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- Convenors:
-
Ibrahim Natil
(DCU conflict Institute and Society Voice Foundation)
Susannah Pickering-Saqqa (University of East London)
- Stream:
- C: Development cooperation and Humanitarianism
- Location:
- D7
- Start time:
- 29 June, 2018 at
Time zone: Europe/London
- Session slots:
- 1
Short Abstract:
This proposed panel seeks to attract papers to study the intervention, role, challenges and contributions of INGOs and NGOs in the 'chaos zone' in terms of humanitarian assistance and peace-building operations in the conflict zones of the Middle East.
Long Abstract:
This proposed panel seeks to attract papers to study the intervention, role, challenges and contributions of INGOs and NGOs in the 'chaos zone' in terms of humanitarian assistance and peace-building operations. This panel considers focusing on the issues of inequalities challenges the power relations between the local NGOs and INGOs in term of budgeting and scope of intervention in the conflict zones of the Middle East. Paper seeks to emphasis on the dimensions and scope of intervention from perspectives of inequality, including gender, class, and ethnicity, region and nationality. Does the power relationship between NGOs' and INGOs influence scope of operations in the time of chaos and conflict zones? How this intervention influence 'shared prosperity' and 'inequalities' in terms of peacebuilding and humanitarian assistance operations?
The papers may provide backgrounds to assess the potential of peacebuilding intervention at the local and national level in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Palestine, and Iraq. It will consider a number of social, economic and political factors, circumstances and changes that have influenced international and local NGOs to respond to the conflicts by establishing NGOs.
The proposed papers to the panel also may examine also the efforts and activities delivered by a number of local and international organizations to educate on peace-building dialogue, tolerance and reconciliation at the social and the political levels. The papers may study the transnational nature of INGOs and NGOs networks to investigate how they cooperated and coordinated with each other and with other contemporary social movements around the world.
Accepted papers:
Session 1Paper short abstract:
It investigates of this question: Do non-governmental civil society organisations succeed to promote concept of civic engagement and community peacebuilding, enduring violence? It focusses on the individuals' initiatives and civil society to promote active grassroots 'participatory democracy'.
Paper long abstract:
This paper discusses citizens' active participation and engagement in local organisations, student unions, political groups, movements and NGOs if was it as a form of "participatory democracy" in responding to the 'Arab Spring'. Young people attempted to use the "Arab Spring" opportunity to overcome the shortcomings of representative democracy that had failed to achieve their inspiration of ending occupation, violence and internal division. However, young leaders have not participated in regular public elections to elect their representatives for more than 7 years now owing to division and occupation in Palestine and Libya. Specifically, this will discuss if the participation of young people was a form of "participatory democracy" in the absence of regular elections in reference to the definition of Aragones & Sánchez Pagés (2009). Young women, however, view their representation as an outcome of empowerment according to the cultural context of their society. However, their engagement and empowerment can be understood through the lens of security, transformative change and participation (Porter, 2013).
Participatory civil society is reflected to meet the vision of empowering young leadership in civic engagement and freedom of expression. Their narratives also contribute to the introduction of long-term changes in attitudes, stereotypes and prejudices, and to promote women's rights, foster tolerance and understanding of the "other" by applying lessons learnt from other conflicts in the world. The new social media tools and older forms of communication are employed in civil society activities to promote ending the violence and encourage active participation, tolerance & better understanding.
Paper short abstract:
This paper presents research findings on how to safeguard children from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian contexts. Building on research funded by the AHRC and BA, the research has taken place in peacekeeping operations, PTCs, and TCCs to provide robust evidence for our proposed solution
Paper long abstract:
The vast majority of the 100,000 uniformed peacekeeping personnel and the hundreds of thousands of individuals who work in the aid and humanitarian sectors perform their jobs with courage, dedication and professionalism. Yet those who do commit sexual offences bring shame on the entire aid system and betray the trust of those that they have been sent to protect. There is a need for system-wide solutions to ensure that such abuses cannot occur with widespread impunity. While there is general agreement that we must address the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse , very few practical solutions have been proposed let alone implemented. A key problem is that the current laws, policies and practices operate across different scales, including at the international level and local level where operations are carried out, and within the countries that contribute personnel. As a result, very few effective solutions have been designed that can address the causes and consequences of aid workers and peacekeepers who perpetrate sexual exploitation and abuse.
We have designed, and are now testing and implementing, an effective solution that can be adapted for use in all peacekeeping operations. Our research demonstrates that work across and involving all of those scales can produce effective practical solutions to discrete aspects of this complex problem. The research that we have conducted provides a robust methodology for implementing solutions to safeguard children in peacekeeping contexts. Our toolkit provides prevention, protection and safeguarding specifically in relation to children within peacekeeping, humanitarian, and development contexts.