United Network of Young Peacebuilders

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United Network of Young Peacebuilders

We are a global network of youth active in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation.
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11/06/2026

🏆 We are incredibly proud to announce that UNOY has been awarded the 2026 Luxembourg Peace Prize by the Schengen Peace Foundation and the World Peace Forum.

For 37 years, UNOY has been putting young people at the heart of peacebuilding - from advocating for the UN Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security over a decade ago, to reshaping what conflict prevention looks like today. This award affirms that youth-led action creates real, lasting change.

Many people have made UNOY what it is today: volunteers and staff who built and sustained the network, the allies in civil society, governments, and the United Nations who have stood alongside us, and the donors and partners whose support has made this work possible. To all of you, thank you.

Above all, we dedicate this recognition to UNOY’s members: organisations across 80 countries working every day towards a shared vision of a world free from all forms of violence.

To our members: thank you for continuing to choose dialogue over division, collaboration over hatred, and peace over violence - even when doing so comes at a personal cost. Thank you for persevering when everything around you tells you to stop.

This prize belongs to you. 💜 🕊️

Our work does not end here. As our vision states: “We will not stop until young people’s contributions to peace and security are recognised and supported worldwide; and even then, we will continue to sustain them.”

04/06/2026

Last week in Lima, 15 peacebuilders from UNOY member organisations across the Americas gathered for the 2026 YPS Action Lab. 🇵🇪🔬☮️

Together they built cross-regional advocacy strategies, mapped stakeholders, discussed wellbeing & burnout, explored how young people can shape National Action Plans, and engaged directly with UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP and UNLIREC in workshops and a World Café dialogue.

Across the conversations, one message was clear: the Americas face shrinking civic space, heightened risks for human rights defenders, democratic backsliding, social polarisation, gun violence, gender-based violence, and growing insecurity. These challenges disproportionately affect young people, but young people are also already leading responses in their communities.

YPS implementation across the region is urgent, and it must be shaped and led by young people.

“We dream that each country in the Americas will have the same opportunity to shape a policy or mechanism for and by young people.” - Santiago, Fundación LATIR Equidad en el Mundo (Colombia)

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Action Lab.🌎💜 Together, we can make youth ownership of YPS in the Americas a reality. 💪

This event was organised with The Millennials Movement 🦙
A special thank you to UNESCO for hosting us on the final day 🙏
Funded by the European Commission 🇪🇺

El Milenio Team Uru Uru El Derecho a No Obedecer Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace & Security - CCYPS lacemos MajorGroups JoLu de Guatemala OAJNU - Organización Argentina de Jóvenes para las Naciones Unidas Asociación de jóvenes latinoamericanos por los ODS

01/06/2026

Are you interested in joining the UNOY team?

We are looking for a Co-Director with a responsibility for overseeing strategic planning, financial management, organisational development, and co-leading the UNOY network, starting in August 2026.

Learn more about the role and how to apply on our website ➡️ https://unoy.org/jobs/

🗓️ Deadline: 21 June 2026 at 23.59 CEST

🖌️Illustration by Menah Wellen

27/05/2026

What does peacebuilding look like when international law fails, funding disappears, and your community is under attack? Vera Al-Mawla doesn't answer that question theoretically. She lives it.

In our Season 10's opening episode, Vera, Co-Founder of Peace of Art and former MENA Regional Coordinator with UNOY Peacebuilders, takes us inside the reality of building peace in Lebanon and across the SWANA region. From the war and Israeli aggressions on Lebanon, to the role of art as a tool for dialogue and community resilience, the centrality of young people in peacebuilding, and the failures of militarisation and international law; this episode covers it all.

Season 10 of the Peace Corner Podcast opens with one of the most honest, urgent, and human conversations we've ever had. This is what peacebuilding under pressure actually looks like.

🎧 Don’t miss out on this thought-provoking conversation!

🔗Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-679057290/peacebuilding-from-the-ground?in=user-679057290/sets/peace-under-pressure
🔗Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1k8CLCNKDOUaGFXXlety6M?si=-b6xt9wnS9G8uXG03Anj2Q
🔗 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/peacebuilding-from-the-ground-up-war-resilience-and/id1438506914?i=1000769844918

The Peace Corner Podcast is a collaboration between UNOY and Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding 🎙️

18/05/2026

🤔 What would it look like if development was *truly* locally led?

