Third CT Workshop : Dialogic Engagement
The Third Annual CT Workshop, held in September 2004 in New Delhi, brought
together researchers, practitioners, journalists, grassroots workers
and post-graduate students from Pakistan and India for a training in
the field of Conflict Transformation. The aim was to promote wider civil
society ownership of the ‘peace process’ and create a network
of young people committed to building peace between Pakistan and India.
Conceptualized
as part of WISCOMP’s efforts to empower a new generation of women
and men, in Pakistan and India, with the motivation, expertise and skills
to transform the conflict between the two countries, the workshop provided
a context through which different approaches to, and models for, Conflict
Transformation were introduced, applied and critiqued.
Beginning
with an introduction to the field of Conflict Transformation, the workshop
addressed six broad themes:
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Conflict
Analysis
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Women
and Peacebuilding
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Media
and Conflict Transformation
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Practice
and Process: The ‘How’ of Conflict Transformation
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Conflict Transformation and Multi-Track Processes
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Justice and Reconciliation
Informed by these six interrelated themes, the workshop synergized the
theory and practice of Conflict Transformation in a manner that reflected
the geopolitical realities of the conflict between Pakistan and India.
It concluded with sessions on evaluation, feedback and visioning for
subsequent interactions. In addition to being an educational and capacity-building
initiative, WISCOMP sees this workshop as a springboard for the initiation
of substantive interaction and cross-border partnerships between the
next generation of leaders in Pakistan and India.
