Conflict and Peace

Promoting Peace, Resolving Conflicts

From Settler Colonialism to Standing Rock: Hearing Native Voices for Peace

Nancy S. Love, PhD Professor of Political Science at Appalachian State University On Politics, Music, and Indigeneity
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Empathy: A Global Imperative for Peace

An article calling to attention to the critical importance of empathy in human affairs, explaining how the employment of coarsening discourse can work against a civil society, and raises the crucial question of why empathy matters.
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How Music May Serve as a Nudge for More Ethical and Peaceful Business Behavior

Professor Fort outlines Indiana University’s special issue on Business, Music and Peace.
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Business, Music and Peace

Join us for an online written discussion as part of the Business, Music and Peace Challenge with Indiana University.  The live segment will take
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Working Together to Enhance the Effectiveness of Musicking in Peacebuilding Activities

Do you like music? Have you ever wondered how much musical energy is produced on the planet at any given moment? Hundreds of millions of people are participating in musical events today. Now imagine that our challenge is the find the best ways to harness this tremendous energy to fight poverty
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How can business collaborate with music and other cultural forces to build the foundations for peace?

Tim Fort, from Indiana University Kelley School of Business, introduces our new Challenge on Business, Music and Peace. We’ll be exploring how business can collaborate with music and other cultural forces to build the foundations for peace.
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Helping Refugees Move From Crisis To Resilience and Self-Reliance

Introducing our new Challenge on Business and Refugees with support from Pearson and in partnership with UNHCR, Mercy Corps, Business Call to Action, Innovest Advisory and Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Challenge aims to strengthen the foundation for effective partnerships to improve refugees’ wellbeing and educational and livelihood opportunities so refugees can thrive, not just survive.
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The Impact of a Microfinance on Preventing Intimate Partner Violence

Indashyikirwa, meaning ‘agents for change’, is a program that seeks to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) across Rwanda, and is being implemented by CARE Rwanda, Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN) and Rwanda Men’s Resource Center (RWAMREC). Here Erin Stern shares some key learnings, processes and impacts from the programme.
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The Transition from Aid: Are Businesses Up To The Challenge?

The transition from lower- to middle-income status is complex and raises significant questions for the role of aid in the years ahead. THET lays these difficult discussions on the table and helps businesses to think about how their philanthropic and business strategies align… or not.
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Supporting Entrepreneurs in the Pursuit of Peace

Bpeace is a nonprofit that matches business experts with entrepreneurs in challenged economies, to help them grow their businesses and generate jobs. In this story Bpeace share some successful examples of connecting experts with growing businesses and how they believe that more jobs means more peace.
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NGO Partnerships Give Businesses the Teeth to Be Social Activists

Ben & Jerry’s discuss mixing activism and a social mission and how by working with NGOs they can drive real change. They share insights on their partnerships with the International Rescue Committee on the refugee crisis.
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Leveraging the Power of Skillanthropy

avier Guerrero of Happy Punk Panda, a Salvadoran digital media company, visited New York through Bpeace’s Fast Runner Program to meet with top digital agencies including SapientRazorfish. Bpeace talk with Marco Ambrosio, North America Growth Strategist for SapientRazorfish, about the experience.
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A Paradigm Shift

Reflecting on the past six decades of top-down approaches to poverty, limited by a fixation on aggregate wealth, Fundación Paraguay argue that the “Poverty Stoplight” programme offers a decidedly different strategy. Allowing families to self-diagnose their level of poverty and develop personalized strategies to overcome poverty permanently.
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Boldline Accelerator: Bringing Partnerships to Life and Scale

The US Department of State introduces the Boldline Accelerator for Public-Private Partnerships, a one-week program in February 2018 dedicated to giving public-private partnership stakeholders the training, mentorship, networks, and resources needed to bring partnership ideas to action or scale up existing partnerships.
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Q&A with MCC Resident Country Director for Niger: Bolstering Niger’s Agricultural Sector

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Why Do So Few Companies Invest in Gender Equality?

Why Do So Few Companies Invest in Gender Equality?
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Training and Support for Women Refugees

Training and Support for Women Refugees
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Co-Creating Partnerships to Achieve the Global Goals

Co-Creating Partnerships to Achieve the Global Goals
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Delivering the SDGs through Ethical Trade

Delivering the SDGs through Ethical Trade
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The Year Ahead and the Need to Rethink Collaboration

The Year Ahead and the Need to Rethink Collaboration
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