The Role of PEACE Movements In Turbulent Times: A Global Sociological Perspective

Global peace process and movements have always tried contain conflicts, violence, and genocide across the globe. Peace movements are not just reactions to wars and conflict but long-standing struggles that challenge the existing system that is marked with inequality, hierarchy, oppression and rapid social polarisation. Often led by individuals and their deep-rooted ideologies of humanism and tolerance, peace movements in particular have carved a vital niche by differentiating from the traditional anti-violence protests. The grassroots advocacy movements stand for non-violence, Satyagraha and mutual coexistence. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jar’s peaceful movements have been exemplary in transitioning nations to nurture democracy and catalyse global civil rights.

Critical times like the present era are marked with multiple crises that have a domino effect on communities globally in the form of economic disparities, forced migration and displacement, monopolisation of resources and ecological degradation thus, demanding immediate attention towards significant issues. Visionary leaders such as Swami Vivekanand and Nelson Mandela's strategy of universal brotherhood and non-violence can be looked upon as vital in a world that is torn apart due to geopolitical differences.

The session organiser seeks papers on thematic topics that focus on the spirit of peace and tolerance, social cohesion and sisterhood for promoting global solidarity by understanding cultural diversity, local wisdom, and universal values.