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Peace and Conflict NGOs, as ostensibly impartial actors with
humanitarian goals, can play a unique role in resolving
conflict at the international, intrastate, and local level.

Peace and Conflict NGOs are non-governmental organizations that
work to promote reconciliation and coexistence among conflicting
parties. They engage in a wide variety of techniques to promote
peace, both on-the-ground in conflict areas and at the policy
level.

The work of these organizations may include grassroots action
(letter writing, direct action, petitions, demonstrations) or
work in diplomacy (promoting and arbitrating discussions).
Peace and Conflict NGOs may work at the policy level, developing
policy recommendations and advocating for peaceful solutions at
the international and national level.

In addition, Peace and Conflict NGOs contribute to peacebuilding
efforts after the immediate conflict is resolved, including
community building and development efforts.


Peace and Conflict NGOs
http://internationalrelationsonline.com/ngo-careers/peace-and-conflict-ngos/



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Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that
identifies and analyses violent and nonviolent behaviours
as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts
(including social conflicts) with a view towards
understanding those processes which lead to a more desirable
human condition. A variation on this, peace studies (irenology),
is an interdisciplinary effort aiming at the prevention,
de-escalation, and solution of conflicts by peaceful means,
thereby seeking "victory" for all parties involved in the
conflict. This is in contrast to war studies (polemology),
which has as its aim on the efficient attainment of victory
in conflicts, primarily by violent means to the satisfaction
of one or more, but not all, parties involved.


Disciplines involved may include:

political science,

geography,

economics,

psychology,

sociology,

international relations,

history,

anthropology,

religious studies,

gender studies,

as well as a variety of others.


Conceptions of peace

Several conceptions, models, or modes of peace have been suggested
in which peace research might prosper.

The first is that peace is a natural social condition, whereas war
is not. The premise is simple for peace researchers: to present
enough information so that a rational group of decision makers will
seek to avoid war and conflict.

Second, the view that violence is sinful or unskillful, and that
non-violence is skillful or virtuous and should be cultivated.
This view is held by a variety of religious traditions worldwide:
Quakers, Mennonites and other Peace churches within Christianity;
Jains, the Satyagraha tradition in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other
portions of Indian religion and philosophy; as well as certain
schools of Islam.

Third is pacifism: the view that peace is a prime force in human
behaviour.

A further approach is that there are multiple modes of peace.


Peace and conflict studies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_and_conflict_studies



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Archives for Peace and Conflict Resolution
http://www.fundsforngos.org/category/peace-conflict-resolution/

Conflict Sensitivity
http://www.conflictsensitivity.org/

Democracy NGO Participation in Formal Peace Negotiations?
http://www.wmd.org/resources/whats-being-done/ngo-participation-peace-negotiations

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS)
http://www.fasngo.org

Institute for Inclusive Security
http://www.inclusivesecurity.org/

International Crisis Group
http://www.crisisgroup.org

International Guide to NGO Activities in Conflict Prevention and Resolution
http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/1226.pdf

International Relations Online
http://internationalrelationsonline.com/

NGO Peacebuilding
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/ngopb.htm

NGOs in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
http://www.guleninstitute.org/publications/analyses/281-ngos-in-post-conflict-peacebuilding.html

Peace
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/peace

Peace and Collaborative Development Network PCDN
http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/

Peace & Conflict
http://issues.tigweb.org/peace

Peace NGO Forum
http://peacengo.org/en/

Peace studies
http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/peacestudies

Search For Common Ground (SFCG)
http://www.sfcg.org

Viva Rio
http://vivario.org.br/en/about-us/



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