Conflict Sensitivity & Integration
Across all sectors, it’s necessary to ensure that interventions mitigate conflict & violence, build peace & promote prosperity. By applying conflict sensitivity & integration to foster social cohesion, tolerance & collaboration, practitioners can meet project goals without aggravating conflict drivers (USAID). This Thematic Action Area offers resources, discussions & more for you to enhance knowledge & collaboration around conflict sensitivity & integration.
Frequently Asked Questions
Peacebuilding is a broad range of measures implemented in the context of emerging, current, or post-conflict situations & which are explicitly guided & motivated by a primary commitment to the prevention of violent conflict & the promotion of a lasting & sustainable peace (Search for Common Ground).
‘A conflict-sensitive approach involves gaining a sound understanding of the two-way interaction between activities & context and acting to minimize negative impacts & maximize positive impacts of the intervention on conflict, within an organization’s given priorities/objectives (mandate)’ (Conflict Sensitivity Community Hub).
Whereas conflict sensitivity is defined as developing & implementing programs to work most effectively in conflict, peacebuilding is defined as working on conflict to produce peacebuilding outcomes. For more on the distinction, please see this resource.
To start conversations about & provide insight on topics related to conflict sensitivity, please explore & contribute to our Discussions.
For a collection of resources on conflict sensitivity, please visit our Resource Library.
For a list of organizations & groups working in conflict sensitivity, please see our Collaboration Map.
Resources
Share your own resourcesSudan Conflict Snapshot – December & January
ResourceTheme: Conflict Sensitivity & Integration, Peace & Security, Peacebuilding
Region: Africa
What works for conflict- and gender-sensitive media campaigns: Case study from Central Asia
ResourceTheme: Conflict Sensitivity & Integration, Women, Peace & Security
Region: Asia
Why do localized indicators matter for women’s empowerment & peace? Emerging findings from analysis across six countries in Asia
ResourceTheme: Asia Religious & Ethnic Freedom, Conflict Sensitivity & Integration, Democracy & Governance, Freedom of Religion or Belief, Peace Impact Framework, Peacebuilding, Women, Peace & Security
Region: AsiaSoutheast Asia
CECI Uganda: Tales and Innovations of Local Actors in Humanitarian Response 2021 9th Edition
ResourceTheme: Climate Change & Conflict, Conflict Sensitivity & Integration, Democracy & Governance, Freedom of Religion or Belief, General, Human Rights, Humanitarian & Emergency Response Programming, International Development, Mediation, Peace & Security, Peace Impact Framework, Peacebuilding, Program Monitoring, Protection & Inclusion, Public Health, Reconciliation
Region: Africa
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