Nonviolent Peaceforce
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✨ Transforming the World's Response to Conflict
📍Country Programmes: DRC, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, Thailand, Philippines, Ukraine, USA, Indonesia | HQ in Geneva
📍Country Programmes: DRC, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, Thailand, Philippines, Ukraine, USA, Indonesia | HQ in Geneva
🧡 Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of #ViolenceAgainstWomen.
Sadly, violence against women & girls is the most pervasive #HumanRights violation worldwide. Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women have experienced gender violence at least once in their life. #16Days
Sadly, violence against women & girls is the most pervasive #HumanRights violation worldwide. Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women have experienced gender violence at least once in their life. #16Days
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🧡 Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of #ViolenceAgainstWomen.
Sadly, violence against women & girls is the most pervasive #HumanRights violation worldwide. Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women have experienced gender violence at least once in their life. #16Days
Sadly, violence against women & girls is the most pervasive #HumanRights violation worldwide. Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women have experienced gender violence at least once in their life. #16Days
🌐 In recognition of #WorldChildrensDay, we are uplifting some of our #ChildProtection efforts.
🇸🇩 Sudan: our team is working with displaced civilians in Tawila, including a large number of children that have had to flee El Fasher alone without their parents.
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🇸🇩 Sudan: our team is working with displaced civilians in Tawila, including a large number of children that have had to flee El Fasher alone without their parents.
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Sudan’s lost children wander through a landscape of death
Press Clip Source: Washington Post By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz Haroun Around 200 unaccompanied children have arrived in the Sudanese town of Tewila
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November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🌐 In recognition of #WorldChildrensDay, we are uplifting some of our #ChildProtection efforts.
🇸🇩 Sudan: our team is working with displaced civilians in Tawila, including a large number of children that have had to flee El Fasher alone without their parents.
⬇️ bit.ly/4pjibjf
🇸🇩 Sudan: our team is working with displaced civilians in Tawila, including a large number of children that have had to flee El Fasher alone without their parents.
⬇️ bit.ly/4pjibjf
🇵🇭 Meet Ambuh Mhar, a village chairwoman in Lunggang, Sulu, located in the #Philippines. Despite having a physical disability, her vision and leadership has helped transform her village into a gun-free, #peaceful community.
⬇️ Read the full story:
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⬇️ Read the full story:
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Ambuh Mhar and the Journey to a Gun-Free Barangay in Sulu
How the vision and leadership of a chairwoman in Sulu has transformed Barangay Lunggang into a gun-free, peaceful community, with the support of NP.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🇵🇭 Meet Ambuh Mhar, a village chairwoman in Lunggang, Sulu, located in the #Philippines. Despite having a physical disability, her vision and leadership has helped transform her village into a gun-free, #peaceful community.
⬇️ Read the full story:
bit.ly/47IDHIp
⬇️ Read the full story:
bit.ly/47IDHIp
🌍 “We continue to see families torn apart, children arriving alone.” -Nic Pyatt, Interim Regional Director Africa
#WorldChildrensDay is coming up this week— the following article from the @washingtonpost.com presents the unjust conditions and challenges that children are facing in #Sudan.
#WorldChildrensDay is coming up this week— the following article from the @washingtonpost.com presents the unjust conditions and challenges that children are facing in #Sudan.
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🌍 “We continue to see families torn apart, children arriving alone.” -Nic Pyatt, Interim Regional Director Africa
#WorldChildrensDay is coming up this week— the following article from the @washingtonpost.com presents the unjust conditions and challenges that children are facing in #Sudan.
#WorldChildrensDay is coming up this week— the following article from the @washingtonpost.com presents the unjust conditions and challenges that children are facing in #Sudan.
🗣️ Volker Türk on the conflict in #Sudan: "The atrocities that are unfolding in #ElFasher were foreseen and preventable – but they were not prevented. They constitute the gravest of crimes."
⬇️ Read the full remarks:
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⬇️ Read the full remarks:
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High Commissioner at Special Session on Sudan: The international community has a clear duty to act
Mr. President, Excellencies,The atrocities that are unfolding in El Fasher were foreseen and preventable – but they were not prevented. They constitute the gravest of crimes.My Office has issued more...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🗣️ Volker Türk on the conflict in #Sudan: "The atrocities that are unfolding in #ElFasher were foreseen and preventable – but they were not prevented. They constitute the gravest of crimes."
⬇️ Read the full remarks:
tinyurl.com/2s4dcze3
⬇️ Read the full remarks:
tinyurl.com/2s4dcze3
❗️Nonviolent Peaceforce strongly condemns the recent drone attack on a humanitarian evacuation vehicle in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region on November 8.
We stand in #solidarity with all humanitarian workers who continue their life-saving missions despite the dangers.
We stand in #solidarity with all humanitarian workers who continue their life-saving missions despite the dangers.
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
❗️Nonviolent Peaceforce strongly condemns the recent drone attack on a humanitarian evacuation vehicle in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region on November 8.
