Violence Monitoring Systems
Monitoring Violence in Asia
May 26, 2020
Publication
Better data is needed to understand the drivers and impacts of conflict and violence in Asia, and to monitor progress against the violence reduction targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals. The Asia Foundation has been supporting the development of violence monitoring systems across Asia. Since these systems rely on local sources of inform… Read more
Inequality and Identity-Based Conflict: The State of the Evidence
January 17, 2020
Publication
In this paper, Joel Selway from Brigham Young University reviews the academic literature on the linkages between inequality and identity-based conflict, and identifies research gaps that local violent event datasets might help to address. Documents in the Violence Monitoring Working Papers series are produced as part of The Asia Foundation’s Violen… Read more
Violence in the Age of Social Media
May 8, 2019
Program Snapshot Post
In May 2019, The Asia Foundation invited local partners to Bangkok for a discussion on new technologies and their role in escalating or mitigating violence in the region. Panelists included Gullnaz Baig (Facebook), Min Zaw Oo (Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security), Victoire Rio (Myanmar Tech Accountability Network), Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed (Universi… Read more
The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia
October 11, 2017
Publication
In response to critical gaps in existing conflict data, The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia presents a concise, evidence-based overview of the complexity of violence in 14 Asian countries, including some of the most entrenched and complex places in the world. Drawing on The Asia Foundation’s own long-standing experience in each country, the… Read more
VMWP Series No. 1: An Analysis of the Incidence and Human Costs of Violent Conflicts in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
April 20, 2017
Publication
The Violence Monitoring Working Papers series includes academic papers based on the VIMS data, as well as methodological papers and other documents related to The Asia Foundation’s violence monitoring program. Papers in this series are not formal publications of The Asia Foundation. In An Analysis of the Incidence and Human Costs of Violent Conflic… Read more
Local Data Sheds New Light on Violence in Southeast Asia
November 16, 2016
Blog Post
In the last few months, a spate of coordinated bomb attacks in Thailand days after a constitutional referendum, new bloodshed in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and violent protests in the lead-up to gubernatorial elections in Jakarta, have served as a somber reminder of the violence that simmers under the surface of an otherwise relatively stable and eco… Read more
Understanding Violence in Southeast Asia: The Contribution of Violent Incidents Monitoring Systems
October 7, 2016
Publication
Three violent incidents monitoring systems (VIMSs) in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, produce highly granular information on multiple forms of violence in the areas they study. This paper draws on data from the three systems and does the following: First, it updates and fleshes out our understanding of violence in three Southeast Asian co… Read more
Violent Incidents Monitoring Systems: A Methods Toolkit
August 3, 2016
Publication
Violent Incidents Monitoring Systems: A Methods Toolkit provides practical guidance to practitioners interested in establishing a violence monitoring system. It also seeks to encourage methodological standardization across systems to make cross-country comparison easier. The guidance provided in this paper draws on the experience and lessons from t… Read more
Responding to Conflict in Asia: Why Good Data is Needed
December 16, 2015
Blog Post
The new set of post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals includes for the first time a target that specifically sets out to promote peaceful and inclusive societies, marking an increase in awareness that peace and security is critical for sustainable development.