the health sector and the government.

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Negotiating Peace In Somalia- An Insight From Somaliland

Africa Research Institute
May 15th, 2013

The establishment of a new government in Somalia has given rise to optimism, but security and peace still remain everyday challenges for the country. There is still a great need for progress, and caution must be taken in moving forward.

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Former Palestinian Fighter Now Battles For A Middle Path

CSMonitor
May 10th, 2013

Mohammed Dajani has stepped away from the radical views he developed working for the Palestinian militant group, Fatah, and has embraced more rational and balanced approaches for achieving peace and stability.

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‘Provoking Peace’ In Indonesia

CSMonitor
May 8th, 2013

A conflict beginning in 1999 has led to divided communities in the Indonesian island of Ambon. Tensions still remain between religious groups, but citizens are hopeful for peace and dialogue in the future, despite sparks of contention in the present.

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Taking The Fight To The DRC Rebels: The Potential Pitfalls Of A UN Intervention Brigade

THINK AFRICA PRESS
April 29th, 2013

The UN has approved the creation of a special task force responsible for targeting rebel groups in the DRC, but structural, political, and historical issues may prevent such an intervention from being successful.

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People Power

Sada
April 21st, 2013

The Palestinian people recognize the failure of institutional government to move the process of peace forward and are looking to civil society for a solution.

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