If local actors shaped priorities, designed solutions, and defined success? If funding flowed in ways that support, rather that constrain, local leadership? And if partnerships were grounded in trust, equity and accountability?

This vision is already within reach − but only if we act together.

Today, we are proud to share that we have signed a new invitation to action. We are inviting governments, donors, foundations and civil society to join us, and commit to:

🤝 Turning commitments into concrete policies and practices
🧠 Centring local knowledge, expertise and leadership
⚖️ Building a system rooted in dignity, equity and justice

👉 Join the growing list of organisations signing on and help shape the future of development today: https://www.peacedirect.org/invitation-to-action/

Peace Direct

14/05/2026

We're thrilled to welcome Mavi Cincurá (she/her) as our new Partnerships Officer! 🎉

Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Mavi moved to The Hague 7 years ago to pursue her studies. She now holds a Master's in International Public Management and Public Policy and has built experience across public-private partnerships, organizational learning, and project coordination in nutrition, humanitarian aid, and sustainable food systems.

As a Partnerships Officer, she will strengthen connections with partner organizations and foster collaborations that amplify youth-led peacebuilding efforts worldwide.

Join us to give Mavi a warm welcome! 💜

30/04/2026

It was 1988 when “The Knotted Gun” was installed in front of the UN Headquarters, becoming one of the most recognizable symbols of peace and non-violence worldwide.

Today, almost four decades later, it was a privilege to stand by it with UNOY members. This is a powerful reminder that peace is not static, but requires effort, commitment, and collective action.

While we are grateful to be here, we are also thinking of the many friends and colleagues who could not travel to New York due to visa constraints and security challenges. These barriers shape whose voices are heard in international spaces.

📢 If we are serious about young people as key actors in peace and security, equal and safe mobility must be part of the agenda. Meaningful youth engagement should be a right for all, not a privilege for a few.

Today and always, ✌☮️

Fundación LATIR Equidad en el Mundo Fundación Váyalo Asociación de jóvenes latinoamericanos por los ODS
United Nations Association of Mongolia / НҮБ-ын Нийгэмлэг

29/04/2026

We’d like to spend a moment appreciating Manon Buret, who has coordinated UNOY’s network for the last 4 years.

In this time, our network has grown stronger in many ways: in resilience, in solidarity, in community. Manon constantly improved internal processes, advocated for inclusivity and accessibility, championed wellbeing, and strengthened the culture of peer learning and care at UNOY.

As Manon moves on from UNOY to a new adventure, we want to share a big 💜THANK YOU 💜 from all of us across the network 🌍

23/04/2026

In Trinidad, Honduras, young people are rarely seen as peacebuilders. They're seen as victims - or threats. educate.’s project Tejiendo Futuros (Weaving Futures) changed that narrative.

Over three months, through photography 📷, muralism 🎨, robotics 🤖, and sport ⚽, educate.'s young leaders became agents of peace in their own communities.

This is what changes when young people are given genuine space, resources, and trust - not as passive recipients of programmes, but as their protagonists.

Read the full story in our latest blog article by Antonia McGrath and Samuel Adonay Reyes Rodriguez. 🔗 https://unoy.org/weaving-futures-of-resistance/

23/04/2026

Young people aren't waiting to shape the future of peace. They're already doing it. 🌍

Last week in New York, we joined a high-level dialogue on youth-led innovation and the 2030 Agenda. Key takeaways included:

💡Youth participation is a right, and it has to be intentional
💡Technology can be a powerful tool for inclusion
💡Young people must be trusted to lead and own the process
💡Local innovation is driving real change, even in the toughest contexts
💡Trust and collaboration are essential to make inclusion a standard, not a privilege

Youth-led innovation is accelerating peace, and the momentum is real.

Search for Common Ground UNFPA Fundación LATIR Equidad en el Mundo Youth for Peace International Suomen YK-nuoret / UN Youth of Finland

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