Conflict Resolution and Communication Tools

• Rosenburg, M. B. (2015). Nonviolent communication: A language of life.
• Morrison, L. (2016, November 7). Conflict management [Video file]. (5:05 min.)
• Additional resources
  • Obomsawin, D. (2002). Elbow room [Video file]. Film is part of the Showpeace series. (8:28 min.)
  • Center for Nonviolent Communication. (2005). Feelings inventory.
  • Center for Nonviolent Communication. (2005). Needs inventory.
  • Center for Nonviolent Communication. (2018). Key facts about nonviolent communication (NVC). Encinitas, CA: Puddle Dancer Press.
  • Agilevietnam. (2012, December 25). The iceberg of conflict [Blog post].

Gender and Peace

• Birkhoff, J. E. (n.d.). Gender, conflict and conflict resolution.
• Klugman, J., et al. (2020). Beijing +25: Accelerating progress for women and girls. Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security & The Rockefeller Foundation.
• de la Rey, C. & McKay, S. (2002). Peace as a gendered process: Perspectives of women doing peacebuilding in South Africa. International Journal of Peace Studies, 7(1).
• TEDWomen 2010. (2010, December). Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power [Video file]. (5:39 min.)

Human Rights and Peace Education

• Aciro, G. L. (2016, September 30). Shaky peace in South Sudan as unity government struggles to take shape [Blog post].
• Alsayid Mohammed, M. A. (2015). Peace education in Iraqi Kurdistan schools: An analysis of human rights and history education curriculum. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Coventry: Coventry University.
• Black_Sparrow. (2009). History of human rights [Video file]. (9:49 min.)
• Hodzic, R. (2011). Can video stir the debate on peace and justice? [Blog post].
• International Center for Transitional Justice. (2009). What is transitional justice? (58K pdf)
• ISHRGlobal. (2015). Defending diversity [Video file]. (8:39 min.)
• Ramirez-Barat, C. & Duthie, R. (2015). Education and transitional justice: Opportunities and challenges for peacebuilding. New York, NY: International Center for Transitional Justice. (1.79 Mb pdf)
• Reardon, B. A. (2010). Human rights learning: Pedagogies and politics of peace. Keynote address presented at Conferencia Magistral 2008-2009, University of Puerto Rico. (918K pdf)
• Shuayb, M. (2015). Human rights and peace education in the Lebanese civics textbooks. Research in Comparative and International Education, 10(1), 135-150. (StFX only)

Local, Regional and Global Conflicts and Peacebuilding

• Bayer, M. & Pabst, A. (2016, October 10). Violent past, privileged future? Politics and entitlement in post-conflict Rwanda [Blog post].
• Bowd, R., & Chikwanha, A. B. (Eds.). (2010). Understanding Africa’s contemporary conflicts: Origins, challenges and peacebuilding (Monograph 173). Conference papers from the AHSI Conference on Peace and Security in Africa ‘Beyond the African Union Charter, Peace, Security and Justice’, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 – 22 February 2008. (1.71 Mb pdf)
• CoursesinIreland. (2013). The 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [Video file]. (28:30 min.)
• Horenczyk, G. & Tatar, M. (2004). Education in a plural society or multicultural education? The views of Israeli Arab and Jewish school counselors. Journal of Peace Education, 1(2), 191-204. (StFX only)
• Killyourtvtube. (2011). Ghana: Digital dumping ground [Video file]. (19:54 min.)
• Peace Direct. (2016, October 10). Tragedy in Beni: A crisis foretold.

Mediation

• Bercovitch, J. & Kadayifci, A. (2002). Exploring the relevance and contribution of mediation to peace-building. Peace and Conflict Studies, 9(2).
• Dialogue in peacebuilding: Understanding different perspectives, Development Dialogue, issue no. 64 (2019).
• Mediate – everything mediation.

Nonviolent Peace Movements and Strategies

• Abrams, I. (1997). Heroines of peace: The nine Nobel women.
• Abu-Nimer, M. (2001). A framework for nonviolence and peacebuilding in Islam. Journal of Law and Religion, 15, 1/2, 217-265. (StFX only)
• Coates, T.-N. (2015, April 27). Nonviolence as compliance. The Atlantic.
• The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre nurtures and develops Africa’s future leadership.
• Engler, M. & Engler, P. (2014, October 8). How did Gandhi win? [Blog post].
• M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence works to realize the vision of its historic namesake.
• Turning the Tide, facilitating nonviolence and training for social action.
• Zunes, S. (2005, March 31). Recognizing the power of nonviolent action.

