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UNOY Peacebuilders’ Youth Advocacy Team (YAT) is finishing its first 2015 trip to New York, meeting with a number of key stakeholders around the UN Security Council debate on Thursday 23 April on ‘The Role…
To effectively address violent extremism, a human security approach which is holistic, context-specific and person-centred is a necessity. The ultimate goal and responsibility of any security policy, including policies on countering violent extremism should be…
Matthew Scott, the director of Peacebuilding at World Vision, and an experienced campaigner, shared his experiences of campaigning in order to support the team’s campaign for a Security Council resolution! 1. Invest in relationships. Across…
The UN is reviewing it’s peacebuilding architecture in 2015. This means that the work of the Peacebuilding Fund, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) is being assessed, and it offers an excellent…
On March 5th, 2015, an expert meeting was organized by UNOY, Human Security Collective and Cordaid. The goal of the meeting was to raise awareness on how young community leaders from conflict areas successfully contribute…
SABA ISMAIL Since 9/11 more than 50,000 people have been killed in terrorist incidents in Pakistan. According to reports, there have been 235 suicide bombings, 9,257 rocket attacks and 4,256 other bombings in the past…
BENARD OCHIENG Mathare is one of the biggest collection of slums in Africa. It is located around 5 km from Nairobi and serves as a home for more than half a million of its inhabitants….
MEGHANN AUREA VILLANUEVA My name is Meg. Half of my friends from all over the world used to refer to me as their ‘friend who works in the UN’ or ‘my friend who works to…
SAJA ELGREDLY The sarcasm falls within the contradiction of mentioning the word “peace” recently; as it usually comes within the context of war. The first image that comes to ones mind are pictures of rockets,…
IPPOLITO FORNI The beginning of my involvement in the peace-building field came with my own personal struggle to bring peace within myself. Due to my personal experiences, at a young age I came to the…
ABERAMY SIVALOGANANTHAN A few years ago, I was reading a news article from Bangladesh about a young girl and her mother who had been at a refugee camp at Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. While there, they…
LUIS ALFONSO MIRANDA PÉREZ I would like to share with you a piece of my childhood in Mesoamerica. From my abrupt arrival to the land of the Mayas and my difficult upbringing in a post-war…