Youth Peace & Security

Rachel Viney and Eliška Jelínková

23 November, 2023

UNOY Co-Director Eliška (29) and Comms Coordinator Rachel (23) attended the UN SDG Summit and Action Weekend in September. This blog captures their experiences as young people attending a High Level event. The UN presented…

Bukar Atiyaye

24 October, 2023

The author, Bukar Atiyaye is a humanitarian, peacebuilder and a community development activist and member of the African Youth Advocacy Team (A-YAT). He has more than 6 years cognate experience in the nonprofit sector and…

Melchade Kevin

19 July, 2023

The author, Melchade Kevin Samvura is the Coordinator at PEACE BUILDING TEAM which is local non-profit organisation located in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo and is currently a member of UNOY’s African Youth Advocacy Team…

Emmanuel Singa

26 April, 2023

The author, Emmanuel Singa, is a Member of the African Youth Advocacy Team (AYAT) as well as: An Associate Researcher at the Center for Research and Information on Disarmament and Security (CRIDS) Focal Point of CRIDS…

Raphael Nkurunziza

14 March, 2023

The Author: This story is written by Nkurunziza Raphael, a young peacebuilder from Burundi, working for the Youth Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (YELI), former Regional Coordinator at UNOY Peacebuilders in East and Southern Africa, chair…

Charlotte Davidi

13 December, 2022

This fourth and final pivotal protection blog explores mental health and wellbeing from a personal and non-practitioner perspective. topic introduction Mental health and wellbeing have captured our attention. Corporate brands, like Dove, are running self-esteem…

Sameer

27 October, 2022

Important progress has been made since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 2250 in 2015. We have gained UNSCRs 2419 and 2535; an independent progress study on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS): ‘The…

Joseph Akilimali

22 September, 2022

the role young people played in the process I’m Joseph Akilimali, co-chair of the Congolese Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) coalition, and this is how the first National Action Plan (NAP) on YPS came to…

Charlotte Davidi

17 May, 2022

In the second iteration of this pivotal protection blog series, we draw attention to age-based discrimination and harassment. Functioning in the same way as other forms of discrimination and harassment, ageism can have serious implications…

UNOY Peacebuilders

9 March, 2022

In 2019, UNOY Peacebuilders published a study mapping the progress on the implementation of the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agenda in the European Union (EU). The study highlighted the EU’s support of youth-led peacebuilding…

Rafiu Adeniran Lawal and Stephanie E. Effevottu

3 February, 2022

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in…

UNOY Peacebuilders

31 January, 2022

Did you miss the High-Level Global Conference on Youth-Inclusive Peace Processes? No worries! We’ve captured the best bits just for you. More than 130 people attended the virtual conference on the 19th (for a youth-only…

What is it like to attend a United Nations High Level event as a young person?

Rachel Viney and Eliška Jelínková

Positive Peace Stories: Democracy and Peace in Nigeria – where youth stands

Bukar Atiyaye

Positive Peace Stories: Youth Participation in the Peace and Security Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Melchade Kevin

Positive Peace Stories: Networking Youth Organizations in conflict contexts

Emmanuel Singa

Positive Peace Stories: Progress of young people’s work in Burundi

Raphael Nkurunziza

3 Reasons Why We Need Wellbeing in Peacebuilding

Charlotte Davidi

Advocacy Mission of the ALLY Fellows in Nepal

Sameer

Joseph’s Journey Towards the DRC’s National Action Plan on YPS

Joseph Akilimali

Tackling Ageism as a Bystander

Charlotte Davidi

2022 European Year of Youth: It’s Time the EU Prioritised the YPS Agenda

UNOY Peacebuilders

Nigeria’s Roadmap Towards the Localisation of the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda

Rafiu Adeniran Lawal and Stephanie E. Effevottu

Overheard at the #YPSConference

UNOY Peacebuilders