UNOY Peacebuilders

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Youth Participation Under Severe Threat in the Council of Europe: We Demand Action!

This year, the Council of Europe celebrated 70 years of work to uphold human rights, rule of law, and the democratic participation of its 47 Member States. On Friday, the Council of Europe’s current Secretary-General…

UNOY Members Call for Peaceful and Just Elections in Nigeria

Since the first presidential election in Nigeria in 1963, free and fair elections, and peaceful transitions of power have been challenged by electoral violence and malpractices. The nation is once again heading to the polls…

Youth, Peace and Security: The New Kid on the Block

UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security, adopted in December 2015, requested the UN Secretary-General “to carry out a Progress Study on the youth’s positive contribution to peace processes and conflict resolution.” The…

Responding to Tensions across Religious Lines in Sri Lanka

Tensions in Sri Lanka have risen after violent clashes between the Buddhist and Muslim communities in central Sri Lanka. On 6 March, the government imposed a nationwide state of emergency. Our member organisation Sri Lanka…

Five Ways in which Europe Can Move the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda Forward

A recent global survey of youth-driven peacebuilding shows that youth-led movements and organizations are uniquely able to mobilise both youth and other community members as agents of peace, having and creating access where other organisations…

The Learning Cycle of Peace

Learning that can transform intercultural conflict does not arise from a single event but throughout a process. The #Youth4Peace Training: EuroMed Peace Trainers has been carefully designed to maximise its impact and ensure its sustainability…

Building a Closer Network in West and Central Africa

In Nigeria, young peacebuilders have formed a coalition to push for more youth participation in addressing the country’s security challenges. In Liberia, youth are working to ensure a violence-free election process. In Cameroon, young people…

An Effort to Burn Bridges of Discrimination Through Interaction

The work of Youth Development Foundation, a UNOY Peacebuilders member organisation based in Pakistan, was featured in the newspaper Dawn in July 2017. The article is published here with the permission of Dawn. For Kinza…

The Recipe for Successful Advocacy

By Srushti Mahamuni Successfully advocating for a cause is like baking a great chocolate brownie: anyone with the right ingredients can do it but making one that is perfectly gooey on the inside and crusty…

E-YAT’s First Mission to Strasbourg

By Ludmila Andrade The Council of Europe (CoE) has played a pioneering role in promoting and supporting youth participation, capacity building and active citizenship. Within the topics of democracy, rule of law and human rights,…

Youth, Peace, and Conflict Management & Transformation – Empowering youth from South Asia

Youth for Peace International, a UNOY Peacebuilders member organisation, the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, and the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) gathered young peacebuilders from across South and South-East Asia…

Personal & Political Dimensions of Peace World Peace Forum in Brazil

By Ludmila D. Andrade Between 22-25 September 2016, the Schengen Peace Foundation organised the tenth edition of the World Peace Forum and most importantly, the second edition of the Youth World Peace Forum. The Forum…