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Highlight of Resources on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS)

Agbiboa, E.D. (2015). Youth as tactical agents of peacebuilding and development in the Sahel. In Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. Vol. 10. No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1080/15423166.2015.1082927

Ali Altiok and Irena Grizelj (2019) ‘We are Here: An Integrated Approach to Youth-Inclusive Peace Processes’ https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Global-Policy-Paper-Youth-Participation-in-Peace-Processes.pdf

Altiok, Ali, Helen Berents, Irena Grizelj, and Siobhán McEvoy-Levy. “Youth, peace, and security.” In Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development, pp. 433-447. Routledge, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204514/1/68199013.pdf

Berents, Helen, and Caitlin Mollica. “Reciprocal institutional visibility: Youth, peace and security and ‘inclusive’agendas at the United Nations.” Cooperation and Conflict 57, no. 1 (2022): 65-83. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00108367211007873

Berents, Helen. “Power, Partnership, and Youth as Norm Entrepreneurs: Getting to UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace, and Security.” Global Studies Quarterly 2, no. 3 (2022): ksac038. https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article-pdf/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksac038/45021252/ksac038.pdf

Del Felice, C. and Wisler, A., (2007) The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peacebuilders, Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development, Issue 11. https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/handle/2066/56049/56049.pdf?sequence=1

Dowdney, L. (2005). Neither War Nor Peace: International Comparisons of Children and Youth in Organised Armed Violence. https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/node/5014/pdf/5014.pdf

Graeme Simpson (2018). Youth, Peace and Security: Addressing the Violence of Exclusion https://www.c-r.org/accord/inclusion-peace-processes/youth-peace-and-security-addressing-violence-exclusion

Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding (2014) https://www.youth4peace.info/node/60

Herbert Bangura. Africa’s Youth: An Underutilised resource for Peacebuilding. http://www.daghammarskjold.se/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DHF_DD63_p103-107.pdf

Hilker, L.M. and Fraser, E. 2009. Youth exclusion, violence, conflict and fragile states: Report prepared for DFID’s Equity and Rights Team. Social Development Direct. Available from <http://goo.gl/iAmb2>

If I disappear: Global reporting on protecting young people in civic space. https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Global-Report-on-Protecting.-Young-People-in-Civic-Space.pdf

Kola Ibrahim and Rafiu Lawal. 2022. Baseline study on the implementation of Nigeria’s national action plan on youth, peace, and security. https://bbforpeace.org/Publications/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Updated-Final-Baseline-1.pdf

Lawal, R.A., Akhigbe, A.O., and Effevottu, E.S. 2020. (Eds). Connecting and amplifying voices of youth building peace in Nigeria. Ibadan, Nigeria: Building Blocks for Peace Foundation. https://bbforpeace.org/publication/Connecting%20and%20Amplifying%20Voices%20of%20Youth%20Building%20Peace%20in%20Nigeria.pdf

Lopes Cardozo, M., Higgins, S., Maber, E., Brandt, C., & Kusmallah, N. (2015). Literature Review: Youth Agency, Peacebuilding and Education. Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding. http://s3.amazonaws.com/inee-assets/resources/youth-literature-review.pdf

McEvoy-Levy, S. (2001, December). Youth as Social and Political Agents: Agents in Post-Settlement Peacebuilding. Kroc Institute Occasional Paper, https://www.youth4peace.info/system/files/2016-10/PRACTICE%20NOTE%20-%20Young%20People%27s%20Participation%20in%20Peacebuilding%20%282016%29.pdf

Peace Direct (2016) Local Voices for Peacebuilding in Northern Nigeria. https://www.peacedirect.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Report-Nigeria-low-res-single-page.pdf

Peace Direct (2017) Peacebuilding and Violent Extremism. https://www.peacedirect.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Peacebuilding-low-res.pdf

Peace Direct (2019) Youth and Peacebuilding. https://www.peacedirect.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/P889-PD-Youth-LVP-Report_V5.pdf

Rafiu Lawal (2016), Youth and Sustainable Peace in Nigeria https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/10/27/youth-and-sustainable-peace-in-nigeria/

Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Youth, Peace and Security, March 2020 https://undocs.org/en/S/2020/167

Smith, A., & Ellison, C. S. (2012). Youth, Education and Peacebuilding. New York: UNESCO. http://unicefinemergencies.com/downloads/eresource/docs/Adolescents/Youth_education_Peacebuilding.pdf

The missing peace: independent progress study on youth and peace and security https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/Progress_Study_on_Youth_Peace_Security_A-72-761_S-2018-86_ENGLISH.pdf

UN Plan of Action to prevent violent extremism https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/674

UNOY (2005) What is good Youth Peace Work? http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-Good-Peace-Youth-Work.pdf

UNOY (2014) 25 Stories for Peace. http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/25-Stories-Publication-Final-for-web.pdf

 UNOY (2015) Youth Impact for Peace: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning in 6 European Countries. https://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/Youth-Impact-for-Peace-Research-Report.pdf

UNOY (2019) Mapping the Progress of Youth, Peace and Security in Europe http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/EU-support-to-YPS-report-WEB.pdf

UNOY (2019) Youth for Peace Training Toolkit http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/Youth4Peace-Training-Toolkit.pdf

UNOY Peacebuilders and SFCG (2017), Mapping a Sector: Bridging the Evidence Gap on Youth Driven Peacebuilding, The Hague. http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/Mapping-a-Sector-Bridging-the-Evidence-Gap-on-Youth-Driven-Peacebuilding.pdf

UNOY. (2013). A Space for Peace: Inclusion of Youth and Peacebuilding in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Hague: UNOY. http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/UNOY_Post-2015Report_Revised.pdf

UNOY. (2015). Agreed Language on Youth, Peace and Security. The Hague: UNOY. http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Agreed-UN-Language-on-Youth-Participation-in-Peacebuilding-2-FLAT.pdf

UNOY. Youth Advocacy for a Culture of Peace. http://unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/Youth-Advocacy-for-a-Culture-of-Peace.pdf

UNSCR 2250. (2015). UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security. New York: UN. https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_res_2250.pdf

UNSCR 2419. (2018). UNSCR 2419 on Youth, Peace, and Security. New York: UN. https://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?OpenAgent&DS=S/RES/2419(2018)&Lang=E

UNSCR 2535. (2020). UNSCR 2535 on Youth, Peace and Security. New York: UN. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3872061?ln=en

Yiaga Africa (2019) How Youth Fared in the 2019 Election https://www.yiaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/How-youth-fared-in-2019-elections.pdf

Youth, COVID-19 and Violent Extremism: Let’s Be Proactive.  Published on April 3, 2020 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/youth-covid-19-violent-extremism-lets-proactive-marc-sommers

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