Publications on COVID-19, conflicts and peacebuilding

17 April 2020

EPLO Member Organisations

Title Author(s) Organisation Type of publication Date of publication

‘Countering COVID-19 in Afghanistan: ‘Let this be a wakeup call’’

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid (Cordaid)

Blog post 23 March

‘COVID-19 Challenges and Responses in a War-Affected Country’

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid (Cordaid)

Blog post 3 April

‘UN, Sant’Egidio strongly supports the call for a global ceasefire ’

Community of Sant’Egidio Press release 25 March

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‘The role of community peacebuilders in a pandemic: what we learnt from the Ebola crisis’

Janet Adama Mohammed

Conciliation Resources Blog post April

‘Context matters – Why Africa should tailor its own measures to fight COVID-19’

Nina Wilén Egmont Institute Policy Brief 16 April

‘Peacebuilding in the time of Coronavirus’

Michael Keating European Institute of Peace Blog post 18 March

‘Why we need gender perspectives in our global solutions to COVID-19’

Claire Dowling European Institute of Peace Blog post April

‘Corona pandemic – challenges for peace work at forumZFD ’

Christoph Bongard forumZFD Blog post

‘GPPAC Calls for an inclusive, people-centered peacebuilding response to the COVID-19 pandemic ’

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict

Press release 6 April

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‘HD launches global COVID-19 response initiative ’

HD Centre Press release 23 March

‘Libyans call for unity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic ’

HD Centre Press release 25 March

‘COVID-19: Building a more peaceful world from a global crisis’

Jessie Banfield International Alert Blog post 27 March

‘COVID-19: Four ways peacebuilders can respond’

Rebecca Crozier International Alert Blog post 15 April

‘International Alert update on COVID-19 ’

International Alert Press release 24 March

‘Justice in the Era of COVID-19: Our Global Responsibility ’

Fernando Travesí International Center for Transitional Justice

Blog post 27 March

‘Broken Ties, Frozen Borders: Colombia and Venezuela Face COVID-19’

International Crisis Group Briefing 15 April

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‘Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in East Africa’

International Crisis Group Podcast episode 30 March

‘COVID-19 and Conflict: Seven trends to watch ’

International Crisis Group Special briefing 24 March

‘Contending with ISIS in the Time of Coronavirus ’

International Crisis Group Commentary 31 March

‘Global Ceasefire Call Deserves UN Security Council’s Full Support’

International Crisis Group Commentary 9 April

‘Managing the Politics of Ethiopia’s COVID-19 Crisis’

International Crisis Group Commentary 15 April

‘The Gaza Strip and COVID-19: Preparing for the Worst’

International Crisis Group Briefing 1 April

‘A Misguided Bid to Topple Maduro as the Virus Looms’

International Crisis Group Statement 27 March

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‘A feminist perspective on the global response to covid-19’

Kvinna till Kvinna Statement 3 April

‘Debate: Our humanity is being tested by Corona ’

CONCORD Sweden (Kvinna till Kvinna)

Gefle Dagblad Article 26 March

‘How to confront the coronavirus catastrophe ’

Oxfam International Media briefing 30 March

‘PAX and the COVID-19 response’ PAX Press release 7 April

‘Life in a time of a global pandemic crisis ’

Msgr. Marc Stenger Pax Christi International Blog post 23 March

‘COVID-19 and local peacebuilding ’ Peace Direct Report based on an online consultation

8 April

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‘Why using the language of war is counterproductive in our global public health crisis: some reflections from self-isolation’

Clémence Buchet-Couzy

Quaker Council for European Affairs

Blog post 8 April

‘COVID-19: A statement from Saferworld ’

Saferworld Press release 1 April

‘COVID-19 and the toxic politics of exploitation’

Louisa Waugh Saferworld Blog post 3 April

‘COVID-19, conflict and aid in South Sudan’

Natalia Chan and Tim Midgley

Saferworld Blog post 9 April

‘COVID-19 in Somalia: A conflict-sensitive response to overlapping crises’

Tim Midgley and Alastair Carr

Saferworld Blog post 15 April

‘COVID-19 in Yemen: Yemeni organisations on the frontline’

Saferworld Blog post 17 April

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‘COVID-19: Peacebuilders aren’t the side dish. We’re the delivery service ’

Mike Jobbins Search for Common Ground Blog post 3 April

‘Solidarity bridges in the time of the pandemic ’

Un ponte per... Blog post 12 March

‘C O VID -19: what is happening in the Middle East and what we are doing ’

Un ponte per... Blog post 24 March

‘COVID- 19 increases risk of child abuse and exploitation for refugee and internally displaced children ’

World Vision International Blog post 27 March

Others

Title Author(s) Organisation/Publisher Type of publication Date of Publication

COVID-19 Disorder Tracker (CDT) Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED)

Database Ongoing

‘Conflict and peace scenarios in times of COVID-19’

Juan Garrigues Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Blog post 26 March

