Perceptions of Everyday Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Perceptions of Everyday Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Policy Brief No. 1/2024

Creating Safer Space Project “Exploring Community Perceptions and Coping Strategies on Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar“

Perceptions of Nonviolent Civilian Protection in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Perceptions of Nonviolent Civilian Protection in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Policy Brief No. 2/2024

Creating Safer Space Project “Exploring Community Perceptions and Coping Strategies on Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar“

Unarmed Civilian Protection: Comparative Insights from Colombia, Myanmar, and South Sudan

March 2025.

Policy brief by the Creating Safer Space project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’.

Authors: Mark Owen, Sapai Khaing, Karen Arteaga Garzón, Andrei Gómez-Suárez, Luke Abbs, Flora Bringi and Moses John.

Unarmed Civilian Protection: Comparative Insights from Colombia, Myanmar and South Sudan

Building Peace Amidst the Papua Conflict: Supporting Grassroots Protection and Peacebuilding Agents

March 2025.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space project ‘Civilian (Self-) Protection from Violent Conflict in Papua: Exploring Local Infrastructures and Initiatives’.

Authors: Arfiansyah, Reza Idria and Delsy Ronnie

Policy Brief: Building Peace Amidst the Papua Conflict.

Nonviolent Community Strategies Make Civilians Safer

Policy Brief 3 / 2025.

For government and civil society in Wales.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.

The policy brief is available in English and Welsh.

Policy Brief in English

Policy Brief in Welsh

Unarmed Civilian Self-Protection in Cameroon’s Anglophone Conflict

March 2025

Factsheet by the Creating Safer Space project “Exploring unarmed civilian self-protection in Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict”.

Authors/Auteurs: Gordon Crawford, Nancy Annan, James Kiven Kewir, Atim Evenye Niger-Thomas, Bernard Nsaidzedze Sakah, Zonziwoh Mbondgulo-Wondieh.

Available in English and French.

Community Self-Protection Makes Civilians Safer

Policy Brief 2 / 2025

For the EU and its member states.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.

Nonviolent Community Strategies Protect Civilians Across the World

No. 1 / 2025.

For the EU and its member states.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.

Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection in Rumbek and Juba, South Sudan

January 2025.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’.

By Luke Abbs, Flora Francis Bringi and Moses John

Unarmed Civilian Protection in Myanmar

September 2024.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’.

By Mark Owen and S. Khaing.