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…
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…
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…
CLAIRE HARRIS Could you begin by introducing yourself and tell us a bit about the work you do? My name’s Claire Harris and I’m 26. I’m originally from a place called Fermanagh in Northern Ireland…
AYA CHEBBI Dense rows of white tents and long lines of listless people that are queuing for a small portion of food and water, of which there is never enough quantity to reach everyone. This was the…
NAJAT EL HANI ‘East, west, south, or north makes little difference. No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey within. If you travel within, you’ll travel the whole wide…
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