The Earth is urging a call to action. Nature and the environment are suffering increasingly from pollution, overuse, and rising temperatures, causing disastrous effects on people’s livelihoods. Thus environmental degradation and climate change increasingly interact...
International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrates women’s worldwide social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. Furthermore, it sets a call to action for accelerating gender equality. This year, IWD is set around the theme #EmbraceEquality, raising...
We are looking back! On November 3rd, 2022, the Youth Peace Initiative was invited to attend the 2022 Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize at the Carnegie Foundation – Peace Palace. The Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize is awarded every two years by the Carnegie...
Last month, the YPI team went out on the streets of the Hague to ask young people: What does ‘peace’ mean to you? Just one simple question, one might think. But it turned out it was a lot harder to answer. The Oxford Dictionary defines peace as “a situation...
Last Sunday during the Open Day in the HUB, Marthe Hiev and Steffie gave a workshop on Safe Spaces. As a part of our peacebuilding efforts with young Palestinians and Israelis, access to safe spaces is vital for conflict resolution. Safe spaces ensure dignity,...
