Protestors in Kenya demonstrate protest, a method of nonviolent action. (Photo: Evelyn Hockstein, The New York Times)
The rise of nonviolent, people power movements around the world has become a defining feature of the 21st century. Organized citizen campaigns and movements using nonviolent methods are challenging formidable opponents: unaccountable governance, systemic corruption, institutionalized discrimination, environmental degradation, dictatorship, foreign military occupation, and violent extremism. Their “weapons” are not guns or bombs but rather protests, boycotts, sit-ins, civil disobedience, building of alternative institutions, and hundreds of other nonviolent tactics.
Combined with the use of traditional political and legal means, these movements have and continue to shape political, social and economic change across the globe.
This is part 3 of a course series on citizen participation. It examines the role of gender in nonviolent movements and governance in post-conflict settings.
Activists, civil society leaders, scholars, regional experts, policymakers from governments and international organizations, journalists, religious figures, educators/trainers, and those with a keen interest in how ordinary people are transforming conflicts through nonviolent action are encouraged to enroll and join this powerful global conversation.
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Participants in this course will:
Apply learning from a diverse set of activists, scholars, and practitioners through stories, research, and exercises into my work and experience
Transform how I analyze and think about conflict – its value, mode, and outcomes
Engage with a growing community of learners and experts enrolled in the course through a continuous series of live, interactive, and collaborative online events
Co-create new knowledge and insights to enhance and update the course as the field evolves
While everyone's learning style is different, most participants complete this five-chapter, self-paced course in 4-5 hours.
Daryn Cambridge , Professional Development Portfolio Manager (EPIC), Training Resources Group, Inc.
Dr. Maria J. Stephan , former Director of the Program on Nonviolent Action, U.S. Institute of Peace