Click this link for Spanish The Creating Safer Space network has brought together people from 70 organisations in 13 countries to better understand unarmed civilian protection and self-protection amidst violent conflict. As the network draws to a close, join us to find out more about our work, to celebrate our achievements and to look ahead! […]
The role of local communities in addressing violent conflicts and humanitarian emergencies. Tuesday 4 February 5-6 pmQuaker House, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels The European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and the Creating Safer Space network (CSS) cordially invite you to a policy discussion under the […]
Learning from South Sudan Date: Thursday 6 February 2025Time: 12:30 – 14:00Location: Quaker House, Square Ambiorix 50, Brussels (Map) South Sudanese Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) operate in a highly challenging context. While the main warring parties signed a peace agreement in 2018, subnational violence has persisted in many parts of the country and remains a […]
Wednesday 5 February 2025, 12:30-1:30pmQuaker House, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels Peace Brigades International (PBI), the Creating Safer Space research network (CSS), and the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) cordially invite you to a brown-bag lunch about experiences and research insights on protective accompaniment and community-led unarmed civilian protection amidst the violent political and […]
The Creating Safer Space Exhibition will be on show at Quaker House Brussels from 4-7 February 2025. The Creating Safer Space exhibition explores the unexpected power of nonviolence in the protection of civilians living amidst humanitarian crises and violent conflicts. The stories told by objects, images, and voices originate from a selection of 26 research […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘Exploring unarmed civilian self-protection in Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict’ has published a Practitioners’ Guide for Unarmed Civilian Protection in Cameroon. The guide is written by Kiven James Kewir, Nancy Annan, Gordon Crawford and Sakah Bernard Nsaidzedze. The guide provides practical tips for local unarmed civilian protection (UCP) practitioners as well as […]
Prof. Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Creating Safer Space Principal Investigator, is sharing insights from our research in an open lecture hosted by the Central and Eastern European Security Hub at Tallinn University. The title is ‘Creating Safer Space: Exploring unarmed, civilian-to-civilian protection amidst violent conflict’. The discussants are Louise Ridden (Tampere University) and John Buchanan […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘Safety and dignity: Enhancing unarmed civilian protection amongst Palestinian communities in the South Hebron Hills (Masafer Yatta)’ has published an article in Rethinking Security, entitled Frontier Genocide: The West Bank a year after the ICJ ruling on Gaza. The article is openly accessible to all on the above link. The […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘UCP in Southern Thailand: Developing civilian protection guidelines for violence-prone communities‘ has published a report, The Research on UCP in Southern Thailand: Developing Civilian Protection Guidelines for Violence-prone Communities. The report explores the conflict in Southern Thailand, and community perceptions in regard to peace, violence and safety. It provides recommendations […]
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.
