United Network of Young Peacebuilders’ Post

❓Are you looking for an opportunity in the #peacebuilding field? This is your chance! We have 3 new #internships available, focusing on #project management, membership coordination and #partnership-building: 🟣The Projects Officer will support the preparation & implementation on UNOY's regional activities, our capacity development strategy, and the development of programs with external partners. 🟣The Network Officer will coordinate membership processes and assist with the daily operation of the regional networks, support regional teams, as well as foster peer-learning between members. 🟣The Partnerships Officer will support in the implementation of UNOY’s Fundraising Strategy, and assist the team with networking and relationship management with donors and partner organisations. Are you interested? Read more about the roles and apply here: https://lnkd.in/evV54qg 🔗 📆Deadline: 12 May 2024 #Youth4Peace #vacancy #internship Photo credit: Brian Ongoro

NEW EPISODE IS OUT 🎙️ Join us in unveiling the shadows of the digital age in Episode 5 of the #PeaceCornerPodcast. Our host, Larissa Ahanhanzo (UNOY Advocacy Officer) engages with Guillaume Kalonji, a young climate activist from Youth For Peace DRC. Tune in to uncover how tech giants such as Samsung, Apple and Tesla contribute to mineral exploitation and human rights abuses in the DRC. Hear firsthand accounts from a young climate activist and learn how they're leading the charge for ethical mineral sourcing and community empowerment. ☮️ Tune in now for eye-opening insights and actionable steps towards a more just and sustainable future. 🎧🕊️ Soundcloud: :https://ow.ly/oU4a50RnOOf Spotify: https://ow.ly/hTMH50RnOOe #ThePeaceCornerPodcast #Youth4Peace #Tech4Peace #CtrlPeace #DRC

“The New Agenda for Peace and the YPS agenda are not just policy documents or empty speeches. They represent actions that challenges us to ensure meaningful youth participation, to breach the gap between policy and practice, and to facilitate the work of the next generation of leaders.” 🙌 Bahía Gatti, our Regional Coordinator for the Americas region from our member organisation Organización Argentina de Jóvenes para las Naciones Unidas (OAJNU), attended the #ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024 in New York where UNOY co-hosted the side event: “Youth shaping sustainable and innovative solutions: Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of crises," with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Major Group for Children and Youth UNDP UNODC United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Along with other young people, Bahía spoke up on the importance of meaningful youth participation and increasing fund for youth initiatives for peacebuilding. She also talked about her involvement in UNOY and the importance of such global networks, to facilitate and support young peacebuilders. 🔗You can watch the side event through this link: https://lnkd.in/eXWWiQrp 📺 #Youth4Peace

Sarra Messaoudi from UNOY member Justice Call, and our regional representative for MENA, is speaking at the #ECOSOC side event, “Youth shaping sustainable and innovative solutions: Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of crises” organized by the UN Youth Delegates of Hungary, Denmark and Malta. 📆 ❗ TODAY❗18 April 2024 🕓11:30-13:00 EDT 📍Conference Room A, United Nations Headquarters, New York ➡ Register here to join in-person: https://lnkd.in/eVJwYD3e UN Youth Delegate Programme of Hungary Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malta to the UN United Nations Youth Association of Denmark #Youth4Peace

