The New Agenda for Peace: Strengthening application of peacebuilding norms
Dr Armend Bekaj, Programme Manager in the Foundation’s Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace project shares an overview of the most recent online seminar with the International Training on Dialogue and Mediation Alumni Network hosted jointly by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University.
Community voices are crucial in peacebuilding and climate conflict prevention
Local adaptation, social solidarity, climate migration and early prevention are some of the main issues Ngozi Amu talked about in her conversation with Orla Haughey.
Intersectionality: Experiences, views and visions for change
Intersectionality from theory to practice.
25 authors share experiences, reflect on globally diverse contexts and strive to deepen the understanding of intersectional approaches, while recognising the persistence of multiple forms of discrimination in 13 articles.
‘Once we are in a crisis it is not enough to repeat what has already been done’
On 24 April we observe the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. The Foundation marks this occasion by asking Mr Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), seven questions in an interview with Edit Morin-Kovacs, Programme Manager for Multilateralism.
Intersectionality in policy and practice: A tool for operationalising the Leave No One Behind principle
On 27 March the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation held a webinar as side event at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region.
Gender sensitive leadership and ‘I can do it attitude’ will improve equity and parity
Member State leadership, mentorship, a renewed commitment to multilateralism, civil society inclusion and drawing in greater participation of young people are some of the issues Ms Ameerah Haq explored in this International Women’s Day (8th March) Interview with the Foundation’s Marijana Markotic.
Is the choice Multilateral or Minilateral constellations or do we need both?
Can we have greater diplomatic synergy through minilateralism? What are we learning from the Ukrainian crisis reverberating through the multilateral system and regional and minilateral groups? This month, Edit Morin-Kovacs, Programme Manager for the Foundation’s Multilateral project reflects on these pivotal questions. She previously worked in Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
2022 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture: Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
In February 2023, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University were honoured to present Ms. Amina J. Mohammed as the 2022 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecturer and medallist.
Do we weep or rejoice? The 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Jemina Holmberg, the Foundation’s Programme Manager for Human Rights challenges us to live up to the ideals set out in the Universal Declaration of Human rights.
‘Leadership should build on the very foundation of the organisation’
We recognise International Human Rights Day with a Leadership Interview Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Veronika Tywuschik Sohlström and Marijana Markotić from the Foundation’s Leadership team asked the questions.