Last year saw the highest number of internal wars since 1946, with the last three years being the most violent in three decades. With 59 wars, 2023 was one of the most violent years since the end of the Cold War. What is the role of state and non-state actors in shaping 21st century conflicts? How should gender perspectives be incorporated into peace negotiations and political strategies? What practices can empower women and vulnerable groups, who may ultimately play a pivotal role in conflict resolution? How is globalisation, with its technological advances, distribution of resources and flow of information, impacting conflict dynamics? And what are the inequalities involved?

With the support of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague Office.

Speakers

Siri Aas Rustad

Researcher

Kirthi Jajakumar

Researcher, lawyer and foreign policy activist