We stand in #solidarity with all humanitarian workers who continue their life-saving missions despite the dangers.
We stand in #solidarity with all humanitarian workers who continue their life-saving missions despite the dangers.
📖 We're thrilled to introduce PRO Bezpeku (About Safety), a #Ukrainian guidebook dedicated to #ChildProtection, written in accessible language for children, and paired with engaging illustrations.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
📖 We're thrilled to introduce PRO Bezpeku (About Safety), a #Ukrainian guidebook dedicated to #ChildProtection, written in accessible language for children, and paired with engaging illustrations.
💔 “We hear people tell us about how they’ve been tripping over dead bodies as they’ve been trying to escape the city, how they have been shelled and shot at as they’ve been trying to flee.” #KeepEyesOnSudan
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
💔 “We hear people tell us about how they’ve been tripping over dead bodies as they’ve been trying to escape the city, how they have been shelled and shot at as they’ve been trying to flee.” #KeepEyesOnSudan
🚨 NP'S Mary Brace ➡️ "The resources are very, very scarce. It’s just the sheer volume of people who are here, because the town doesn’t really have the infrastructure to support the hundreds of thousands of people now here."
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#KeepEyesOnSudan
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#KeepEyesOnSudan
"The resources are very, very scarce" - NP's Mary Brace on Sudan for DW News
Thousands of civilians are feared trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher and in imminent danger after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🚨 NP'S Mary Brace ➡️ "The resources are very, very scarce. It’s just the sheer volume of people who are here, because the town doesn’t really have the infrastructure to support the hundreds of thousands of people now here."
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#KeepEyesOnSudan
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#KeepEyesOnSudan
“The last months have been absolutely harrowing,” Brace told Al Jazeera.
“People were talking about just the extreme fear of constant bombardment. The numbers of displaced people here, it’s just absolutely astounding. There’s just extreme levels of trauma.”
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“People were talking about just the extreme fear of constant bombardment. The numbers of displaced people here, it’s just absolutely astounding. There’s just extreme levels of trauma.”
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UN officials condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan as RSF advances
Press Clip Source: Al Jazeera Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle. A family rests at a camp
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November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“The last months have been absolutely harrowing,” Brace told Al Jazeera.
“People were talking about just the extreme fear of constant bombardment. The numbers of displaced people here, it’s just absolutely astounding. There’s just extreme levels of trauma.”
nonviolentpeaceforce.org/un-officials...
“People were talking about just the extreme fear of constant bombardment. The numbers of displaced people here, it’s just absolutely astounding. There’s just extreme levels of trauma.”
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🌐 Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is often perceived as a short-term or temporary intervention, while #peacebuilding is seen as a slow and structural process.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🌐 Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is often perceived as a short-term or temporary intervention, while #peacebuilding is seen as a slow and structural process.
"The last weeks have been incredibly difficult, just ongoing shelling happening all the time. ...There have been extremely, extremely limited food. We know people have been eating animal fodder in order to survive. And also boiling cowhides in order to eat."
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"Fired upon as they were trying to flee" - NP's Mary Brace for BBC World Service
Original Source: BBC World Service Newsday (31 Oct 2025, 05:06 GMT, starting at 27:09) James Copnall: We will start in Sudan and the condemnation of the
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November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"The last weeks have been incredibly difficult, just ongoing shelling happening all the time. ...There have been extremely, extremely limited food. We know people have been eating animal fodder in order to survive. And also boiling cowhides in order to eat."
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“The conditions are catastrophic, as we’ve been hearing,” Mary Brace, technical protection advisor for Nonviolent Peaceforce, told Al Jazeera. “The conflict is ongoing, and there is no guarantee of safe passage for civilians as they try to come towards Tawila.”
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UN officials condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan as RSF advances
Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle.
www.aljazeera.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“The conditions are catastrophic, as we’ve been hearing,” Mary Brace, technical protection advisor for Nonviolent Peaceforce, told Al Jazeera. “The conflict is ongoing, and there is no guarantee of safe passage for civilians as they try to come towards Tawila.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Partnership meeting in Mykolaiv: working together for effective support of veterans and their families
Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин
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Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин
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Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин
Миколаївський міський центр підтримки ветеранів війни спільно з Nonviolent Peaceforce та ГО «Мережа правового розвитку» (LDN) організували партнерську зустріч.Захід став платформою для обміну досвідом...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Partnership meeting in Mykolaiv: working together for effective support of veterans and their families
Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин
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Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин
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"The 2025 awardees show us the power of hope – imagining and acting for different futures is possible,”
Meredith Preston McGhie, Global Centre for Pluralism
NP is honoured to stand alongside incredible organizations recognized in the 2025 Pluralism Award.
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Meredith Preston McGhie, Global Centre for Pluralism
NP is honoured to stand alongside incredible organizations recognized in the 2025 Pluralism Award.
www.einpresswire.com/article/8619...
