By Aliah P. Cali-Pascan, JD, Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao Study shows that youth as categorical concept is treated as “othered” in the discourse of conflict. This has inspired the partnership of the Institute of Peace and Development in Mindanao (IPDM) and the National Commission for Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) in Lanao to inspire...Read More

Establishment and Purpose             The IPDM was created by the MSU Board of Regents during the meeting on December 7, 2001 through BOR resolution No. 224, s. 2001. The Institute assumed the functions of two defunct units: Muslim Christian Center for Peace Studies and the Muslim Mindanao Development Institute. It is now the central coordinating...Read More