The next generation of peaceworkers

In 2008–09, there will be nine Quaker funded peaceworkers out in the field. After a two-week induction with QPSW in London and at Woodbrooke, the nine will be starting work across the globe.

A confident Quaker ear

The National Quaker Week website invites readers to listen to nine people explaining why they decided to be a Quaker. They are nine personal and very different stories. Anne van Staveren finds out how the interviews on www.quaker.org.uk/different came about.

The path to peace in northern Uganda

As the present stage of the QPSW project in Uganda winds down over the coming months, careful thought is going into the shape of the next stage of the work. Marigold Bentley, Assistant General Secretary of QPSW, relects on how the context for the work is changing.

UN challenges UK human rights record

Rachel Brett, a Representative of the Quaker United Nations Office, explains how the UN Human Rights Committee recently held the UK government to account on its human rights record.

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