Peacebuilding and Sports

Sports can be a tool for building peace, especially among youth. Here are some website that focus on sports and peacebuilding.

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    Web Link How sport for development and peace can transform the lives of youth

    Thousands of young athletes have been competing at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, this month. But there are actually millions more young people participating in sports, and not just to bring home medals — but to bring peace.

    From an article in The Conversation.

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    Web Link Peace and Sport

    Peace and Sport Logo - dove at the top of an upside down u

    Peace and Sport brings together and develops partnerships between the Peace (NGOs, UN Agencies, Academics), the Sport (Olympic Family, International Federations, National Olympic Committees, Athletes) and the Political worlds with the aim of implementing and ensuring the sustainability of field programs, maximizing the use of sport for development and peace and leading social transformation in every area of the world affected by poverty or social instability.

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    Web Link Sports Peacebuilding: The Basics

    Essay written by Alex Krafchek, School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR), George Mason University.