Tagged: peacebuilding

Climate change, psychology and peace: Mitigating the impacts on children

Events Evidence to policy

By Ann Sanson

Primatologist Jane Goodall has modified the proverb “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” to “… we are stealing it from our children”. She was referring to climate change, which has been described as the greatest health challenge of the 21st century (Costello et al., 2009), and will… Read more →←

Do social services contribute to peacebuilding?

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By Friedrich Affolter

Although its preamble mandates the United Nations to “… save succeeding generations from the scourge of war…”, peacebuilding discourse has traditionally paid little attention to the role social service providers can play in mitigating the drivers of conflict. Things began to change in 2009 when the UN Secretary General – in his… Read more →←

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