The Peace Corner Podcast

In this 9th episode of the Peace Corner Podcast, our host Mariam Tinikashvili, Advocacy Officer at UNOY Peacebuilders, is joined by Robin Fontaine, Climate and YPS Advisor at Sustainable Cooperation for Peace & Security (SCPS), to explore how youth-led environmental peacebuilding is not only responding to the climate-conflict nexus, but actively reshaping the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda.

Drawing from fieldwork in the Sahel and Latin America and policy engagement through initiatives like Peace@COP, Robin offers powerful insights into how young people are restoring ecosystems, protecting indigenous land, and building social cohesion in fragile and conflict-affected areas.

This episode also dives into the differences and overlaps between the YPS and Climate, Peace and Security (CPS) agendas, highlighting the value, and challenges, of bridging these frameworks from the ground up.

Whether it’s grassroots reforestation projects, youth activism against extractive industries, or efforts to bring local voices into multilateral spaces, this conversation sheds light on the urgent need to recognize, resource, and protect youth-led environmental peacebuilding around the world.

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The 9th season of the Peace Corner Podcast is an initiative of CSPPS & UNOY Peacebuilders.

Dans le 8ème épisode du Peace Corner Podcast, Oliver Gyori (CSPPS) s’entretient avec Adam Dicko, Directrice Exécutive de l’AJCAD – l’Association des Jeunes pour la Citoyenneté Active et la Démocratie.

À travers cette conversation approfondie, ils explorent les enjeux clés de la participation des jeunes et des communautés marginalisées au Mali, ainsi que dans l’ensemble de la région du Sahel. AJCAD est une organisation malienne engagée à renforcer la citoyenneté active, défendre les droits des jeunes et promouvoir leur inclusion dans les processus de gouvernance.

Adam Dicko y partage son expérience de terrain, les défis rencontrés par la jeunesse dans des contextes de fragilité, ainsi que les réponses concrètes portées par son organisation pour leur donner une voix et une place dans la société.

Cet épisode met en lumière le rôle central des jeunes en tant qu’acteurs du changement pour bâtir un avenir plus juste, démocratique et pacifique dans la région.

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La neuvième saison du Peace Corner Podcast est une initiative conjointe du CSPPS et de UNOY Peacebuilders.

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In the 8th episode of the Peace Corner Podcast, Oliver Gyori (CSPPS) speaks with Adam Dicko, Executive Director of AJCAD – the Association of Youth for Active Citizenship and Democracy.

In this in-depth conversation, they explore the key issues surrounding youth participation and the inclusion of marginalised communities in Mali and across the broader Sahel region. AJCAD is a Malian organization dedicated to strengthening youth civic engagement, defending their rights, and promoting their meaningful involvement in governance processes.

Adam Dicko shares her field experience, the challenges facing young people in fragile contexts, and the concrete actions her organisation is taking to amplify their voices and secure their place in society.

This episode highlights the vital role young people play as changemakers in building a more just, democratic, and peaceful future in the region.

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The ninth season of the Peace Corner Podcast is a joint initiative by CSPPS and UNOY Peacebuilders.

En este séptimo episodio del Peace Corner Podcast, nuestro anfitrión, Ian Puis Farrés de UNOY, y su invitado, el constructor de paz colombiano y cofundador de la Fundación Bogot’Art, Leonardo Párraga, reflexionan sobre el poder transformador del trabajo de construcción de paz liderado localmente para avanzar en la Agenda de Juventud, Paz y Seguridad (JPS). La conversacion es en castellano. También está disponible una transcripción en inglés.

En contextos afectados por conflictos como Colombia, donde las políticas no alcanzan, constructores de paz como Leonardo están creando nuevos caminos hacia la paz. Esta conversación se basa en su experiencia e historias para profundizar en el verdadero potencial de las perspectivas juveniles, tanto para evidenciar las limitaciones de la Agenda JPS como para contribuir a su fortalecimiento a nivel local.

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La novena temporada del Peace Corner Podcast es una iniciativa de CSPPS y UNOY Peacebuilders.

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In this 7th episode of the Peace Corner Podcast, our host, Ian Puis Farrés from UNOY, and his guest, Colombian peacebuilder and co-founder of Fundación Bogot’Art Leonardo Párraga, reflected on the transformative power of locally-led peacebuilding work in advancing the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda. The conversation is in Spanish. A transcript in English is available here: https://unoy.org/podcast/

In conflict-affected contexts such as Colombia, where policies fall short, peacebuilders like Leonardo are creating new pathways for peace. This discussion builds on their experience and stories, to then delve into the true potential of youth perspectives to both expose the limitations of the YPS Agenda and contribute to strengthening it at the local level.

