Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar in which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge and practice on a diverse range of topics relating to the promotion … Continue reading →
The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is a knowledge hub that connects the critical mass of peacebuilding actors, resources, and expertise in Geneva and worldwide. Founded in 2008, the Platform has a mandate to facilitate interaction on peacebuilding between different institutions and … Continue reading →
A review of the origin, current state and an idea for the future of International Day of Living Together on 16 May 2020 by Philip Brown, Secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch. He says that at present this … Continue reading →
The following is a Peace Charter produced by the pupils Cardinal Newman Catholic School. Other schools could produce their own charters.
Continue reading →Report written by a member Cardinal Newman School’s Peace and Justice Group This year at Peace and Justice Group we have had many great experiences such as going to our twin city Dresden in Germany on a peace trip and … Continue reading →
We are a newly established group of singers who meet monthly on the first Saturday of the month from 10.30 -12.00 noon in Earlsdon, Coventry. Attendance varies from 15-20 people and we have a break for coffee. We started singing … Continue reading →
Can football be an agent of peace? Football for Peace believes so. It is an international movement that wants to foster lasting peace, equality and integration between communities around the world, and show governments and policy makers how the simple concept of … Continue reading →
RISING Global Peace Forum publishes valuable videos recording the speakers of the talks it organises over the years. Below is a video of the Keynote address by Hilary Benn from RISING 2015. For a complete list of their videos see … Continue reading →
Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding These define nine overarching principles to ensure meaningful involvement of young people in building peace and helped shift policy discussions towards the recognition of young people’s role for building peace. More information here. The … Continue reading →
United Nations Association Coventry Branch has created two workshops for schools on behalf of the Coventry Schools Peace & Justice Forum. The first workshop deals with the topic of War, and focuses on the life of a child soldier. This … Continue reading →