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Applying Conflict Sensitivity in Emergency Response - Current Practice and Ways Forward
Drawing on field research from Haiti, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, interviews with over 50 humanitarian professionals and a document review of aid agencies and sector-wide guidance and standards, this paper maps the current state of conflict-sensitive practice in emergencies. It identifies good practices which can be built upon, key gaps, and points out practical ways to integrate conflict sensitivity more strategically across the emergency programme cycle
Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: Resource Pack
Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: A Resource Pack is the product of a two-year process by a consortium of partner organisations. The goal was to identify, synthesise, complement and enable conflict-sensitive practice in the fields of development, humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding. This was undertaken primarily in Kenya, Uganda and Sri Lanka but also at the global policy level. The focus of the initiative was donors, governments, INGOs and local civil society organisations.
CDA Publication on Distinction between Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding
Are peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity the same thing? Different but related? Completely separate? This article from the CDA Collaborative Learning Projects examines those questions and proposes some ways to distinguish peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity that, evidence suggests, may lead to more effective peacebuilding and conflict sensitive practice.
Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict
‘Drawing on research and contemporary writing on conflict, NGOs, and peacebuilding, this book provides an overview of key theoretical and policy debates surrounding the changing role of NGOs and donors in conflict, highlights the main research findings, and outlines the implications for improving policy and practice.’ (Amazon.co.uk)
Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries
This publication consists of guidance on doing business in societies at risk of conflict for field managers working across a range of business activities, as well as headquarters staff in political risk, security, external relations and social performance departments.