Grants and Contributions:

Strengthening Women Insider Mediators in Non-violent Socio-Political Movements

7448927 P012207001

$503,580.08

Mar 16, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

This project will seek to learn from and engage with the gendered space of insider mediation in nonviolent socio-political movements, to improve their effective contribution to conflict transformation. This will involve activities that will support: (1) understanding the diversity of constructive roles and approaches exhibited in nonviolent sociopolitical movements with both an insider mediation lens (which roles and approaches are mediative in nature and have direct or indirect impact on any existing formal/outsider mediation processes or transition processes?) and a gender lens (how are different mediative gender roles shaped and how might they differ?); (2) creating space for a small group of key movement actors – women and men – across contexts to share their experiences, approaches, tactics and strategies, and to network and give peer support; (3) offering needs-based capacity development support to these movement actors in conflict transformation approaches and methods, such as dialogue, negotiation, mediation, strategic networking and leadership, etc. to strengthen their insider mediation roles in multiple tracks; (4) creating space for engaging these movement actors, mediation actors and WPS actors for joint development of potential strategic collaboration modalities of gender-inclusive (insider) mediation approaches in contexts of movements; (5) creating space for on-site dialogue support (in selected contexts of these movement actors) among actors who are crucial to preserving the nonviolent and dialogic nature of transition processes, in order for them to sustain peaceful transition. This will be achieved through a baseline study, establishing a peer network, and offering dialogue support to women insider mediators.

Global Affairs Canada

This project will seek to learn from and engage with the gendered space of insider mediation in nonviolent socio-political movements, to improve their effective contribution to conflict transformation. This will involve activities that will support: (1) understanding the diversity of constructive roles and approaches exhibited in nonviolent sociopolitical movements with both an insider mediation lens (which roles and approaches are mediative in nature and have direct or indirect impact on any existing formal/outsider mediation processes or transition processes?) and a gender lens (how are different mediative gender roles shaped and how might they differ?); (2) creating space for a small group of key movement actors – women and men – across contexts to share their experiences, approaches, tactics and strategies, and to network and give peer support; (3) offering needs-based capacity development support to these movement actors in conflict transformation approaches and methods, such as dialogue, negotiation, mediation, strategic networking and leadership, etc. to strengthen their insider mediation roles in multiple tracks; (4) creating space for engaging these movement actors, mediation actors and WPS actors for joint development of potential strategic collaboration modalities of gender-inclusive (insider) mediation approaches in contexts of movements; (5) creating space for on-site dialogue support (in selected contexts of these movement actors) among actors who are crucial to preserving the nonviolent and dialogic nature of transition processes, in order for them to sustain peaceful transition. This will be achieved through a baseline study, establishing a peer network, and offering dialogue support to women insider mediators.

Berlin, DE

064-2022-2023-Q4-00109

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH

Peace and Stabilization Operations

The Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) is an integral component of the Government of Canada’s toolbox to prevent and respond to conflicts and crises abroad. It supports rapid, effective, whole-of-government coordinated responses to a wide range of challenges and serves as a valuable instrument for supporting stability in conflict-affected regions. PSOPs provides visible and concrete assistance in response to conflicts and crises abroad through targeted programming, the deployment of Canadian police officers (in partnership with Public Safety Canada and the RCMP) and civilian personnel, and direct support to the UN and multilateral peace operations, conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts.