Resources for and about youth involvement in peacebuilding.
Published on 24 January 2022 Tagged in Youth 784 downloads
In April 2021, the Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) conducted a youth-focused survey to better understand awareness of and interest in peace and social justice education among high-school and college-age youth. This report is the result of the Global Campaign’s findings and analysis. Ultimately, GCPE hopes that this report will provide insight into youth awareness of and interest in peace education in an attempt to increase youth engagement.
The Youth Survey on Peace and Social Justice Education was conducted by the Global Campaign for Peace Education Youth Team, composed primarily of students in the Justice and Peace Studies Program at Georgetown University. Team members include: Keaton Nara, Caelan Johnston, Maude Peters, Heather Huang, and Gabby Smiley. The report and analysis was supervised by Micaela Segal de la Garza, Program Manager, and Tony Jenkins, Coordinator of the Global Campaign for Peace Education.
https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/youth-survey-report-youth-knowledge-interest-in-peace-education/
The Global Campaign for Peace Education Youth Team is following up with survey respondents to explore the development of a peace education youth network.
Key findings and recommendations are reproduced below. For additional details and analysis, download the complete report.
Published on 13 June 2023 554 downloads
Youth, Peace and Security: A Programming Handbook,PDF developed by the United Nations with the generous support of the Folke Bernadotte Academy – the Swedish Agency for Peace, Security and Development – seeks to contribute to the operational readiness and capacity of United Nations practitioners to implement the youth, peace and security (YPS) agenda. See here a video introduction to the Handbook.
For the United Nations, the development of the handbook was led by the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the Peacebuilding Support Office in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, in consultation with a task force including various United Nations entities represented at global, regional and country levels, as well as Folke Bernadotte Academy partners.
The handbook is intended to be used by country, regional, and global teams in the United Nations system, but it can also provide insights and guidance to field practitioners beyond the United Nations, including other international or regional organizations, national counterparts, youth-led and youth-focused organizations, movements and networks, and peacebuilding organizations.
(https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/policy-issues-and-partnerships/policy/youth)
