Inlägg av Carl Fredrik Birkoff, Julia Sedyk

The role of women in violent extremism in Kenya

28 februari, 2018

As I wrote in a previous article at the FBA blog, the impact and cost of insecurity resulting from violent extremism is enormous and is a risk to Kenya’s development agenda. The radicalisation and violent extremist phenomena are disproportionately impacting youth and women from marginalised areas. There is growing global recognition that women play multiple […]

OSCE – the unknown security organization

21 februari, 2018

What is the OSCE? That is one of the most frequent questions I am asked when I tell people that I am on secondment from the FBA to the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, Austria, where I work as Gender Adviser. OSCE, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, was established in 1973. Today the […]

Increased number of attacks against peace workers – how do we strengthen safety?

15 februari, 2018

BOOM! Despite being prepared, and standing behind a reinforced concrete wall, we are all taken by surprise as the shockwave hits the wall followed by earth and debris raining down on the roof above. Somewhat shaken we remove our earplugs and await the signal “All clear” from the instructor before allowing the course participants to […]