Guidance for International Youth Engagement in PVE and CVE: Youth Responses to Resolution 2250 and the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism
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In December 2015, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2250 and urged member states to increase the representation of youth in decision-making.2 The following month the UN Secretary-General presented his Plan of Action (PoA) to Prevent Violent Extremism and called for a comprehensive approach to systematically address the underlying conditions that individuals to join violent extremism groups.3 This presented policymakers with the challenge of implementing these documents internationally with a nuanced understanding of the state of local PVE and CVE contexts. Over the last several months, YouthCAN has made a concerted effort to reach out to young activists and garner important feedback regarding the UN PoA and Resolution 2250 in relation to specific national and regional contexts. The YouthCAN UN PVE Survey….