Account of the Protection Complexity Project @SAMF_SDU @CWSWarStudies funded by @DFF_raad. We are @chiara_defranco (PI) @Sofie1702Rose @LGelot @CristinaGStefan
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PROTEX sets out to bring novel insights about the international community’s capacity to protect civilians from violence by looking at how protection emerges as a constellation of practices from the interaction between different actors, institutional settings, and norms.
Looking much forward to take a closer look at this exciting new publication! #FeministPeace
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New interesting piece on gendered threats to POC displaying that much is yet to be learned:
"Missions’ approaches to gendered threats to the protection of civilians are at most coordinated rather than substantively coherent."
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It is hard not to give in a ride on the wave of memes on the #SuezBLOCKED, especially when seeing this👇🙃
Hey, #peacebuilding community, does the #Evergreen fiasco in Suez also remind you of the conflict prevention vs. securitized approach to peace and conflict?
Asking for a friend.
Never give up. #ThisIsPeacebuilding
Finally some good news for CAR! The first #ICRC convoy carrying critical aid arrived in the country and received immediate approval by all parties to the conflict to deliver #humanitarianaid icrc.org/en/document/central…
What better time to check out Nina's chapter on #feminist #peace than today on #InternationalWomensDay! 👇💪
My chapter on how to achieve a #feminist #peace is out!
This implies going beyond ‘letting women participate’ in a system conceived by & for men, towards transforming the system itself.
Read it in this excellent book: "A Requiem for Peacebuilding?"
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Another compelling reason why climate change is an issue of #security. In the #Sahel "climate change is not an opinion, it is a reality. The rainy seasons are growing shorter and the dry seasons are longer, lasting up to 9 months."
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The situation in the Central African Republic remains urgent and many civilians fleeing violence are locked at the border of DRC where humanitarian aid have a difficult time reaching out.
Interesting event coming up next week on climate change and conflict in the #Sahel and the #EU's climate-security nexus!
💡#MDPD Webinar – 4 March ’21, 10-11 AM (CET)
➡ Register here: bit.ly/3bz5igO
🔊“#ClimateChange & Conflicts in the #Sahel – Debunking the Myths? A reality-check for the #EU’s climate-security nexus in the Sahel”
@delinagoxho @KASonline @RecapAsia @EKLA_KAS @kas_ecssa
ALT 💡 #MDPD Webinar – 4 March ’21, 10-11 AM (CET) ➡ Register here: https://bit.ly/3bz5igO 🔊 “Climate Change & Conflicts in the Sahel – Debunking the Myths? A reality-check for the EU’s climate-security nexus in the Sahel” --- 📌 #ClimateChange has been widely perceived as a direct driver of conflict in the #Sahel. But from a closer perspective, the link between climate change and Sahelian conflicts is less clear. 📍 Is the #EU’s integrated approach to the Sahel based on a flawed climate-security narrative? To what extent is there a need to revisit donors’ engagement in the Sahel? --- - Welcome with: Denis Schrey, Director, Multinational Development Policy Dialogue - Discussion: Hildegard Bentele, Member of the European Parliament, EPP Group Mamane Garba Hina Bello, Economist, University of Niamey / Nigerien Ministry of Planning Delina Goxho, Independent Security Analyst - Moderated by: Louis Mourier, Programme Manager for Climate Policy, Multinational Development Policy Dialogue
"The EU will this year change the way it funds African peace and security. The changes are likely to have big implications, for the AU Commission" Brussels’ ability to now finance lethal equipment is causing some concern that weapons fall into wrong hands.
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Our new report (with @Tfawatts) published in collaboration with @Drone_Wars_UK finds that ways of using air defence systems have incrementally diminished human control over the use of force – and how this matters for the debate on #autonomousweapons
Meaning-less human control: Lessons from air defence systems for debate on lethal autonomous weapon systems (#LAWS).
Delighted to co-publish this new report, written by @IngvildBode & @Tfawatts, with @CWSWarStudies
dronewars.net/2021/02/19/mea… #autonomy #keepctrl #killerrobots
Last week the #ICC trial against two Anti-balaka leaders began and was transmitted in Bangui, sparking a little hope for justice among some victims. However, many steps are yet to be taken and the current outbreak of violence makes this process even harder
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Growing opposition against France mission as more civilians are killed by e.g. national forces than extremists: "Many Sahelians, especially Malians, don’t understand why Barkhane’s mandate focuses on counter-terrorism and not protection of civilians."
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As post-election violence continues in CAR, sexual violence is on the rise as well. 👉“Sexual violence was already present, but we noticed a rise in the amount of cases over the past weeks, certainly linked to the recurrence of violence.”
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Thanks to @Saferworld for hosting an excellent event and push for #TurningTheTide and provide a forum for discussing strategies for transforming securitization in the #Sahel.
Protex retweeted
"the analysis of stabilization in Mali..shows that while..flexibility & complexity may be required traits of global governance, they can pose challenges to accountability and serve to write off the responsibility of intervention actors" @IntPeacekeeping
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@ProtexProject PI @chiara_defranco and her co-authors @FlorianOtto and Christoph Meyer just won the #ISAICOMM Best Book Award for their book "Warning about War" What an excellent achievement!
Congrats from the rest of the Protex team! 👏
Congratulations! @FlorianOtto @chiara_defranco and Christoph Meyer receive the #ISAICOMM Best Book Award for Warning About War, an exceptional project about the critical role of persuasion in foreign policy. @cambridgecore
cambridge.org/core/books/war…
One of Protex's researchers @LGelot just presented a talk on Peace Operations and Capacity-building in the age of COVID-19, very interesting! Check it out 👇
Check out this virtual workshop series on Capacity-Building in the Age of COVID-19 – several more workshops to come! very happy to have presented a talk on Peace Operations and capacity-building at day zero @ProtexProject @FBAFolke #FBAResearch
Register for @CWSWarStudies online conference next week, organized by CWS colleague @kerstincarlson. Our PI @chiara_defranco will open the conference on day 2 and chair a panel on "Child soldiers and other unlikely fighters."
Join our annual CWS conference next week (1. + 2. October) and discuss "What is a battlefield, who is a fighter? Choice, control, war and the institutions that address them" with academics, practitioners and CWS experts! It's online; register here: conferencemanager.events/cws
New NGO statement calling for a new approach in the Sahel to prioritize protection of civilians.
The political crisis in #Mali must be a wake-up call for a new response in the Sahel.
28 NGOs today express solidarity w/ the people of Mali & call for responses to prioritise the protection of civilians. #SahelCoalition #MalianPeopleFirst
NGO statement: reliefweb.int/node/3667014