Groundbreaking Initiatives from Israel/Palestine, Southern Africa and Colombia Honoured with 2025 Global Pluralism Award
Celebrating bold initiatives from Israel/Palestine, Colombia, and Southern Africa advancing inclusion, equality, and human rights through pluralism
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November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"The 2025 awardees show us the power of hope – imagining and acting for different futures is possible,”
Meredith Preston McGhie, Global Centre for Pluralism
NP is honoured to stand alongside incredible organizations recognized in the 2025 Pluralism Award.
www.einpresswire.com/article/8619...
Meredith Preston McGhie, Global Centre for Pluralism
NP is honoured to stand alongside incredible organizations recognized in the 2025 Pluralism Award.
www.einpresswire.com/article/8619...
🗣️"At this point, we’re really concerned about how global pressure can be applied to ensure that hostilities cease and allow people to safely escape from areas where violence is taking place..." -Nic Pyatt, Interim Country Director for #Sudan
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🗣️"At this point, we’re really concerned about how global pressure can be applied to ensure that hostilities cease and allow people to safely escape from areas where violence is taking place..." -Nic Pyatt, Interim Country Director for #Sudan
💬 “The last months have been absolutely harrowing…people eating cow hides because there was nothing else to eat... I spoke to one man who had five pieces of shrapnel in his body that he had sustained over the previous weeks that were still lodged there.”
bit.ly/4nCpamc
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Sudanese fleeing RSF violence experiencing “extreme suffering“
Press Clip Source: Al Jazeera Mary Brace on the shocking levels of suffering seen in people fleeing RSF violence in el-Fasher in northern Darfur. Mary
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November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
💬 “The last months have been absolutely harrowing…people eating cow hides because there was nothing else to eat... I spoke to one man who had five pieces of shrapnel in his body that he had sustained over the previous weeks that were still lodged there.”
bit.ly/4nCpamc
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❗️In #Sudan, civilians in El Fasher and across Darfur are facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions, with thousands trapped without food, water, or medical care. Thousands more are trying to flee the escalating violence.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
❗️In #Sudan, civilians in El Fasher and across Darfur are facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions, with thousands trapped without food, water, or medical care. Thousands more are trying to flee the escalating violence.
🗓️ Tomorrow kicks off the annual consultation between the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the UN Security Council (UNSC) in Addis Ababa.
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🗓️ Tomorrow kicks off the annual consultation between the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the UN Security Council (UNSC) in Addis Ababa.
Nonviolent Peaceforce and 50+ NGOs cautiously welcome ceasefire announcement, demand end to two years of forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza:
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Humanitarians cautiously welcome ceasefire announcement, demand end to two years of forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
Download the statement and full list of signatories on the link below (available in English, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish): Humanitarians cautiously
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October 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Nonviolent Peaceforce and 50+ NGOs cautiously welcome ceasefire announcement, demand end to two years of forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza:
nonviolentpeaceforce.org/humanitarian...
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📢 As the UN convenes its 80th General Assembly session, the #ICR2P has launched a powerful Call to Action to realign the UN’s mission with its foundational commitment: safeguarding human dignity, preventing atrocity crimes and protecting civilians.
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Call to Action for the United Nations General Assembly during its 80th session from the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect
Source: International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect The UN was established to uphold international peace and security, protect human rights
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October 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
📢 As the UN convenes its 80th General Assembly session, the #ICR2P has launched a powerful Call to Action to realign the UN’s mission with its foundational commitment: safeguarding human dignity, preventing atrocity crimes and protecting civilians.
tinyurl.com/ye26dp3m
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💬 "We must view the intensified AU-UN partnership not just as a political and operational necessity, but more importantly as an opportunity to rethink what #protection means, how it is implemented and whose knowledge shapes it."
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
💬 "We must view the intensified AU-UN partnership not just as a political and operational necessity, but more importantly as an opportunity to rethink what #protection means, how it is implemented and whose knowledge shapes it."
“What these communities endure is not inevitable. It is the result of choices made and perpetuated every day by parties to this conflict and an international community that has largely looked the other way.”
NP's Nic Pyatt on the call to protect lives under siege in #Darfur
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NP's Nic Pyatt on the call to protect lives under siege in #Darfur
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Darfur: The Urgent Call to Protect Lives Trapped Under Siege
TAWILA, SUDAN – 06 October 2025: In Sudan’s Darfur, civilians remain trapped in the epicentre of one of the gravest protection crises of our time. “Each
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October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“What these communities endure is not inevitable. It is the result of choices made and perpetuated every day by parties to this conflict and an international community that has largely looked the other way.”
NP's Nic Pyatt on the call to protect lives under siege in #Darfur
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NP's Nic Pyatt on the call to protect lives under siege in #Darfur
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☀️ With support and training from NP, members of Korean American Civic Empowerment (KACE) have been able to practice crucial skills like de-escalation and #SituationalAwareness.
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
☀️ With support and training from NP, members of Korean American Civic Empowerment (KACE) have been able to practice crucial skills like de-escalation and #SituationalAwareness.