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Manifestation in the City of Umeå for Peace, Climate Justice and Human Dignity

On October 24th, fifteen organizations organized a manifestation in the City of Umeå for Peace, Climate Justice and Human Dignity in relation to the celebration of the ending of World War II. The manifestation included speeches and musical performances. The manifestation is an example of the ongoing local mobilization for peace, sustainable development and human rights in Umeå that has become stronger during the last years as a reaction against militarism, militarization, the climate crisis, the environmental crisis, autocratization, discrimination

Unarmed Civilian Defense Instead of War – An Online Course Organized by World BEYOND War

Another Development Foundation is an organization exploring alternatives to militarism, militarization, war, armed conflicts and political violence. Since ADF became an affilitate to World BEYOND War, ADF has been active in a number of WBW activities. This time, Evelina Rönnbäck, member of the ADF Advisory Group, will participate in the online course "Unarmed Civilian Defense Instead of War". In this post we copy the short descriptive text about the course from the WBW website: "This course addresses a key challenge

World BEYOND War Webinar: Five Criteria for Lasting and Just Peace Agreements

On Europe Day (Friday, May 9, 2025), the World BEYOND War Europe Network hosted a webinar to examine Five Criteria for Lasting and Just Peace Agreements. A look at the most important peace negotiations and treaties in Europe over the past centuries (1648, 1815, 1919, 1975, etc.) from the perspective of international law and the history of international law shows that the most enduring peace agreements followed a set of criteria or principles, referred to here as the SMILE criteria.

Webinar March 19th 2025: Women in Conflict Zones

On March 19 at 12pm ET, Another Development Foundation attended an important webinar to amplify the voices of women who have been affected by conflict in various parts of the world. The Women in Conflict Zones webinar, sponsored by World BEYOND War, Southern Anti-Racism Network, International Peace Bureau, Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress (CPP), and CODEPINK, aimed to shed light on the profound impacts of war on women and children and to discuss measures being taken to mitigate these effects.

A World BEYOND War Europe Appeal for De-escalation, Conflict Resolution, Civil Rights, and Peacebuilding at a Critical Time in History

As a World BEYOND War Affilliate, Another Development Foundation are honored to be part of the World BEYOND World Network who has worked to present an alternative route for De-escalation, Conflict Resolution, Civil Rights and Peacebuildning in this appeal. To: the people of the European Union countries, leaders of the European Union, and heads of States A World BEYOND War Europe Appeal for De-escalation, Conflict Resolution, Civil Rights, and Peacebuilding at a Critical Time in History This is a World

World BEYOND War – A Global Movement to End All Wars

Another Development Foundation is now an affiliated partner to World BEYOND War - A Global Movement to End All Wars. We will act as member of this movement for this to happen, i.e. putting an end to war as an institution. We have copied information about WBW in this post from the WBW Website: "World BEYOND War is a nonprofit organization with chapters around the world using educational, activist, and media work to advance the cause of ending all war

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What is Another Development Foundation?

Another Development Foundation is an independent, non-profit think tank and do tank for people, places and planet earth promoting peace by peaceful means, freedom from violence, human rights, gender equality, sustainable development inluding climate justice. The foundation is based in The City of Umeå, Sweden.

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