Examining conflict mediation to prevent violence through multisector partnerships.

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-181
Author(s):  
Daryl Stewart ◽  
Nadia Jessop ◽  
Jomella Watson-Thompson
Keyword(s):  
2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S447-S447
Author(s):  
C. Gabriela ◽  
C. Lima

The author has devoted her life to matters relating to communication, whether in business contexts, or as a mediator, trainer and moderator.The trilogy “Lili, do conflito à Mediação de Conflitos” aims to help create more informed citizens, starting from an early age, namely in terms of the new forms of solving conflicts.In the first book: “Lili and the conflicts” (“Lili e os Conflitos”), we find the theme of conflicts; how to deal with them; respect for the different other; to put oneself in the place of the other.In the second book: “Lili and Conflict Medition” (“Lili e a Mediação de Conflitos”), we find the space created by conflict mediation so the parts in conflict can be heard; the enormous need to listen to the other; the needed empathy so as to know the reality of the other.In the third and final book: “Lili and the Conflict Mediator” (“Lili e o Mediador de Conflitos”), we explain what it is to be a conflict mediator, this “new” profession, distinguishing it from other professions which also use the word “Mediator”.The author makes presentations of the books and its topics, bringing these issues to debate and making them known to the school environment, both to students and teachers, as well as staff and parents.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-368
Author(s):  
Emeka Nwokedi

Nigeria's leadership role in inter-African relations remains a myth despite the country's assertiveness in the areas of liberation, conflict mediation and regional economic integration. Rhetoric and posturing in inter-African diplomacy have become a substitute for reality. Furthermore, the weakness of the Nigerian domestic structure and the effects of the structural adjustment programme negate Nigerians capabilities to exert a leadership in inter-African diplomacy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-244
Author(s):  
Peter Jones

Abstract This article explores the attitudes of Canadian officials towards international conflict mediation and towards the potential for greater official Canadian involvement in the field. The study is based on extensive interviews with Canadian officials who have been involved in mediation at various points over a 20-year period. It finds that Canada, and particularly the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), has taken a largely ad hoc approach to its involvement in the field. Prior to the initiation of this study, there had been no attempt to develop an institutional capacity in this field within DFAIT or to keep track of the personnel involved in such experiences, much less to develop a trained cadre of such individuals. This stands in contrast to the efforts of countries that have prioritized mediation as a foreign policy activity, such as some Scandinavian countries and Switzerland. Many of those interviewed pointed to these countries as potential models for Canada in this field, but it became apparent in discussions that most of those interviewees were not necessarily well-informed as to what these countries have done; there was just a general sense that these countries do it well and that Canada could learn from them. Moreover, none of the interviewees demonstrated significant familiarity with the vast literature on mediation. Those interviewed made recommendations as to how Canada might develop its official mediation capacities so as to play a more active and focused role in this field.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Iim Imadudin

AbstrakKonflik dan integrasi merupakan dua unsur yang inheren dalam kehidupan masyarakat. Dalam kondisi itu terjadi dialektika yang mengakibatkan kehidupan menjadi dinamis. Konflik menjadi jalan ke arah terbentuknya integrasi baru. Dalam masyarakat yang terintegrasikan sedemikian rupa, konflik dapat tumbuh dan berkembang.Lampung sebagai wilayah yang multietnik memiliki potensi konflik yang tinggi. Fakta sejarah menunjukkan sejumlah konflik terjadi di daerah tersebut. Tahun 2000, misalnya, konflik sosial berlangsung dalam intensitas yang tinggi. Ditinjau dari perspektif sejarah, konflik dan integrasi merupakan dua komponen yang berjalin kelindan dalam sejarah masyarakat. Penelitian ini memokuskan perhatian terhadap sebab-sebab dan mediasi  konflik. AbstractConflict and integration represent two element which inherent in life of society. Between both taking place dialectict resulting life become is dynamic. Conflict can become road at formed its of new integration. On the contrary, in integrated society in such a manner conflict can grow and expand. Lampung as region which multietnic society have high conflict potency. History fact showing a number of conflict happened. Evaluated in perspective of history, integration and conflict represent two component interweaving in its society history. This research of its attention focus in conflict mediation and causes.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunas L Radzvilavicius ◽  
Neil W Blackstone

The complex eukaryotic cell is a result of an ancient endosymbiosis and one of the major evolutionary transitions. The timing of key eukaryotic innovations relative to the acquisition of mitochondria remains subject to considerable debate, yet the evolutionary process itself might constrain the order of these events. Endosymbiosis entailed levels-of-selection conflicts, and mechanisms of conflict mediation had to evolve for eukaryogenesis to proceed. The initial mechanisms of conflict mediation were based on the pathways inherited from prokaryotic symbionts and led to metabolic homeostasis in the eukaryotic cell, while later mechanisms (e.g., mitochondrial gene transfer) contributed to the expansion of the eukaryotic genome. Perhaps the greatest opportunity for conflict arose with the emergence of sex involving whole-cell fusion. While early evolution of cell fusion may have affected symbiont acquisition, sex together with the competitive symbiont behaviour would have destabilised the emerging higher-level unit. Cytoplasmic mixing, on the other hand, would have been beneficial for selfish endosymbionts, capable of using their own metabolism to manipulate the life history of the host. Given the results of our mathematical modelling, we argue that sex represents a rather late proto- eukaryotic innovation, allowing for the growth of the chimeric nucleus and contributing to the successful completion of the evolutionary transition.


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