Power Dynamics in Peace Work

This online training invites participants to critically reflect on their own roles, positionalities, and the power dynamics shaping their work in conflict and peace contexts. Combining theory with practical tools, it equips practitioners to apply an intersectional, discrimination-aware lens in facilitation, partner dialogue, conflict analysis, and project design.

By the end of the training, participants...

- have created an understanding of how coloniality and power produces intersecting axes of violence and oppression, and how they materialize along different dimensions (e.g., racism, sexism, ableism, antisemitism) relevant to peace work.
- understood how this interacts with societal and (inter)national conflicts as well as peace processes. Participants will connect these insights to how power structures manifest in conflict settings and peacebuilding practices.
- reflected on how this applies to their own peace work, recognizing that decolonizing practices are necessary to prevent harm and build sustainable peace.
- developed practical strategies and tools to apply an intersectional, power- and discrimination-aware perspective in their work.

The training is designed for people who are active in peacebuilding and already have knowledge on basic theories around peace and conflict. A basic understanding of power relations and coloialism is helpful for the participants, but not a must.

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