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Young Peacebuilders Forum 2016 Raising the bar of youth advocacy for peace

By Matteo Tonella The Young Peacebuilders Forum took place in The Hague for the third year in a row in September 2016. The Forum brought together 45 young peacebuilders from UNOY Peacebuilders’ member organisations as…

Moving forward the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2250

By Matteo Tonella With the announcement by UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon of Graeme Simpson as Lead Author for the Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security, as well as an advisory group of experts…

Scaling up our commitment for Humanity. Voices from the World Humanitarian Summit

By Matteo Tonella The World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 emphasized the severity of some of the most important challenges currently facing humanity and declared the necessity to “bring humanitarian, development and peacebuilding efforts together”….

Education for Peace – Developing Competences for Peace Education in the Youth Field

By Aura Jgamadze, Ludmila Andrade and Marjolein Kok, edited by Soraya Atmani In the long-term training Education for Peace – Developing Competences for Peace Education in the Youth Field, 20 young peacebuilders are coming together…

Young Refugees and Peacebuilding – A Missing Link

By Dylan Jones and Matilda Flemming There are today almost 60 million forcibly displaced people around the world. To put that in perspective, that’s a number fairly equal to the population of Italy. The most…

Affecting Power Structures: Gender and Youth Perspectives

By Hajer Sharief In areas of conflict, support from the international community is often greatly needed. However, the design of this support directly affects power structures in the affected community. A crucial question is therefore:…

Complementary Agendas: Women and Youth Building Peace

We in the youth peacebuilding movement have been greatly influenced and inspired by the women, peace and security community. Women and youth are both large groups, forming roughly 50% and 25% of humanity respectively, which have been…

Youth participation 101: Five simple tips for including youth in peacebuilding

So you want to work with youth in peacebuilding, but don’t know how to start? UN Security Council Resolution 2250 calls for the inclusion of youth in peacebuilding and the prevention of violence. That means…

Strengthening Organisational Capacities to Build Peace: Research Report

We are very happy to present our latest research report: Youth Impact for Peace: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Six European Youth Organisations! The research was a cooperative effort of the International Secretariat of UNOY…

Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding: A Practice Note

“…engaging young people positively and giving them a stake in their societies during the transition period after violent conflict is important for long-term peace and security.” The UN Inter-Agency Working Group on Youth Participation in…

The path towards a Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security

At UNOY Peacebuilders, we have been advocating for a strengthened policy framework in the shape of a Security Council Resolution around youth, peace and security since 2012. With the adoption of UN Security Council resolution…

UN Security Council adopts resolution on Youth, Peace and Security

On 9 December 2015 the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace & Security. The historical document is the first of its kind to recognize the positive role young people play in building…