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 The Common Ground BlogWhen opportunity knocks: A young girl’s rise to Vice Mayor In every nook and cranny of the globe there are individuals who are full of untapped potential. They are intelligent and inspired, longing to make a difference, but needing assistance to truly make their presence known. Aichata Maman Dahabaye was one of those individuals. We first met Aichata in late 2012 when she participated in [...] Pakistani pioneer blossoms from wallflower to starlet for change “I wanted to excel for myself and my community,” says Rukkaya Hashmi of the Balochistan National Party. She had always believed that she had what it took to lead her people, but Rukkaya found she was never really heard or seriously noticed by her party’s leadership. “It was during this time that I started to [...] Journalism …with a side of peace Happy World Press Freedom Day! From Sri Lanka to Rwanda, from radio to television, from Golden Children News to media for women, Search’s journalism work spans the globe. We wanted to hear from our Editor-in-Chief of Common Ground News Service, Juliette Schmidt, to see why journalism is so important to peacebuilding. The Common Ground News Service [...] Former militant turned peacebuilder brings ‘comic’ relief to Congo Out of the deadliest trenches rise some of the most brilliant peace-builders. During the ‘90s, violence plagued the Kivu region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), pulling Joseph Muhaya into the conflict. After hearing about Search’s work, he started looking for non-violent ways to end conflict. He is now the author of the wildly [...] ‘Hear me roar’: Women journalists claim their voice in the Great Lakes By Stephanie Fagan Since a young age, I greatly admired broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour for her honest news coverage and courage to address women’s issues in various parts of the world. (It also doesn’t hurt that she began her career at my local news station in Rhode Island.) Either way, I grew up with Amanpour [...] |
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