Youth, Violence and Conflict Transformation

McEvoy-Levy, Siobhán

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“…As in the case of youth in conflict, it is in the structure that exploitation (Gillard, 2001; Mcintyre & Thusi, 2003) and infantilisation (Hilker & Fraser, 2009) of agency happens. This is happening despite the increasing studies on the capacity of youth to be peacebuilders (Ardizzone, 2003; Arnold, 2009; Bennett et al, 2012; Del Felice & Solheim, 2011; McEvoy-Levy, 2001; Theis, 2006). Especially in fragile states, “intergenerational power dynamics” hinders youth agency in peacebuilding, especially at the local level.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Whilst they are underfunded, youth-led peacebuilding initiatives exist. Yet, their contribution is hardly recognised and is less visible to the ruling elites (McEvoy-Levy, 2001). Since the organisations are small and not hierarchical, there is more freedom to voice their feelings and initiate ways to contribute positively to society (Del Felice & Solheim, 2011).…”

Section: Youth In Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the organisations are small and not hierarchical, there is more freedom to voice their feelings and initiate ways to contribute positively to society (Del Felice & Solheim, 2011). However, often their effectiveness is hard to measure (McEvoy-Levy, 2001; Smith Ellison & Smith, 2012). In a study by Theis (2006), young peacebuilders are often those who experienced first-hand struggle and choose to bring opportunities to their fellow youth affected with conflict.…”

Section: Youth In Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social media and other structural elements surrounding youth that can address violence and advance their peacebuilding agency. Levy, 2001;Theis, 2006). Especially in fragile states, "intergenerational power dynamics" hinders youth agency in peacebuilding, especially at the local level.…”

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Media and Youth Peacebuilding Agency: A Case From Muslim Mindanao

Ragandang

2020

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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This article determines how social media, along with institutional affiliation and first-hand experiences of violence, influence youth peacebuilding agency. It utilises the case of a group of university students from Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines who implemented a project that aimed to counter Islamophobia-linked hate speech online. Interviews, focus group discussions, and participant observation were employed during fieldwork. The main argument is that the youth peacebuilding agency does not necessarily rest upon traditional peacebuilding structures. Rather, it lays in structural elements familiar to the youth. Access and familiarity of the youths to social media led them to use it as the platform of the project. The conceptualisation of the project was influenced by their first-hand experience of violence and Mindanao conflict. As university students, their institutional affiliation with the academia had supplemented in meeting the resources they needed. Time constraints and family relationships posed a challenge amongst the youth. The empirical findings of this research hope to contribute to studies on youth agency, peacebuilding, and development in post-conflict contexts.

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Section: Youth In Conflictmentioning

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Section: Youth In Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

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Social Media and Youth Peacebuilding Agency: A Case From Muslim Mindanao

Ragandang

2020

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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“…Schools and their curricula are integrally related to these goals because they encompass official discourses about the nation, democracy, rights, and history (Davies, 2003). Furthermore, youth can be influential actors, whether as agents for change, stability, disillusionment, renewed conflict, or social justice (Bekerman et al, 2009; McEvoy-Levy, 2001; Schwartz, 2010).…”

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Building Human Rights Consciousness in Postconflict Societies: Peruvian Adolescents’ Understandings of Human Rights

Vélez

2017

Journal of Adolescent Research

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During adolescence, individuals begin to form ideas about human rights as part of the development of a sense of self. The outcomes of these processes are influential in the stability and peace in postconflict societies. However, there remain many questions about how these youth construct ideas about human rights and how they become oriented toward promoting these in society through a developed human rights consciousness. This study investigates how adolescents in an underexplored area of postconflict societies—where past violence was not intimately experienced—understand human rights. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 25 fifteen-year-olds across five schools in Tacna, Peru. These adolescents understand human rights as related to respect, protection, and needing personal advocacy, but they do not integrate ideas about human rights into concrete practice—the foundation of human rights consciousness. While the majority of respondents assert that human rights must be understood and enacted in order to become reality, they do not connect these ideas to concrete issues in Peruvian society. This gap may have emerged from postconflict political developments in the Peruvian education system. For a group of female respondents, human rights are about identity, which may demonstrate the ways that local gender contexts and developmentally salient concerns shape these understandings. These findings could provide important empirical support for policies and programs fostering human rights consciousness in postconflict youth.

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The Role of ICT and Smartness for Peace-Building Processes and Practices

Cheshmehzangi

2022

ICT, Cities, and Reaching Positive Peace

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Youth, Violence and Conflict Transformation

Cited by 7 publications

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Social Media and Youth Peacebuilding Agency: A Case From Muslim Mindanao

Social Media and Youth Peacebuilding Agency: A Case From Muslim Mindanao

Building Human Rights Consciousness in Postconflict Societies: Peruvian Adolescents’ Understandings of Human Rights

The Role of ICT and Smartness for Peace-Building Processes and Practices

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