Youth are often at the forefront of agitating for change – a pattern recognised by the United Nations in its recently released Global Report on Protecting Young People in Civic Space
Strengthening the understanding of conflict analysis, triggers for election-related conflict, as well as conflict styles, methods and approaches of responding to election-related conflict
On Friday the 3rd of September 2021, ACCORD and its Training for Peace Programme in collaboration with the African Union (AU) Youth for Peace Africa Programme (Y4P) Africa Programme, hosted a virtual
ACCORD, in partnership with the African Union (AU) Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) initiative conducted a virtual Conflict Management Training for Youth Peacebuilders in Southern Africa from 19 – 20
In 1999, the UN General Assembly resolution 54/120 endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers of Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International
On 12 May 2021, the Civil Society-UN Prevention Platform convened an informal virtual dialogue on ‘Advancing UN Prevention Efforts Across Sectors and Institutions,’ with participation from a diverse range of
ACCORD hosted a group of five (5) SIT MA students on Thursday, 15 April 2021 on the Zoom platform. The group was by accompanied by Dr. Imraan Buccus, Academic Director
The expanding youth, peace and security agenda in Africa calls for the full participation of youth in peacemaking processes at all levels
ACCORD joined a group of civil society networks to contribute at a focus group discussion on youth inclusiveness in peace processes. The focus group was jointly hosted by the Office
Sixty per cent (60%) of the Central African Republic’s (CAR) population is estimated to be under the age of 24. Despite their significant numbers, youth remain largely underrepresented and excluded