When we think of security, we usually think of weapons, patrols, war and crime. For many indigenous people in Colombia however, security is more linked to well-being of the collective community and its natural environment. Our guest, Cristina Hoyos (DCAF), represents a recent research on indigenous strategies to adapt to climate change and their broader interpretation of security. With Abigail Robinson (Continua), she will a.o. discuss the role ‘ecofeminism’ and the security sector can play in supporting these indigenous communities. ⁠Click here⁠⁠ for more information about the Fragile Truths Podcast. To get in touch with Cristina Hoyos, you can follow her on ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠. To get in touch with Abigail, you can follow her on LinkedIn. Supplemental reading: Click here for the study discussed in the episode (available in English, Spanish and Portuguese) Click here for the IUCN study mentioned in the episode (links between natural resource extraction and SGBV) Send a short voice note (~30 sec.) via WhatsApp to +31686837137 and mention a fragile truth or assumption in your sector that you'd like to debunk and what alternatives you might propose. Who knows, you might be featured in our next episode!* Are you on Twitter? ⁠⁠Follow us⁠⁠ and tag ⁠⁠#FragileTruthsPodcast⁠⁠ to let us know what you think! You can also reach the⁠⁠ KPSRL Secretariat⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.

Violence and poverty have a large impact on one’s “mental landscape”, as our guest Mareike Schomerus, Vice President of Busara, refers to it. A ‘mental landscape’ encompasses the many experiences, memories and emotions that influence your decisions such as biases and expectations; your willingness to take risks, and what you think is fair or just. Western peacebuilders often lack understanding of such mental landscapes. Our other guest, Nika Saeedi from UNDP, is the global lead on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Peacebuilding, a field where such understanding is key. How do we understand each other’s realities better? ⁠Click here⁠ for more information about the Fragile Truths Podcast. To get in touch with Mareike Schomerus, you can follow Mareike on Twitter on ⁠LinkedIn⁠. To get in touch with Nika Saeedi, you can follow Nika on ⁠Twitter⁠ or ⁠LinkedIn⁠. Supplemental reading: Mareike's book Lives Amid Violence: Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict can be found here. The publisher’s direct open access link can be found here. UNDP's Guidance Note on Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Peacebuilding (2022) can be found here. UNDP's story series providing a people-centred perspective on MHPSS in peacebuilding can be found through these links: pilot, story 2 & story 3. Send a short voice note (~30 sec.) via WhatsApp to +31686837137 and mention a fragile truth or assumption in your sector that you'd like to debunk and what alternatives you might propose. Who knows, you might be featured in our next episode!* Are you on Twitter? ⁠Follow us⁠ and tag ⁠#FragileTruthsPodcast⁠ to let us know what you think! You can also reach the⁠ KPSRL Secretariat⁠ at ⁠[email protected]⁠.

Peacebuilding initiatives regularly only produce small scale, short-lived results. Our guest Dr. Sukanya Podder (researcher at King’s College London) says it’s time to think in terms of the Peacebuilding Legacy. That means: not-too-tightly planned interventions that fit local norms and behavior, and - with the help of youth leadership - take different interpretations of a conflict across generations into account. A prominent case in the book concerns a community radio initiative in Sierra Leone, so our other guest, Isata Mahoi, will share her experiences as network coordinator of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) - and as a radio star in one of the peacebuilding initiatives, Atunda Ayenda. Click here for more information about the Fragile Truths Podcast. To get in touch with Sukana Podder, you can e-mail: [email protected] or follow Sukanya on LinkedIn. To get in touch with Isata Mahoi, you can e-mail: [email protected], follow Isata on Twitter or LinkedIn. Send a short voice note (~30 sec.) via WhatsApp to +31686837137 and mention a fragile truth or assumption in your sector that you'd like to debunk and what alternatives you might propose. Who knows, you might be featured in our next episode!* Are you on Twitter? Follow us and tag #FragileTruthsPodcast to let us know what you think! You can also reach the KPSRL Secretariat at [email protected]

Climate change discussions are often about emissions, finance and sustainable alternatives. However, today’s guests bring in women’s stories; a perspective seldomly included in climate action. Climate change especially affects those who are dependent from natural resources, have little capacity to adapt and are excluded from power. Due to everyday gender dynamics, these characteristics disproportionally apply to women in many countries. To counter this, IDLO’s Nupur Prakash proposes a ‘feminist rule of law approach’ to climate action that takes these gender differences into account, helps women claim their rights and supports gender responsive justice systems. Nupur conversation partner, Jelen Paclarin, from the Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau puts many of these recommendations into practice in the Philippines context, where Jelen supports women’s legal rights around natural disasters. Click here for more information about the Fragile Truths Podcast. To get in touch with Nupur Prakash, you can e-mail: [email protected], follow Nupur on LinkedIn or on Twitter. To get in touch with Jelen Paclarin, you can e-mail: [email protected] or follow Jelen on Twitter. Send a short voice note (~30 sec.) via WhatsApp to +31686837137 and mention a fragile truth or assumption in your sector that you'd like to debunk and what alternatives you might propose. Who knows, you might be featured in our next episode!* Are you on Twitter? Follow us and tag #FragileTruthsPodcast to let us know what you think! You can also reach the KPSRL Secretariat at [email protected]

In our work, we talk about ‘trust’ a lot. Trust between groups, trust within partnerships, trust between people and their governments. However, especially in security contexts, trust can play various roles - in addition, what is considered trustworthy differs across contexts and regions. That’s why Viktoria Budde from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy – together with Karoline Eickhoff, then with the Berghof Foundation, – studies policymakers' assumptions on what trust is, and how to nurture it in the context of Security and Rule of Law partnerships. Her conversation partner, Inès Abdel Razek, from the Palestine Institute of Public Diplomacy (PIPD), connects these findings to her own experiences on this topic in the Palestinian context – a place where trust-building initiatives have been increasingly rejected by the people and movements, while still promoted by peacebuilding stakeholders despite lack of evidence to their efficiency over the past decades. Click here for more information about the Fragile Truths Podcast. To get in touch with Viktoria Budde, you can e-mail her at: [email protected], follow her on LinkedIn or on Twitter. To get in touch with Inès Abdel Razek, you can e-mail her at: [email protected], follow her on LinkedIn or on Twitter. Click here to check out the ‘Fostering Constructive Relations: Approaches to Trust-Building in Peacebuilding Interventions' by IFSH & Berghof Foundation that is referred to in this episode, supported by the Knowledge Management Fund. Click here to check out the analytical piece, 'Thirty Years On: The Ruse of the Middle East Peace Process' by al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network to learn more about Inès' work. Send a short voice note (~30 sec.) via WhatsApp to +31686837137 and mention a fragile truth or assumption in your sector that you'd like to debunk and what alternatives you might propose. Who knows, you might be featured in our next episode!* Are you on Twitter? Follow us and tag #FragileTruthsPodcast to let us know what you think! You can also reach the KPSRL Secretariat at [email protected]