Conflict Sensitivity

This means the ability of your organisation to:
•Understand the context in which you operate;
•Understand the interaction between your intervention and the context; and
•Act upon the understanding of this interaction, in order to avoid negative impacts and maximise positive impacts.

Note:  The word ‘context’ is used rather than ‘conflict’ to make the point that all socio-economic and political tensions, root causes and structural factors are relevant to conflict sensitivity because they all have the potential to become violent. ‘Conflict’ is sometimes erroneously confused with macro-political violence between two warring parties (as with a civil war between a national government and a non-state actor).  www.conflictsensitivity.org

Conflict analysis is the central component of a conflict-sensitive practice.

How do you incorporate conflict sensitive practices in your project design?

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