Websites & Organizations - Peace
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The Adams Institute for Democracy and Peace
Develops and implements programs that promote education for democracy and peace, civic engagement and conflict resolution.
Interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change.
Think tank for research, analysis, and action that brings together scholars, advocates, and activists striving to make the United States a more responsible global partner.
Aims to spread the ethics of nonviolence by disseminating information about and popularizing Mahatma Gandhi’s life and works.
International Peace Research Institute
Was one of the first centres of peace research in the world, and it is Norway’s only peace research institute.
Palestinians and Israelis for Nonviolence
Addresses Middle East conflict and its causes through nonviolent activism by Palestinians and Israelis, either unilaterally or in common.
Digital commons project of the AllAfrica Foundation, meant to become an interactive Internet platform, linking African organisations working in peace-building, conflict resolution and related fields into an online network.
Peace for Beginners (And the Rest of Us)
Everything you ever wanted to know about peace but didn't know who to ask.
Peace History Resources, Swarthmore College
Links to web sites about the history of peace organizations and peace advocates.
McMasters University Centre for Peace Studies, Hamilton, Ontario
Peace, War and Social Conflict
Section of the American Sociological Association, concerned with the application of sociological methods, theories, and perspectives to the study of peace and war.
Publication of the University for Peace.
Produces bilingual outreach materials (in Spanish and English) intended to broaden the fight against the US War on Terror.
Committed to eliminating war as well as the causes of war - homelessness, hunger, lack of medical care, and poverty - using nonviolence.
Women's International League of Peace and Freedom
The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
From the UN Development Fund for Women, provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security.
