Abstract
A Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) was instrumental in advancing peace and development in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) communities of the Philippines. It is a region beset with organised violence due to long-running family and clan feuds known as ridos. This violence has not only caused suffering to the local population in terms of loss of life but has also greatly impacted on its social, economic and cultural life. The PCIA provided a process whereby the community, especially the feuding families, assumed responsibility for rido-related acts and committed themselves to settling the conflict. In the process, PCIA has facilitated not only ‘community-building’ but also the ‘capacity-building’ of local people wherey they have assumed full responsibility for their peace and development. Moreover, through the PCIA process, women's role, despite being ‘invisible’ in this deeply patriarchal society, proved to be an essential component of community peacebuilding.
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