Peace Through Health: Keeping my dream for Malawi alive By Chimwemwe Kumwenda The English novelist Graham Greene once said, “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in”. As a young girl, I … Continued

Peace from home: thoughts of a peacebuilder during Covid-19 By Giovanny Rincon Alvarez How should I work for peacebuilding under remote mode? This was the question that I asked myself a month ago when I started my Applied Field Experience … Continued

Alum Branka Panic on AI for Peace – Using Artificial Intelligence for Creating Lasting Peace On our graduation day, in May 2019, I wrote a “letter to myself”, a beautiful Rotary Peace Fellowship tradition of remembering the day as the … Continued

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“The most innocent victims of war: Children and Women – from child soldiers to sex slaves” By Asha Asokan, Class 17 RPF and MIDP 2020 More than 350 million children are living in conflict-affected areas around the world. Women and … Continued

Go back home! Your country needs your brain! Interview with Mr. Vicente Paolo Yu, Advisor to the State of Palestine Delegation; Coordinator, G77 and China Group This week, I am attending the UN Climate Summit (COP 25) in Madrid. I … Continued

The Rotary Peace Centers Symposium 2020 4 – 6 February, 2020 (Peace Conference 6 – 8 February 2020) Mena House Hotel, Cairo The objective of this conference is to explore the challenges, opportunities and innovations of the theory and policy … Continued

Sports, Peace and Society By: Manal El Tayar “He caught me right before I started my 30-minute warm up. “I have bad news,” he said as his normally cheerful eyes turned into weary ones. I stood there not knowing what … Continued

Human Rights, Peace and Conflict Resolution By: Asha Asokan My interest in human rights, peace, and conflict resolution emanates from an amorphous childhood desire to help others in need. This desire I believe is derived from the early teachings of … Continued

Global Health Security: Expanding into other Continents By: Emilya Huseynova When I look back and try to see at which time point the passion for becoming a public health professional and researcher was born, I can see that it actually … Continued

Kibera Slum: When Kindness Kills Development By: Linh Vo Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Ninaras) “We are so busy at helping and forget that, sometimes, we need to stop and look. Are we bringing any change? Are more than 500 NGOs trying … Continued

Protect the Social Leaders – Colombia By: Giovanny Rincón & Sarah Champagne One of Colombia’s top challenges during its fragile post-accord phase has been the increase in killings and threats of human rights defenders and social leaders. According to the … Continued