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Recently, we came across an insightful report by the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP), based in Barcelona, Spain, on education and transformative narratives against hate and disinformation.

The report explores how polarization today is increasingly shaped not only through politics or conflict, but also through digital ecosystems, emotional narratives, identity formation, and algorithmic amplification.

As peacebuilders working with young people, these reflections deeply resonated with us.

Here are some of our key takeaways, particularly on:
• peacebuilding as a battle of narratives
• the emotional roots of misinformation
• transformative narratives
• digital spaces as peacebuilding arenas
• and the role of education as preventive peace infrastructure.

These conversations feel especially important in deeply polarized societies and conflict-affected contexts, where narratives can either deepen division or create possibilities for coexistence.

Source: “Education and transformative narratives against hatred and disinformation” by the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP)

Full Article: https://www.icip.cat/en/education-and-transformative-narratives-against-hatred-and-disinformation/?ck_subscriber_id=1072544617&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%E2%9C%A8%20This%20Week%20on%20Building%20Peace%20-%2021787186

Grateful to see conversations like these emerging around peacebuilding in India and the importance of grounding global frameworks within local realities.

Thank you to Ms Bulbul Prakash for bringing attention to these important questions and for highlighting the invisible labor of grassroots peacebuilding.

Read the full article here: https://blog.prif.org/2025/11/24/whose-peace-which-security-decolonizing-the-women-peace-and-security-agenda-in-india/

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