What is Positive Peace?
Eva Wuchold
This article was originally published on the RLS Geneva Office’s website. With the closing of the Geneva location, all posts have now been migrated to and are available on the RLS-NYC website.
“Inequality is not only a phenomenon of violence, but is itself violence.”
In German language only!
Eva Wuchold, Programme Director Social Rights at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung introduces the concept of “positive peace” developed by Johan Galtung, which describes more than the absence of war.
We have dedicated a dossier to the comprehensive approach: www.rosalux.de/dossiers/positiver-frieden
