CUSP Research Seminar Series
The Transformational Work of Colectivas in Mexico
This 8-part seminar series will focus on the work of sustainable peace and peacebuilding.
The fifth seminar in the series, will be held on the 28th March 2023, 15:00 – 17:00 (BST) and led by CUSP partners IBBY Mexico and UNAM.
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New Blog
Noyam African Dance Institute Performs at Birmingham Festival 2022
This new blog piece, by Nii-Tete Yartey and Esther Adobea Akuamoah, tells the story of the creation of Chain Stories an interpretative dance piece that was performed as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
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New Blog
Discursive construction of “feminicide” in Mexico
This new blog piece, by Bernice González, and translated by Aline Aceituno, looks at the concept of feminicide in Mexico and how important it is to understand the nuance of terminology and definitions associated with it.
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New Blog: "We want us alive"
This third blog piece in our series to mark International Women’s Day 2022 has been written by Carolina Buenrostro & Bernice González, and translated by Aline Aceituno, looks at the role of Mexico’s colectivas and the role they play in raising awareness on different forms of gender-based violence.
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New Blog: "Were tha born in a barn?"
The second blog piece in our series to mark International Women’s Day 2022 has been written by CUSP PI, Alison Phipps who is reflecting on the unpaid work, often done out of love, that is carried out by women the world over.
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New Blog: The parallel fight - Echoes of resistance
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 we have written a series of blogs that each look at what cultures of sustainable peace for women could look like.
We begin with the wonderful “The parallel fight – Echoes of resistance” by our partners Racines aisbl.
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Latest showcase additions
Network Plus
AHRC Grant Reference: AH/T007931/1
Original research with core partners
Partners in each LMIC geographical location will develop and test practice-led, arts-based methods to translate conflict transformation strategies into artistic and cultural work.
Commissioning of research to new partners
Based on the insights generated from Strand 1, CUSP and our partners will work collaboratively to develop a series of open questions and funding calls. All partners will work to disseminate funding calls and shortlist and assess applications, with external reviewers, to commission new projects with new partners.
Synthesis of insights and knowledge exchange / sharing
CUSP partners will work together to highlight the main themes that have emerged from Strands 1 and 2 to inform policy and practice in areas of conflict transformation. This will be done through arts and cultural work.
New Publication: Gender Based Violence in Morocco
CUSP N+ partner Racines aisbl recently published their report: Gender based violence in Morocco.
The report set out four onbjectives:
• To illustrate the various forms of GBV that exist in Morocco as well as ways in which they are dealt with by the key actors in the fight against GBV.
• To enrich the current documentation on GBV in Morocco.
• To orient future advocacy actions towards the less evoked forms of violence and intervention axes that have for long been ignored.
• To create a network that allows exchange and cooperation between the different actors that operate on GBV in Morocco.
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