Sarra Messaoudi from UNOY member Justice Call and our regional representative for MENA, briefed the United Nations Security Council today in the debate about the role of young people addressing security challenges in the Mediterranean. Sarra outlined 5️⃣ key challenges: ▶ Shrinking civic spaces and increased protection needs, which young people are combatting by coming together collectively as movements, networks, and coalitions. Creating platforms and safe spaces for solidarity and support. ▶ Systematic barriers to meaningful engagement and participation in politics, peace, and security processes. Young people are advocating for intergenerational, multi-stakeholder and equal partnerships. ▶ Mobility challenges in the region prevent young people from reaching their full potential, engaging at the global and regional levels, and they harm migrants' rights in the Mediterranean. ▶ The urgent need to address climate-sensitive security risks, especially with the rising temperatures and floods that occurred in the Mediterranean in 2023. ▶ A lack of financing for prevention and peacebuilding. Sarra recommends that Member States organise a high-level Security Council meeting to renew political and financial commitment to the YPS Agenda and to launch the process for the second progress study on YPS with concrete and time-bounded proposals and actions. Sarra also urged the Council to “walk the talk” on Resolution 2728 for an immediate Gaza ceasefire, a promise of safety for millions which was ignored. The council must move from resolutions to accountability and implementation. 📢 “In this battle, we need joint efforts, not siloed approaches” ❓ Did you miss the debate? Watch the recording on UNWebTV here: https://webtv.un.org/en 🖇 #Youth4Peace United Nations Peacebuilding Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malta to the UN Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, New York Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York

🎙️ Still haven't caught the latest ride on #ThePeaceCornerPodcast? One week ago, we dropped a new episode titled "Kickflips for Peace: The Role of Digital Platforms for Social Skateboarding Initiatives'' with Safen Muhammad and Rhianon Bader. 🌍💡 They shared how skateboarding through technology is making its way into peacebuilding and community resilience. Tune in now and see how wheels and Wi-Fi are creating waves of change. Spotify: https://ow.ly/GKw150Rim9n Soundcloud: https://ow.ly/YzO550Rim9o

Today, Sarra from UNOY member Justice Call will be briefing the UN Security Council at the Security Council Debate about the role of young people addressing security challenges in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean faces security challenges such as political instability, socio-economic inequality, transnational threats, maritime security and climate change threats. Young people are disproportionately affected by these pressing challenges, yet their contributions to peace and security lack recognition and their work continues to be undermined. How can the UN Security Council further advance the implementation of the YPS agenda in the Mediterranean? 📺Watch the discussion live on UNWebtv: https://ow.ly/kZIF50RhWTb 🕑10am EST (4pm CEST) #Youth4Peace

Let's recap some the projects we worked on in the first 3 months of 2024! 💪 We delivered two online training sessions on Youth, Peace & Security for ZIF - Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze gGmbH to non-youth stakeholders who are working as part of German Peace Operations. 💪 We co-hosted a hybrid roundtable discussion with Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) on safe & inclusive peacebuilding to celebrate the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. 💪 We carried out internal trainings on PSHEA & Gender to build our team's understanding of Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, and Abuse & implement Gender Transformative Approaches in our work 💪 We were visited by 3 UNOY members! Thank you @WE organisation, World Esperanto Youth Organisation & Organización Argentina de Jóvenes para las Naciones Unidas (OAJNU) 💜 💪 We spent a day hosting a group of peacebuilders who took part in Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)'s fellowship programme, to share experiences working on youth, gender and marginalized communities across Europe 🇦🇲🇦🇿🇬🇪🇲🇩 💪 We launched the 8th season of the Peace Corner Podcast with Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS) on Peacebuilding & Digital Technologies 🎙️ 💪 We travelled to Belgium to meet EU partners and Brussels based allies 💪 We carried out 3 peer-learning sessions, spaces where our members meet to share their knowledge, expertise & skills to equip all of us to address the common challenges we face as young peacebuilders Stay tuned to see what we have planned for the rest of the year 👀 #Youth4Peace

📢 Vacancy alert! We are looking for a Strategic Planning #Consultant to support the development of UNOY's new #strategy, which will be launched in 2026 and serve as a guide for UNOY’s work until 2030. The consultant will develop a new Strategic Plan that is reflective of UNOY members’ needs as well as recent developments in the fields of peacebuilding and Youth, Peace, and Security. The task will be carried out between May/June 2024 and October 2025. 🔗 For more information on the role and how to apply, please see the call here: https://lnkd.in/eEW8Bmkw 📆 Deadline to apply: 5 May 2024 #vacancy #strategy #consultant #peacebuilding