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Transforming
Violent Conflict:
Fostering Conflict Transformation in the Military
This essay will be based on one chapter of the ACTS (Applied
Conflict Transformation Studies) book, Transforming Violent
Conflicts. This essay will also consider some approaches on how to
deal with situations of violent conflict, particularly at the
large-scale level. Approaches discussed here include the features of
social cohesion whose foundation lies in the people that bridge
societal divides. Second is the kind of change that should be made
in the process of conflict transformation which is positive and
founded on the values and vision towards peace. And the third one is
the dialogical approach in influencing stakeholders, policies and
policy-makers in the military.
RIDO and its Influence on the
Academe, NGOs and the Military
Why should the academe, non-government organizations and the
military be interested in ridos? It is a clan conflict, annoying and
destructive, deadly for the people that are directly involved. So
why should that be interesting for outsiders? This essay -- by
Svenja Schmelcher, peace worker of the German Development Service
assigned at BMFI for the past two years -- describes the conflict
pattern of rido and its traditional handling mechanism and shows the
influence it has on other stakeholders in the near and distant
surroundings. As the common conflict resolution practices have been
proven ineffective in the case of rido, the great effectiveness of
traditional conflict resolution mechanisms have become more and more
of interest. It is the aim of the essay to provide an introduction
into the pattern of this particular kind of conflict and its
handling mechanism and to show the connection to the new
stakeholders that are drawn into it.
German
city dweller finds meaningful life amidst the Higaonons of Minalwang
WHY does the development community try to change the
traditional life of indigenous people (IP)? Are organizations like
the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) really helping them by
implementing development projects aimed at pursuing western values?
Wouldn’t these cultures rather continue to live according to
values of their own? Being at a stage of my life where I have to
decide whether or not to pursue a career in development, I worked as
an intern for the KAS in the Philippines to get first-hand
experiences and thus answers to these questions which are rarely
addressed in university.
Peace
Talks between the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the
Revolutionary Workers Party of Mindanao (RPM-M)
By Paul Clifford
A
first-hand account from a volunteer: The Year Ender
A young volunteer's account
of life as a social development worker fresh from college
By Jong jong Ladaga
The
GRP - RPM-M Peace Process 2005: The Journey Continues
Some Thoughts
from Kaloy Manlupig
President of Balay Mindanaw
Head of the Independent Secretariat to the GRP-RPMM Peace Process
Peace-Building Work in Mindanaw
The “Other” Peace Process:
Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the
Revolutionary Workers’ Party of Mindanao (RPMM)
A Commitment to the Pursuit of Development and Peace in Mindanao
By Kaloy Manlupig
Balay Mindanaw: Helping build
a home of equity, development and peace for Mindanao’s peoples
By the Voluntary Service
Overseas
FEDERALISM: New
Hope for Mindanao and the Philippines
By Sylvia
Okinlay-Paraguya
Chairperson, Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc.
Balay
Mindanaw’s Local Governance Work in Mindanao
By Kaloy Manlupig
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