XXXV INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND PEACE CONVENTION OF GERNIKA

Organised in collaboration with the City Council of Gernika-Lumo on the dates commemorating the 88th anniversary of the bombing of the town, from 23 to 26 April 2025.

The XXXV International Conference on Culture and Peace of Gernika opens a space for dialogue to share the participatory action research processes that Gernika Gogoratuz is promoting in Colombia, Mozambique and the Basque Country.

On the one hand, the Semilleras Internacionalistas por la Paz (Internationalist Seedbeds for Peace) process aims to make visible the efforts that women’s organisations and feminist grassroots collectives are making for peace as active agents in the non-violent transformation of conflicts on a daily, local and globally interconnected level.

On the other hand, with the Triple Nexus project, the results and lessons learned are shared in order to contribute to the construction of peace in complex contexts of emergencies caused by armed conflicts.

PROGRAMME

23 APRIL, WEDNESDAY MORNING: OPEN SESSION

Venue: Elai Alai Aretoa (Gernika-Lumo)

9:00-9:30
REGISTRATION

9:30-10:00
OPENING

10:00-12:30
DIALOGUES ON FEMINIST AND DECOLONIAL VIEWS ON PEACE BUILDING

10:00-10:30
Towards the ‘XV Congress Women’s Worlds 2026’

Presented by Liliana Zambrano Quintero: Researcher at Gernika Gogoratuz, University of Deusto.
Dialogue between the representatives of the territorial seedbeds:

10:30–11:15
First round How has the process of each of the territorial seedbeds developed?

• Aventina Matusse. Researcher at the Centre of Studies and Actions for Peace – CEAP (Mozambique)
• Jennifer Acevedo Ángel. Management and social development professional at the Colegio Mayor de Antioquia (Colombia)
• Maitane Zarate Herrero. Coordinator of the project ‘Semillero Internacionalista de Mujeres por la Paz’ in Gernika Gogoratuz (Euskal Herria)

11:15 –11:45
Second round: What are the challenges and feminist debates in the construction of peace in the territories?

• Isabel Casimiro. Researcher at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo (Mozambique)
• Luz Dary Ruiz Botero. Lecturer and researcher at the Colegio Mayor de Antioquia. Coordinator of Semillera territorial Colombia
• Sara Nicholson. Coordinator of Gernikatik Mundura (Euskal Herria)

12:00 – 12:30
BREAK

12:30 – 13:30
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES IN THE DEFENCE OF LIFE AND TERRITORY

Presented by: Teresa Cunha. Researcher at Gernika Gogoratuz and the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra.

Making peace in Mozambique.
Tatiana Magaia y Clara Eloy. Students from the School of Higher Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (Portugal).

Environmental struggles in Cajamarca-Tolima.
Patricia Arciniegas. Fundación Resistencias. (Colombia)

13:30 – 14:00
Horizontal Dialogues

24 APRIL, THURSDAY MORNING: OPEN SESSION

Venue: Elai Alai Aretoa (Gernika-Lumo)

9:00-13:00
THE ARTICULATION OF THE TRIPLE NEXUS AND THE CASE STUDY OF NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE

Presented by: Andrés Rouré. Director of the Ayuda en Acción Foundation in Mozambique.

9:30-10.30
African conflicts and challenges of the Triple Nexus.
Josep María Royo and Ivan Navarro. Researchers at the Escola Cultura de Pau. University of Barcelona.

10:30-11:00
Understanding the gender dimensions of the post-election protests in Mozambique.
Aventina Matusse. Researcher at the Centre for Peace Studies and Actions – CEAP (Mozambique).

11:00-11:30
Analysis of the armed conflict and peacebuilding in Cabo Delgado.
Jokin Alberdi Bidaguren. Lecturer at the UPV/EHU. Gernika Gogoratuz.

11:30-12:00
Horizontal dialogues

12:00-12:30
BREAK

12:30-13:00
Research results of the Triple Nexus participatory action research project in the communities of Cabo Delgado.

• Teresa Cunha. Researcher at Gernika Gogoratuz and the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra.
• Alberto Ernesto. Researcher at the Centre for Peace Studies and Action (CEAP) and Ayuda en Acción Foundation in Mozambique.

13:00-14:00
CLOSING: BASQUE COOPERATION ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

24 APRIL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON: OPEN SESSION

Venue: Sala Abaunza. Kultur Etxea de Gernika-Lumo

18:00-19:45
GERNIKA PRIZES FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
THE CONTRIBUTION OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY TO PEACE AND DEMOCRACY.

• Luis Fondebrider. Founding member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) and president until 2021. Gernika Award, 2025.
• Lourdes Herrasti. Dr. in Archaeology. Aranzadi Science Society.
• Francisco Etxeberria. Specialist in Legal and Forensic Medicine. UPV-EHU. Gernika Award, 2016.
  Presented by: María Oianguren Idigoras. Director of Gernika Gogoratuz.

25 AND 26 APRIL. EVENTS COMMEMORATING THE 88TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF GERNIKA

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