{"id":5413,"date":"2016-03-11T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=5413"},"modified":"2019-10-12T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T15:30:17","slug":"nonviolent-peace-force-nominated-for-2016-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=5413","title":{"rendered":"Nonviolent Peace Force Nominated for 2016 Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. EDUCATION FOR PEACE . <\/p>\n

A press release from the American Friends Service Committee<\/a><\/p>\n

Nonviolent Peaceforce, an unarmed, paid civilian protection force which fosters dialogue among parties in conflict and provides a protective presence for threatened civilians, has been nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). <\/p>\n

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\u201cUnarmed civilian protection is a method for direct protection of civilians and violence reduction that has grown in practice and recognition. In the last few years, it has especially proven its effectiveness to protect women and girls,\u201d according to a UN report of October 2015 cited in its nominating letter by AFSC, a Quaker organization working for peace and justice across the U.S. and around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cAwarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Nonviolent Peaceforce would highlight and strengthen their work and the work of other similar organizations, at a time when worldwide tensions seem to be at a boiling point, and their work is vital and relevant,\u201d AFSC wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to be nominated. We are especially honored to have this nomination come from the American Friends Services Committee. This is a tribute to our courageous civilian peacekeepers who are at the frontline of violent conflicts around the world,\u201d said Mel Duncan, co-founder, and Doris Mariani, CEO of Nonviolent Peaceforce. <\/p>\n

Founded in 2002, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) fielded its first intervention team one year later, in Sri Lanka. With headquarters in Brussels and an office in Minneapolis MN, NP field teams are presently deployed in the Philippines, in South Sudan, Myanmar, and the Middle East. Their field staff include veterans of conflict zones, experienced peacekeepers, and those new to the field.<\/p>\n

Aware of the danger of neocolonial models of intervention, Nonviolent Peaceforce only serves in areas where they have been invited, and they conduct extensive and thorough interviews and research with all parties to a conflict before they decide whether or not to deploy teams to a conflict area.<\/p>\n

NP is also clear that their goal is \u201cto arrive to leave,\u201d not intending to establish long-term presence, but seeking to address the conflict that caused their invitation, see it through to resolution, and then withdraw.<\/p>\n

As part of its work, NP has reunited child soldiers with their families and helped create weapons-free zones in conflict areas. NP mitigates gender violence through their Women\u2019s Security Teams, \u201cwhich have dramatically lessened the number of rapes that South Sudanese women experience while gathering water or firewood for their families. In the past year, (NP) provided over 1,000 accompaniments for vulnerable people, primarily women and children, throughout South Sudan,\u201d the AFSC wrote. <\/p>\n

In 1947, AFSC and the British Friends Service Council accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of \u201cQuakers everywhere.\u201d Peace Prize laureates have the privilege to nominate candidates for this honor. The AFSC Nobel Nominating Committee includes a representative of Quaker Peace and Social Witness, the AFSC’s counterpart in Great Britain. For more on the nomination criteria, visit http:\/\/quakernobel.org\/<\/p>\n

(Thank you to Janet Hudgins, the CPNN reporter for this article.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Can peace be guaranteed through nonviolent means?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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