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Given the nature of pervasive violence, peacebuilding needs to throw its net wider, to encompass all kinds of pervasive violence in society as part of its remit. This means that peacebuilding organisations should work more deliberately on other types of organised violence and in a sense rethink peacebuilding – focusing not only on conventional conflict settings, but also targeting unconventional types of conflict. Arguably, the difference between being a gang member in Rio and a child soldier in a civil war is small – and for people living in ostensibly violent environments, it does not matter much whether it is in a context of warfare or urban violence. Nevertheless, more thought has to be put into how peacebuilding can better respond to the changing landscape of organised violenc
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:43:02 +0000

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