ENDING ETHNIC CONFLICTS

 

Although peace and pacifism are familiar ideas to most people today, for much of human history these concepts have been relegated to the religious domain and excluded from the practice of politics. At the same time, war--organized violent conflict between different groups of people--has traditionally been considered a natural occurrence, based on popular assumptions about the inclinations and limitations of human nature. Of course, many today still believe that peace is idealistic and war is inevitable, but other theories have emerged in modern times to explain the existence of war while also allowing for the possibility of positive peace (which entails the absence of war and also the presence of justice).Conflicts arose in reaction to political injustice, when the concentration and abuse of power led to social and economic inequality and eventually, the structural violence became unbearable for the oppressed. We can think of these crisis or wars, then, as structural violence made physical; it follows that if we can eliminate structural violence and promote equitable social systems, we can prevent violent conflict though the creation of positive peace in its place.And that is what Gyunka Transformative Movement is out to do, to Find ways we can work together, not minding our cultural background or religion, and to eliminates any form of injustice or oppression that will lead to structural Violence, and bring an end to a circle of violence among the ethnic groups in Nasarawa State and beyond.