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New Report: Public support for peacebuilding: Public attitudes in Japan towards peacebuilding and dialogue with armed groups

SPF and Conciliation Resources, a UK-based peace NGO, conducted an online public survey in December 2019 to better understand Japanese people's attitudes and perceptions about peacebuilding. A total of 2,000 people responded to the survey, which included questions measuring their understanding of peacebuilding and support for peace activities, as well as questions about how government or civil society actors engage in dialogue with armed groups to resolve conflicts.

Closing gender gaps in Myanmar through innovative businesses and entrepreneurship

Myanmar, as a country with a burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem, has the opportunity to leverage this development not only for economic ends but also to drive social change and work toward closing gender gaps in the country. In recognition of this critical juncture, the Gender Investment and Innovation Department at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) launched the Gender Equality Myanmar (GEM) program, a pilot initiative that seeks to explore the potential for entrepreneurship to impact the lives of women and girls in Myanmar.

Accord 29: Pioneering Peace Pathways and Japan’s Role in Peace Mediation Support: Interview with Cate Buchanan

Cate Buchanan is a mediation and process design specialist who works across many organizations including the UN Special Envoy office as well as nongovernmental organizations such as the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Conciliation Resources (CR), and others. In her capacity as the Specialist Editor for the most recent publication of CR's Accord, an acclaimed journal series that highlights new analysis of peace processes, Ms. Buchanan shared with SPF the primary themes from the latest publication and her thoughts on the role for organizations like SPF as well as Japan more broadly in supporting peace initiatives around the world.

UN Biodiversity Summit High Level Side Event on marine biodiversity policies

At the occasion of the UN Biodiversity Summit on 30 September 2020, the High Level Side Event entitled “Biodiversity: The Ocean’s Role” was held. Mr. Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean moderated the Side Event and expressed his hope that there would be useful discussions. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales stated in his video message that we need a Marshall Plan for restoring nature and called for increased international action towards conserving interdependent marine ecosystems. He advocated concrete actions, calling for cooperation to strengthen actions globally to conserve and promote the sustainable use of the ocean.

New Accord publication from UK's Conciliation Resources features SPF peacebuilding experience in southern Thailand

As part of efforts to promote innovation in conflict resolution and work toward a more peaceful society, the UK-based organization Conciliation Resources with the support of SPF has published Accord Issue 29, Pioneering peace processes: Making connections to end violent conflict, the most recent installment in its acclaimed publication series that compiles rigorous analysis of peace processes from around the world.