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Peacebuilding Forum

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We strengthen Voices.
For Peace and Development.

FriEnt brings together governmental organisations, church development agencies, civil society networks, and political foundations.

We strengthen Voices.
For Peace and Development.

FriEnt brings together governmental organisations, church development agencies, civil society networks, and political foundations.

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Focus areas

Peace and Climate
Feminist Peacebuilding
Peace and Security
Global Partnerships

Impulse Article

Here you will find our monthly impulse article, which is also the lead article in our newsletter.
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Geopolitical Change: What Europe Must Learn from Munich and New Delhi

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Current topics

Our latest articles and reports are published here every month.
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Peace needs a vision: FriEnt provides impulses for the implementation of the BMZ reform

With a recent position paper, the Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) is bringing perspectives on peace and development policy into the debate on the reform of German development cooperation. The paper “Recommendations for the Implementation of the BMZ Reform in Peacebuilding and Development Policy” highlights how conflict sensitivity, local ownership and civilian peacebuilding can be enshrined as key guiding principles in the implementation of the BMZ reform agenda “Shaping the future together globally”.
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Mona Hein joins FriEnt team with a focus on feminist peacebuilding

As of June 1, Mona Hein has joined the FriEnt team as a seconded staff member from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Her work focuses on feminist peacebuilding as well as on linking different disciplinary perspectives in international peace work.
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FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2026: The Focus on the Future of Peacebuilding 

At a time of growing global instability and a renewed focus on security and deterrence, the FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2026 offers a clear counterpoint by bringing together around 150 international experts and practitioners to identify and advance new pathways towards sustainable and just peace.
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Peace needs a vision: FriEnt provides impulses for the implementation of the BMZ reform

With a recent position paper, the Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) is bringing perspectives on peace and development policy into the debate on the reform of German development cooperation. The paper “Recommendations for the Implementation of the BMZ Reform in Peacebuilding and Development Policy” highlights how conflict sensitivity, local ownership and civilian peacebuilding can be enshrined as key guiding principles in the implementation of the BMZ reform agenda “Shaping the future together globally”.
Read more

Mona Hein joins FriEnt team with a focus on feminist peacebuilding

As of June 1, Mona Hein has joined the FriEnt team as a seconded staff member from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Her work focuses on feminist peacebuilding as well as on linking different disciplinary perspectives in international peace work.
Read more
FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum

FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2026: The Focus on the Future of Peacebuilding 

At a time of growing global instability and a renewed focus on security and deterrence, the FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2026 offers a clear counterpoint by bringing together around 150 international experts and practitioners to identify and advance new pathways towards sustainable and just peace.
Read more

Blog

Our blog features longer pieces that will be published every now and then.
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Gender
Feminist Peacebuilding

Confronting male supremacy

Rethinking men’s allyship
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Gender
Feminist Peacebuilding

„Schützt unsere Frauen“

Rechter Antifeminismus und die rassistische Instrumentalisierung von Frauenrechten
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Gender
Feminist Peacebuilding

Naturalizing inequality

How anti-feminism fuels authoritarian movements
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News
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Germany plays an important role in the UN "Our Common Agenda" process

The UN process on “Our Common Agenda” will be important for Germany. FriEnt is supporting it. Here is an article about the complex process.

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Peace
Security

Chinese Conceptions of Peace

Over the past 25 years, as it has risen to the status of a great world power, China has become deeply enmeshed in attempts to manage global conflicts.
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