Cate Buchanan
Co-Managing Partner
Cate Buchanan is a mediation support and process design specialist who focuses on ceasefires, violence prevention and reduction, gender equality and inclusion, political and conflict analysis.
Curbing the demand for small arms in South East Asia
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, (2002).
In the line of fire: Surveying the perceptions of humanitarian and development personnel of the impacts of small arms and light weapons
Ryan Beasley, Cate Buchanan and Robert Muggah, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and Small Arms Survey (2003).
Putting people first: Human security perspectives on small arms
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (2003).
Putting guns in their place: A resource pack for two years of action by humanitarian agencies
Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, (2004).
Missing Pieces: Directions for reducing gun violence through the UN process on small arms control
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, (2005). Updated in 2007 and co-published with the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Available in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Portuguese.
No Relief: Surveying the effects of gun violence on humanitarian and development personnel.
Cate Buchanan and Robert Muggah, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and Small Arms Survey, (2005)..
Hitting the target: Men and guns.
Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer, RevCon Policy Brief, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, July (2006).
Transitioning to peace: Guns in civilian hands.
Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer, RevCon Policy Brief, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, July (2006).
Civilians, guns and peace processes: Approaches and possibilities.
, Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer, Negotiating Disarmament Briefing Paper No. 1, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (2006).
The skeleton in the closet: Survivors of armed violence
RevCon Policy Brief, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, July (2006), Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer.
Assistance to war wounded combatants and individuals associated with fighting forces in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programmes.
Background paper No. 4, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, (2007).
Surviving gun violence in El Salvador: a tax on firearms to increase health budget .
Background paper No. 3, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (2007).
Gun Violence, Disability and Recovery
Surviving Gun Violence Project (2014).
The Women are Ready: An Opportunity to Transform Peace in Myanmar.
With Caitlin Williscroft, Peace Support Fund (2016).
UN Experts Group report on women’s meaningful participation in peace processes and gender-inclusive peace agreements.
With Katarina Salmela and Megan Manion, UN Women (2018).
Pioneering peace pathways–making connections to end violent conflict.
Accord 29, Conciliation Resources (2020).
Gender-inclusive peacemaking: strategies for mediation practitioners
Mediation Practice Series. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (2021).
Making inclusive analysis a reality – strengthening political analysis in Myanmar
with Rebecca Haines, Practice Note, Reimagining Conflict Sensitivity (2023).
Trust and relationships in peacemaking
with Michelle Gehrig and Sally Holt and Alexander Ramsbotham, US Institute for Peace (2023).
The localisation discourse in post-2021 Myanmar: implications for conflict sensitivity.
With Rebecca Haines, Development in Practice (2023). DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2200909
Advancing localisation in Myanmar: One step forward, two steps backwards?
with Rebecca Haines, Practice Note, Reimagining Conflict Sensitivity (2023).