Peace has returned to Kenya after the violence that erupted in the wake of the disputed elections in 2007. Yet for many of the country's women – killed or widowed, maimed and gang-raped, displaced and dispossessed – this is not their peace.

The right of access to information is a crucial human right. A number of different terms are used to describe the same right: freedom of information, right to information, right to know and access to information.

Conflict – and especially violent conflict – is common in many parts of the world. Violent conflict not only hinders human development and security, it also reverses many of the gains that society may have achieved over many years.

The winner of the 2009 Radio for Peacebuilding Africa Awards, Crossroads is a six-episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

Do you find writing a chore? Do you spend hours looking at a blank sheet of paper, wondering how to start? Then Writing for Change can help.

All effective organisations have a cause: they want to make a difference to the world around them. To do that, they need funds. Developing staff members' capacity to fundraise can make an organisation's mission statement a reality.

Gender, Violence and Conflict has been produced for the Africa Programme of the University for Peace by Fahamu, with the aim of providing resources on these themes along with special reference to masculinities and war.

This short introductory course provides a grounding in the basic principles of human rights. It also introduces participants to the international and regional conventions and instruments which encode human rights.

This course aims to develop the skills of conducting and reporting impartial and accurate research into human rights abuses. It will be of benefit to anybody in NGOs and other groups promoting rights-based advocacy or seeking to defend human rights.

This course aims to develop participants' writing skills to support their advocacy work. It delivers a comprehensive approach to the skills of effective writing.