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“Global North-South Conversation – Gender, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration”
Published in: Transformative Peace Magazine/Blog; July, 2024
This month’s newsletter highlights our most recent global north-south conversation. Mossarat Qadim, an expert on gender and rehabilitation and reintegration in Pakistan, shared her experience and expertise regarding the complicated but necessary tasks of rehabilitating and reintegrating former militants. This series aims to enhance discourse between countries in the Global South and those in the Global North on important topics such as conflict, violent extremism, gender, and human rights, among others. As a part of our mission at Transformative Peace, we view this initiative as an important part of cultivating more effective approaches to conflicts and crises and highlighting diverse perspectives. These approaches prioritize inclusivity, a focus on human rights, and the integration of diverse perspectives. Consequently, this series serves to elevate the voices of the global south in a predominantly western-centric media environment. Please enjoy our third of such conversations with Mossarat Qadim. If you are interested in further transformative conversations, hers and other contributions in this series highlighting scholars and experts from the global south, can be found here.
“Women’s Participation in Transforming Conflict and Violent Extremism”
Published in: UN Chronicle Magazine; April, 2016
Few countries in the world match Pakistan in its political, social or economic complexities and security related challenges. It is a country of nearly 200 million people, from over a dozen ethnic and minority groups, and myriad tribes who have coexisted peacefully for decades. It is the same country, however, that has been grappling with violent extremism in different shapes and forms for the past 15 years. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), violent extremism is most acute, and women are on the front lines of warfare. They are the widows, victims and survivors of the suicide bomb blasts, the displaced and the traumatized.
Read more: https://unchronicle.un.org/article/womens-participation-transforming-conflict-and-violent-extremism
“Countering terrorism through the classroom”
Published in: The Express Tribune; January 03,2015
Over the last few decades, Pakistan has experienced many crises, and most of these have been associated with a rise in extremism and militancy. A culture of violence has become pervasive, to the extent that it undermines law and order, social cohesion and the government’s authority. The moderate silent majority is witnessing a transformation of society from a tolerant one to one that is intolerant and extremist in its thinking and worldview. The sorry fact is that schools are not immune from this spread of extremism either. Today, we can see the disorder of the state surfacing in our schools in many ways and what is a more worrying thing is that the skills needed to address these crises are lacking.
Read more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/816284/countering-extremism-through-the-classroom/
“Pakistan’s Security Framework”
Published in: The Express Tribune; December 30, 2013
As people on the front-lines of the daily struggle to try prevent violence and promote social cohesion in Pakistan, we are pleased to see a commitment from the government to develop a national strategy to combat violent extremism. The development of a coordinated national counter terrorism and extremism policy is a worthy feat and one that is desperately needed. However, if the process for the development of this policy is not inclusive and its components do not recognize the work that is already being done, it runs the risk of faltering before it even gets off the ground.
Read more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/652654/pakistans-security-framework/
“Pakistani moms keep sons from being radicalized”
Published in: National Public Radio; April 26, 2012
Renee Montagne talks to Pakistani peace activist Mossarat Qadeem about how women can help moderate extremism in Pakistan. Qadeem works with mothers of young men who are at risk for joining extremist groups. She helps reintegrate young men through job training and education programs.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2012/04/26/151417951/pakistani-group-tries-to-keep-sons-from-being-radicalized
“Pakistani moms keep sons from being radicalized”
Published in: Lahore World; February 15, 2015
“Pakistani moms keep sons from being radicalized”
Published in: National Public Radio; April 26, 2012
Renee Montagne talks to Pakistani peace activist Mossarat Qadeem about how women can help moderate extremism in Pakistan. Qadeem works with mothers of young men who are at risk for joining extremist groups. She helps reintegrate young men through job training and education programs.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2012/04/26/151417951/pakistani-group-tries-to-keep-sons-from-being-radicalized
“PAIMAN Alumni Trust organized a National Peace Convention”
Published in: Lahore World; September 18, 2014
Lahore: PAIMAN Alumni Trust organized a National Peace Convention on Community Waging Peace; piece by piece here at Serena Hotel, Islamabad. The Convention was attended by parliamentarians, representatives of INGO’s, media personnel, officials of various government departments and PAIMANs TOLANA members from various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Agencies of FATA.
Read more: http://lahoreworld.com/2014/09/18/paiman-alumni-trust-organized-national-peace-convention/
“Peace activist Mossarat Qadeem enlists mothers to fight terrorism in Pakistan”
Published in: The Daily Beast; May 27, 2012
Her phone rang at 9 p.m. “Can you come tonight? He’s home.” The voice was anxious. “My son left those extremists he took up with, but maybe just for the night.”
“Building peace, one brick at a time”
Published in: The Express Tribune; January 23, 2013
Islamabad: In the spirit of promoting peace, the PAIMAN Alumni Trust in collaboration with the European Union (EU) arranged a five-day training workshop to sensitise the youth of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Read more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/497683/building-peace-one-brick-at-a-time/
“Mossarat Qadeem”
Published in: University of San Diego
Mossarat Qadeem saves not only individual lives; she saves families. A skilled communicator, she uses her detailed knowledge of the Quran to work directly with mothers of radicalized youths to rescue young men—including potential suicide bombers—who are being exploited by extremists. To broaden her outreach, Qadeem founded PAIMAN Alumni Trust, a nonprofit group promoting the sociopolitical and economic empowerment of marginalized Pakistanis. Through PAIMAN, Qadeem established the country’s first center for conflict transformation and peacebuilding, reaching thousands of young people and women across the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“PAIMAN Alumni Trust”
Published in: Peace Insight
PAIMAN Alumni Trust (PAIMAN) aims to reach out to women and young people in the conflict-ridden region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, and conflict affected and conflict-prone districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through awareness of the impacts of radicalisation and extremism on their lives and the role they can play in combating it.
“Mossarat Qadeem”
Published in: Bulbula
Mossarat Qadeem works directly with mothers of radicalized youths, using her skill as a communicator and her detailed knowledge of the Quran, she rescues young men—including potential suicide bombers—who are being exploited by extremists. Afterwards, she ensures they are de-radicalized, receive job training and education and helps them with the difficult process of reintegrating into their communities. From the platform of her organization, PAIMAN she has been able to de-radicalize, rehabilitate and reintegrate 1137 youth and prevented thousands from becoming extremists.
Read more: http://bulbula.co.uk/mossarat-qadeem/
