BROWSE
Stopping As Success – Exiting responsibly: Reflections on Nuru Kenya
In this blog for Stopping As Success: "Four years ago, Nuru International exited from their activities in Kenya, leaving in place their local partners Nuru Kenya. Looking back, Field Operations Director of Nuru International, Amy Sherwood shares reflections from herself and Nuru Kenya’s Country...
Local Peacebuilding: What Works and Why
"This report, a collaboration between Peace Direct and the Alliance for Peacebuilding, explores the effectiveness of local peacebuilding, sharing real and impactful initiatives from around the world. ‘What works and why’ argues that more support for local peacebuilding is needed, and highlights...
Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes (2014)
This manual tells you about the ways that persons with disabilities can take part in elections and politics. One of the ways that people with disabilities take part in politics is when they vote in elections. Voting gives persons with disabilities a...
USAID Anti-Corruption Program Efficacy in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018)
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of USAID programming in meeting anti-corruption goals in sub-Saharan Africa. The research will serve as a foundation for informing future anti-corruption program design and implementation, and may lead to further analysis. The...
The Better Peace Tool (Second Edition 2018)
The Better Peace Tool is an open source guide offering practical steps for the effective inclusion of women peacebuilders and gender perspectives in mediation, conflict prevention, and peacemaking. The Better Peace tool helps to make the word and spirit of the UN...
Applied Political Economy Analysis for human rights programs and campaigns (Handbook)
This handbook provides practical guidance to human rights practitioners and campaigners on how to integrate Applied Political Economy Analysis (APEA) into their activities. It provides a succinct description of APEA and discusses how the methodology supports human rights programs. It also outlines...
Policy Brief: Reform in Ethiopia – Turning Promise into Progress
Ethiopia has seen dramatic political changes this year, but significant challenges remain. The United States should seize this opportunity to support a genuine democratic transition in a pivotal country like Ethiopia. Key Takeaways In January 2018, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic...
2019 Global Peace Index: Trending Upwards
Peace is something that always presents a challenge to measure. It is hard to obtain an accurate view or estimate of global peace when it can be defined in many different ways. The Global Peace Index (GPI) seeks to measure and quantify...
Non-State Justice System Programming – A Practitioner’s Guide (2019)
This guide is intended to assist USAID Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Officers and other practitioners in designing, implementing, and monitoring rule of law programs that include support for community-level non-state justice systems (NSJSs). It aims to provide a digest of...
Monitoring and Early Warning of Violent Conflict in South Sudan Report #1
Six years of conflict in South Sudan have resulted in over 380,000 deaths, 2.5 million refugees, and nearly 2 million internally displaced people. And despite the signing of a peace agreement in August of last year, episodes of violence continue to plague...
Rights-based approaches: A practical how-to note on integrating principles of empowerment into almost any development activity
This guide was prepared by Pact in collaboration with USAID’s Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) under the USAID-funded, Freedom House-led Human Rights Support Mechanism (HRSM). The purpose of the guidance is to help USAID staff understand, adopt,...
Stopping As Success: What is required for a conducive space for local agency and power?
Isabella Jean from the “Stopping As Success” consortium, shares her reflections from a recent meeting on local agency and power and discusses the organizational practices that require attention in order to strengthen inclusive and locally driven peacebuilding and development processes. There were...