‘Digital peacebuilding and the pandemic (part 2: on digital connection and bridge-

Helena Puig Larrauri Build Up Blog post 31 March

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‘Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings’

Care International Report April

‘Coronavirus in Conflict Zones: A Sobering Landscape’

Frances Z. Brown, Jarrett Blanc

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Analysis 14 April

‘ Linking Health Security and Human Security at the Age of COVID-19 ’

Beatrice Godefroy Center for Civilians in Conflict Blog post 1 April

‘“When Will This All End?”: Voices from Civilians Living in Areas Affected by the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine’

Liza Baran Center for Civilians in Conflict Blog post 15 April

‘Richard Gowan about the consequences of the coronavirus for peacekeeping’

Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

Podcast 26 March

‘CSPPS Statement: A Whole-of-Society, Conflict-Sensitive Response to COVID-19’

Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

Press release 9 April

‘COVID-19 and its implications for local peacebuilding ’

Mie Roesdahl Conducive Space for Peace Blog post 19 March

‘Responding to COVID-19: Voices from Local Peacebuilders’

Conducive Space for Peace Blog post 31 March

‘What does COVID-19 mean for South Sudan and a conflict sensitive response?’

Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility

Blog post 3 April

‘COVID-19 and the EU’s security and defence policy’

Niklas Novaky Euractiv Article 9 April

‘The Coronavirus Is Exacerbating Sectarian Tensions in the Middle East’

Toby Matthiesen Foreign Affairs Article 23 March

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‘Call to Action: Now and the Future, COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security’

Gender Action for Peace and Security

Position Paper 9 April

‘Waiting for the Storm: The Coronavirus in Africa’

Mausi Segun and Amy Braunschweiger

Human Rights Watch Interview 3 April

‘Peace and Pandemics: How COVID-19 will impact violence and what we can do about it’

Rachel Locke Impact:Peace Blog post 27 March

‘Resources on COVID-19Relevance to Violence, Conflict & Peacebuilding’

Impact:Peace Database Ongoing

‘Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’

Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Database Ongoing

‘L’arrivée du COVID- 19 en Afrique subsaharienne, quels scénarios?’

Alain Antil Institut Francais des Relations Internationales

Editorial 16 April

‘COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker’ International Center for Not-For-Profit Law

Database Ongoing

‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Peace Operations’

Cedric de Coning International Peace Institute Blog post 2 April

‘COVID-19 and Violent Conflict: Responding to Predictable Unpredictability’

Christine Bell Just Security Blog post 26 March

‘Women peace and security in the time of corona ’

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

London School of Economics Centre for Women Peace and Security

Blog post 25 March

‘Gendering COVID-19: implications for women, peace and security’

Sini Ramo London School of Economics Centre for Women Peace and

Blog post 1 April

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Security

‘COVID-19 Secondary Impact Analysis Report’

Mercy Corps Analysis 15 April

‘What research from conflict-affected countries can tell us about responses to Covid-19’

Mareike Schomerus Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Blog post 7 April

‘What the Pandemic Means for UN Peacekeeping Work’

PassBlue Op-ed 8 April

‘COVID-19 in Conflict-Torn Mali’ Marie Sandnes Peace Research Institute Oslo Blog post 2 April

‘Conflict sensitivity considerations relating to the COVID-19 response in Libya’

Peaceful Change Initiative 31 March

‘How the indiscriminate virus reinforced our inequalities and the lessons we can draw from this when it is all over ’

Nina Wilén Royal Institute for International Relations

Blog post 20 March

‘A feminist perspective in the government's global response to corona is necessary ’

Petra Tötterman Andorff

Sydsvenskan Article 30 March

‘Peace Points: conflicts, COVID-19 and the future ’

Dan Smith Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Video interview 26 March

‘Pandemic effect on peace building, food security and humanitarian assistance’

Guyo Liban The Star Op-ed 10 April

‘Social cohesion and peaceful coexistence key in containing novel coronavirus’

Guyo Liban The Star Op-ed 29 March

‘Could coronavirus lead to a “positive Rachel Scott United Nations Development Blog post 1 April

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peace”?’ Programme

‘Violence imperils coronavirus response in conflict zones around the world’

Danielle Paquette, Susannah George and Sudarsan Raghavan

Washington Post Article 4 April

‘The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Impact Global Security: The Water, Peace and Security Partnership can help address these threats ’

Water Peace and Security Blog post 1 April

‘How are Women Peacebuilders Responding to Covid-19?’

Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership

Meeting report 8 April

‘A WILPF Guide to Documenting and Analysing Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis’

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Guide April

‘COVID-19: “Waging War” Against a Virus is NOT What We Need to Be Doing ’

Cynthia Enloe Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Blog post 23 March

‘COVID-19: Militarise or Organise? ’ Ray Acheson Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Blog post 23 March

‘COVID-19 in Africa: “Know your Epidemic, Act on its Politics.”’

Alex de Waal World Peace Foundation Blog post 31 March

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