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Welcome to the ConnexUs Resource Library, a space for knowledge sharing & collaboration, with crowdsourced publications on social impact in conflict-affected settings. Our library complements existing platforms, enriching learning opportunities & fostering connection among peacebuilding approaches & other sectors. Have a resource you’d like to share with over 250,000 ConnexUs users? Post it here!
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Summary Report | Building Evidence for Peacebuilding Investments: A Snapshot of Youth-Led & Youth-Supporting Peacebuilding Programs in Kenya Yields Five to Ten-Fold Social Returns on Investment (SROI)
The youth are a crucial component in achieving sustainable peace and development in countries with a youthful majority. To quantify the impact of youth-led and adult-supported interventions in these countries, a shift in mindset is...
ConnexUs Thursday Talk Recording: Leveraging Data to Inform Responses to Climate Change Challenges
This ConnexUs Thursday Talk explored how data, particularly quantitative secondary data, can be used to better design programs responding to climate-related challenges in fragile and conflict-affected countries. We were joined by Beza Tesfaye, Director...
Youth Talk: Youth Voices for Change
Mali, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic have recently signed peace agreements. However, the negotiations were mainly limited to adult elites. Although they make up the demographic majority, young people in these three countries...
Breakthroughs Podcast Ep. 1: Visiting “The Hometown of the Enemy” in Lebanon
Cultural heritage is a double-edged sword: it can widen divisions, or be a way to build connection. Young people in Lebanon tell us how. In conflict-affected areas, does cultural heritage widen divisions, or can it...
Uchaguzi Bila Balaa: Violence Free Elections in Coastal Kenya | Conflict Snapshots 2022-2023
Search for Common Ground (Search), with support from the European Union and in collaboration with the Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative (KYBI), Tana River Peace, Reconciliation and...
Thursday Talk | Beyond Box Ticking: How Conflict Sensitivity Can Shape a More Equitable Aid System
The international aid system has failed to translate its commitments to conflict sensitivity into meaningful action. And yet, we need conflict sensitivity to work. What needs to change? Timothy Midgley, Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Rahma...
Beyond box-ticking: How conflict sensitivity can shape a more equitable aid system
In the last decade, the international aid system has failed to translate its commitments to “conflict sensitivity” into action. Instead, this article suggests that conflict sensitivity risks becoming a box-ticking exercise – one that...
We Are Here: An integrated approach to youth-inclusive peace processes
The Global Policy Paper on youth participation in peace processes, “We Are Here: An integrated approach to youth-inclusive peace processes” is an independent paper, co-authored and researched by Ali Altiok and Irena Grizelj, commissioned by...
Guidance on integrating social & environmental standards into evaluations
In conformity with the UNFPA social and environmental standards, this resource guides evaluation managers and evaluators on mainstreaming social and environmental standards throughout the evaluation process. It also provides examples on integrating environmental standards within...
Issue Brief: Conflict and Online Space in the Sahel: Challenges and Recommendations
With the growth of new social media users across the Sahel, existing conflict dynamics are increasingly manifesting. Sahelians are entering a complex digital space. The ability of individuals and communities to adapt to online/offline conflict...
Conflict Scans: COVID-19 & Conflict Dynamics
Under the European Union’s Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) funding, Search for Common Ground has produced conflict scans across 6 countries as part of its COVID-19 response programming. These quarterly quantitative reports look at the impact...