The mission of the global Coalition is to provide comprehensive guidance direction and support on youth, peace and security with the overarching goal of execution of the UNSCR 2250 guidelines into practice and to improve and amplify evidence-based practice, support and advocate for young people’s meaningful participation in peace and security efforts globally and locally. The Coalition started out as the Working Group on Youth and Peace Building in 2012.
It’s Time To Be Courageous, Says One Young Leader In Zambia
But in her work with young adults, Christabel has observed a general detachment among the youth from matters of civic import, and she attributes the dispassion to limited resources. As she sees it, young leaders can’t hold those in power to account if they themselves don’t have access to information; rather, Christabel advocates for a well-informed generation, one both capable of identifying wrongdoing and emboldened to speak out against it.