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Understanding Peace and Conflict

This document provides an overview of a basic course on conflict sensitive and peace promoting practices. It discusses various topics related to understanding conflict and peace, including different perceptions of reality, myths about conflict, the triangle of violence, stages of conflict, and approaches to resolving conflict. It also defines peace, outlines a pyramid of peace actors, maps peacebuilding strategies, and describes the continuum of peace strategies including peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.

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Understanding Peace and Conflict

This document provides an overview of a basic course on conflict sensitive and peace promoting practices. It discusses various topics related to understanding conflict and peace, including different perceptions of reality, myths about conflict, the triangle of violence, stages of conflict, and approaches to resolving conflict. It also defines peace, outlines a pyramid of peace actors, maps peacebuilding strategies, and describes the continuum of peace strategies including peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.

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Basic Course on Conflict

Sensitive and Peace


Promoting Practice (CSPP)

RDC, RPOC, RDRRMC


and PAMANA Implementing Partners in Region IX

CT Boulevard Hotel
19-21 June 2018
 
UNDERSTANDING
CONFLICT and PEACE
Why do we have
different perceptions
of the same reality?

•  We each have our own unique history and character

•  Each of us is born either male or female

•  Each one of us is born into a particular way of life

•  Each one of us has our own values


Some Myths about
Conflict
#1 Myth: Conflict is
negative

In fact, Conflict is neither positive nor negative; it


just IS.

It is not whether or not we have conflict that matters


but how we deal with them
Some Myths about
Conflict
#2 Myth: Conflict is about
competing
In fact, winning is not the goal in conflict resolution;
problem solving is.

Conflict can be a good opportunity for constantly


improving relationship
Conflict and Violence
•  CONFLICT is a relationship between
two or more parties, who have , or think they
have, incompatible goals

•  VIOLENCE consists of actions, words,


attitudes, structures or systems that cause
physical, psychological, social or
environmental damage
Triangle of Violence
Direct/ Physical Violence
(Killing, Intimidation, Torture, Beating)

Cultural Structural/Institutional
(Attitudes, Feelings, Values: (Context, System, Structures)
Hatred, Fear, Mistrust, Globalization of Economies
Discrimination, Racism,
Sexism, Intolerance) Poverty, Segregation
Stages of Conflict
If
Unresolved

If Resolved,
Finished
Different Approaches to Conflict
Conflict Prevention

Conflict Settlement

Conflict Management

Conflict Resolution

ConflictTransformation
Short  Workshop

1.  With your current groupmates, discuss what


are the current conflicts in your area.

2.  Agree on what are the top three (3) most felt
conflict. CONFLICT
Working  IN  conflict    
(e.g.  Emergency  
Response/  
Humanitarian  
Assistance)
Peace  and  Development  Responses  to  Conflict

Working  ON  
conflict    (e.g.,  
Peacebuilding,   CONFLICT
Security) Working  IN  conflict    
(e.g.  Emergency  
Response/  
Humanitarian  
Assistance)
Pyramid of Peace Actors
Top level government, big
business and religious leadership
in national and international
arenas

Middle range leaders of national


and regional organizations and
business

Grassroots leaders of youth,


women’s, religious groups,
businesses and other local
organizations.
Map of Peacebuilding
Waging Conflict Building Capacity
Nonviolently •  training and education
•  monitoring and advocacy •  development
•  direct action •  military conversion
•  civilian-based defense •  research and evaluation

Reducing
Direct Violence Transforming
•  legal and justice systems Relationships
•  humanitarian assistance •  trauma building
•  peacekeeping •  conflict transformation
•  military intervention •  restorative justice
•  cease-fire agreements •  transitional justice
•  peace zones •  governance and
•  early warning programs policymaking
DEFINING PEACE
DEFINING PEACE
PEACE
POSITIVE PEACE
NEGATIVE PEACE Presence of conditions of
Absence of direct/physical well-being and just relationships: social,
violence (both macro and micro) economic, political, ecological

Structural Violence
e.g., poverty, hunger
Direct Violence
e.g., war, torture, child and woman abuse
Socio-cultural Violence
e.g., racism, sexism, religious
intolerance

Ecological Violence
e.g., pollution, overconsumption

Center  for  Peace  Education


VIOLENCE
Miriam  College
Continuum of Peace Strategies

Main Categories

PEACE-MAKING

PEACE-KEEPING

PEACE-BUILDING
Peacemaking
Interventions designed to end
hostilities and bring about an
agreement using diplomatic, political
and military means as necessary
Peace-Keeping
Monitoring and enforcing an
agreement, using force as
necessary. This includes
verifying whether agreements
are being kept and supervising
agreed confidence-building
activities.
Peace-Building

Undertaking programmes
designed to address the causes
of conflict and the grievances
of the past and to promote
long-term stability and justice.

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