and got absorbed into the city with it’s negative consequences. Later on, farmlands became scarce, the tin industry collapsed, and people had to face realities of life. This situation has created intense competition for land, jobs, business, and appointments in the civil service to the extent...
This book is a guide for college students exploring career options who are interested in working to promote peacebuilding and the resolution of conflict. High school students, particularly those starting to consider college and careers, can also benefit from this book.A major feature of the book ...
Well before partition, Northern Ireland, particularly Belfast, had attracted economic migrants from elsewhere in Ireland seeking employment in its flourishing linen-making and shipbuilding industries. The best jobs had gone to Protestants, but the humming local economy still provided work for Catholics. ...
The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21 each year to recognize the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace. The International Day of Peace is also a day of ceasefire – personal or political. The dove is a symbol...
An Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) report from August 2023 assessed the four most targeted groups in Afghanistan are former government and security officials, prisoners, women, and journalists. The report notes:“Since the takeover, the Taliban has targeted former government ...
"Additionally, it is important to promote peace education among youth, raising their awareness of the importance of peace, human rights, and conflict resolution, such as through organizing seminars like today's to disseminate information", Dai Zhixin stated. Youth should also fully utilize social me...
We're gonna be back with Aziz in just a moment. He has so much to say that speaks to this current moment, but also to how we handle conflict more generally. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. Today we're talking with Aziz Abu Sarah about how to create peace and navigate co...
The police were just doing their jobs, enforcing shitty rules that harass and antagonize people. For example, I would have been allowed to be where I was if it were a working day, but since it was Saturday, it was verboten. The objective of such rules is nothing to do with public heal...
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most famous moment came during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. Here he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, calling for an end to racism and envisioning a future where people would be judged by their character, not their...
<While WCW underscores give-and-take, Islam is determined to bring the adversary/enemy (especially the “apostate” and “infidel”) to submission, peacefully or militarily, employing dissimulation, in order to mislead naïve opponents. <While WCW refers to the Arab-Israeli conflict as “the ...