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In the Field

part of the Centers of Innovation

Supporting Religious Communities in the Work of Peacemaking

	International Islamic Peace Education Workshop held in Davao City, Philippines July 2010 Qamar-ul Huda discusses the International Islamic Peace Education Workshop organized by the U.S. Institute of Peace in partnership with the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID) and Magbassa Kita Foundation Inc (MKFI). Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Philippines, Venezuela \| Issue Areas: Education, Religion and Peacemaking
	In the Field: Bogota, Colombia March 2010 Notes from the field from Virginia M. Bouvier's recent trip to Bogota, Colombia on International Women’s Day. Countries: Colombia, South America \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	In the Field: Polonnoruwa, Sri Lanka December 2009 USIP reports on how religious leaders are working to build peace in Sri Lanka after 26 years of civil war between the government and separatist rebels. Countries: Sri Lanka \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Religion and Peacemaking
	Religious Peacemaking and Interfaith Dialogue Workshop for Iraqi Religious Leaders April 2009 From March 31st to April 4th 2009, USIP’s Religion and Peacemaking program, working in partnership with the Council of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, brought together twenty-five religious leaders, civil society activists, and academics from throughout Iraq to discuss religious violence in conflict and how to leverage religious resources in peacemaking. The participants were representative of Iraq’s pluralistic society: hailing from all eighteen provinces, they included both Shia and Suni Muslim, Christian, Yazidi, and Sabean Mandean faiths, Kurdish and Arab ethnic identity, male and female. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Religion and Peacemaking