Peace Resources

• Abani, C. (2008, February). Chris Abani at TED2008: On humanity [Video file]. (16:05 min.)
• Center for Nonviolent Communication is a global organization that supports the learning and sharing of nonviolent communication, and helps people resolve conflicts in personal, organizational, and political settings.
• Common Dreams provides breaking news and views for the progressive community.
• Peace Insight is an online resource on local peacebuilding around the world.
• Shiva, V. (2002). Earth democracy: Ten principles of justice, sustainability and peace. Earthlight Magazine, no 47 (supp.).

Perspectives and Assumptions around Peace, Conflict and Violence

• Solnit, R. (2014, April 7). Call climate change what it is: Violence. The Guardian.

Security and Peace and Conflict Mapping

• Dijkema, C. (2001). Why study gender and conflict together?
• Hess, R. (2012). Dr. Bogaletch Gebre: KMG Ethiopia (Global Change Leaders case study). Antigonish, NS: Coady Institute. (574K pdf)
• Institute for Economics and Peace. (2019). Global peace index 2019: Measuring peace in a complex world. Sydney, Australia: IEP.
• Limo, I. (2018, May 31). What do networks of women mediators mean for mediation support in Africa?
• Porter, E. (2013). Rethinking women’s empowerment. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 8(1), 1-14. (StFX only)
• O’Reilly, M., Ó Súilleabháin, A., & Paffenholz, T. (2015). Reimagining peacemaking: Women’s roles in peace processes. New York, NY: International Peace Institute.
• O’Reilly, M. (2015). Why women? Inclusive security and peaceful societies. Washington, DC: Inclusive Security.
• UN Women. (2015, October 8). The story of Resolution 1325: Women, peace and security [Video file]. (3:11 min.)
• UN Women. (2015). Preventing conflict, transforming justice, securing the peace: A global study on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325.
• World Bank. (2017). Pathways for peace: Inclusive approaches to preventing violent conflict: main messages and emerging policy directions. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Traditional and Cultural Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

• Arthur, D. D., Issifu, A. K., & Marfo, S. (2015). An analysis of the influence of Ubuntu principle on the South Africa peace building process. Journal of Global Peace and Conflict, 3(2), 63-77.

Training Resources

• Inclusive Security’s resources train women peacebuilders, policymakers, and students on why women’s inclusion matters, and how to implement policies that support it.
• Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition. (2016). Gendering documentation: A manual for and about women human rights defenders.
• Rotary Positive Peace Academy – free online course

Understanding Conflict: Conflict Analysis Tools

• Idemudia, U. (2009). The changing phases of the Niger Delta conflict: Implications for conflict escalation and the return of peace. Conflict, Security & Development, 9(3), 307-331. (StFX only)
• Lederach, J. P. (2003). Conflict transformation. Beyond Intractability. This is an abridged version of John Paul Lederach’s longer The Little Book of Conflict Transformation, published by Good Books.

United Nations

• Anderlini, S. N. (2000). Women at the peace table: Making a difference. New York, NY: UNIFEM. (984K pdf)
• United Nations. (2002). Women, peace and security. Study submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to
  Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). [n.l.]: United Nations. (1.10 Mb pdf)
• UN Women Watch
• UN Women. (2012, July 18). Side by side – women, peace and security [Video file]. (32:44 min.)
• United Nations. (2015, October 15). 15th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), on Women, Peace and Security [Video file]. (4:09 min.)
• UNESCO. (n.d.). UNESCO’s work on education for peace and non-violence: Building peace through education. Paris: UNESCO. (588K pdf)
• United Nations Security Council. (2008, June 19). Security Council demands immediate and complete halt to acts of sexual violence against civilians in conflict zones, unanimously adopting resolution 1820 (2008) [Press release].

