Despite a consensus that preventing violence is better and cheaper than trying to cure or contain it, almost all governments persist in vastly over-resourcing coercive responses. Ashley Macmillan argues for proactive and inclusive peace and security policies to be as normal as preventive measures in public health.
Author: Ashley Galbreath
Ashley is a social worker and a PhD. student at Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa (the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies) at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Her PhD. focuses on Proactive Peace as a form of community-based war prevention. She can be contacted through her blog at https://proactive-peace.org/