Women, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding

• Brock-Utne, B. (2000). An analysis of peace and development studies as well as peace education from a feminist perspective. Presented at a joint session between the Peace Education Commission and the Women and Peace Commission at the 18th General IPRA Conference in Tampere, Finland, 5 – 9 August. (65K pdf)
• de la Rey, C. & McKay, S. (2002). Peace as a gendered process: Perspectives of women doing peacebuilding in South Africa. International Journal of Peace Studies, 7(1).
• Definitions of peace
  • International Alert. (n.d.). What is peace?: The five positive peace factors.
  • Transcend International is a peace development environment network.
  • United Nations General Assembly (1997). Request for the inclusion of a supplementary item in the agenda of the fifty-second session, August 5, A/52/191.
• THE DOMINO effect. (2016, July 20). African women: Changing the narrative – peace & security [Video file]. (8:23 min.)
• THE DOMINO effect. (2016, July 20). African women: Changing the narrative – women’s leadership [Video file]. (9:19 min.)
• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. (2018). Defining violence and abuse.
• Empowering Nonviolence
• Institute for Economics & Peace. (2017). Positive peace report 2017: Tracking peace transitions through a systems thinking approach (report no. 54). Sydney, Australia: IEP.
• TEDWomen 2010. (2010, December). Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power [Video file]. (5:39 min.)

Additional Resources

• ACCORD. (2015). Silencing the guns, owning the future: Realising a conflict-free Africa. Durban, South Africa: ACCORD. Report on the proceedings of the Fifth African Union High-Level Retreat on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa held from 21 to 23 October 2014 in Arusha, Tanzania. (1.22 Mb pdf)
• Alliance for Peacebuilding works to end violent conflict and sustain peace
• Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation presents knowledge and experience for everyone working to transform violent ethnopolitical conflict.
• Church, C. & Rogers, M. (2006). Designing for results: Integrating monitoring and evaluation in conflict transformation programs. Washington, DC: Search for Common Ground. (316K pdf)
• Government – Canada
  • Gender equality: A foundation for peace: Canada’s National Action Plan, 2017-2022. (2017). Ottawa, ON: Global Affairs Canada. (741K pdf)
  • Government of Canada. (2017). Canada’s National Action Plan on women, peace and security 2017-2022: Theory of change.
• Government of Manitoba. (n.d.). Stop the violence.
• The Guestbook Project gives people the opportunity to create peace by exchanging stories and turning them into creative digital projects that inspire change.
• Hailin, Q. & Rhao, X. (2012). Employees’ work–family conflict moderating life and job satisfaction. Journal of Business Research, 65(1), 22-28. (StFX only)
• Peace Magazine: issues available, 1(1983)-current.
• Religion and violence. Current Dialogue, 39, (2001).
• Shiva, V. (2010, November 3). Making peace with the earth (City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture). (238K pdf)
• ShowPeace Series: Conflict Resolution for Everyday Life contains resources from the National Film Board of Canada.
• Tippett, K. (2012). No more taking sides. Transcript and podcast available for download.
• UN Women: Peace and Security calls for women to participate in peacebuilding, be better protected from human rights violations, and have access to justice and services to eliminate discrimination.
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Networks and Organizations

• The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
• The Albert Einstein Institution is an organization advancing the study and use of strategic non-violent action in conflict.
• Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN)
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace advances cooperation between nations and promotes international engagement by the United States.
• The Corrymeela Community is committed to reconciliation in Ireland and worldwide.
• Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) – peace and conflict.
• Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS)
• Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
• Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)
• Institute for Inclusive Security revolutionizes who makes decisions about war and peace.
• International Alert: Gender
• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict is an educational foundation encouraging the study and use of strategies to support human rights, democracy and justice worldwide.
• International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) is an initiative of the World Council of Churches.
• The International Peace Bureau is the world’s oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors.
• Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, a women’s peacemakers program.
• The Karuna Centre for Peacebuilding is a U.S.-based non-profit organization that offers international training programs in conflict transformation, intercommunal dialogue, and reconciliation.
• NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
• Nobel Women’s Initiative
• Nonviolent Peaceforce is a civilian peacekeeping organization that works in conflict zones.
• Pan African Women’s Association (PAWA)
• Pax Christi International, the international Catholic peace movement.
• Peace Brigades International is an NGO which protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts.
• Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
• PeaceWomen, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
• PeaceWomen Across the Globe (PWAG)
• Scarboro Missions, Golden Rule Poster and other Multi/Inter-Faith dialogue ideas and resources.
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
• Swisspeace
• Tatamagouche Centre is an education and retreat centre which invites and challenges people from all backgrounds to personal wholeness, right relationships, respect for creation, and justice in the world.
• United States Institute of Peace
• Women, Peace and Security Network – Africa (WIPSEN-Africa)
• Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada
• Women in Security Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP)
• Women for Women International