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The 9th season of the Peace Corner Podcast is an initiative of CSPPS & UNOY Peacebuilders.

In this 6th episode of the Peace Corner Podcast, our host Maïa Flamme is joined by Natalia Peláez Pérez, Executive Director and Founder of Fundacion LATIR, to explore how young people are shaping peacebuilding in Colombia.

Natalia shares the story behind Fundación Latir and its mission to promote quality education for peace and how the global Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda informs their work.

Reflecting on Latir’s major upcoming research mapping youth inclusion in Colombia’s peace efforts, Natalia emphasises the need for a National Action Plan on YPS in Colombia, the barriers young people face, and the key recommendations for more inclusive, youth-led peacebuilding.

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In this 5th episode of the Peace Corner Podcast, our host Laura Goubran speaks with Rachel Walsh Taza, Senior Manager for Strategy at Search for Common Ground, to unpack what protection truly means within the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda.

Young peacebuilders—especially those from marginalised communities or conflict-affected regions—face complex, multi-layered threats. Rachel and Laura explore how traditional safeguarding mechanisms often fall short, and why protection must be redefined through a rights-based, youth-led, and inclusive lens.

From systemic exclusion and physical insecurity to financial and socio-cultural risks, this episode brings forward a holistic understanding of protection rooted in lived experience.

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Et… surprise pour nos amis francophones ! Une version en français de cet épisode est également disponible ! Dans cet épisode, Agathe Mainaud (UNOY) et Katrina Leclerc de la Coalition canadienne JPS (CCYPS) décortiquent l'intersection entre l'agenda Jeunesse, paix, et sécurité (JPS) et l'agenda Femmes, paix et sécurité (FPS) – deux agendas mondiaux visant à lutter contre l'exclusion des groupes historiquement marginalisés des processus de consolidation de la paix. Bien que souvent traités séparément, leur intersection est essentielle pour comprendre et surmonter les barrières systémiques – en particulier pour les jeunes femmes – qui continuent d'entraver les efforts de paix.

Cet épisode est unele fruit d’une collaboration avec le podcast Nerd-Out YPS, hébergé par CCYPS.

La 9ème saison du podcast Peace Corner est une initiative de la u CSPPS et d'UNOY Peacebuilders.

In this episode, Agathe Mainaud (UNOY) and Katrina Leclerc from the Canadian Coalition for YPS (CCYPS) unpack the intersection of Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) – two global agendas aimed at addressing the exclusion of historically marginalised groups from peacebuilding processes. While often treated separately, their intersection is key to understanding and addressing systemic barriers — particularly for young women — that continue to impede peace efforts.

This episode is a collaboration with the Nerd-Out YPS Podcast, hosted by the CCYPS.

The 9th season of the Peace Corner Podcast is an initiative of the CSPPS and UNOY Peacebuilders.

In this 3rd episode of the Peace Corner Podcast season 9, our host, Camille Panis-Boudin and her guest, Ajmal Ramyar, discussed the role of young peacebuilders from the Diaspora in the Afghan context.

Their conversation underscores how young displaced peacebuilders can be powerful actors in amplifying the voices of Afghan youth and advocating for their rights. The discussion emphasises the diaspora's role as a bridge, connecting young peacebuilders in Afghanistan with the international community. It also highlights the significance of initiatives like the YPS Agenda in legitimising youth advocacy and creating opportunities in restricted civic spaces. Finally, the episode addresses the challenges young peacebuilders face and explores future opportunities for change.

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In this episode, host Sara from UNOY speaks with Shataakshi Verma, peacebuilder and founder of Art of Freedom, to explore the transformative role of art in advancing the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda. Their conversation highlights how creative expression can be a powerful tool for demanding freedom, fostering resilience, and supporting youth participation and reintegration in peacebuilding processes. Shataakshi shares her personal journey and experience, emphasising how art gives voice to marginalised women, serves as a form of resistance and empowerment in repressive contexts such as Afghanistan, and holds the potential to be formally integrated into peacebuilding spaces such as schools and refugee centres. This episode offers insights into how art can bridge gaps where policies fall short and create new pathways for peace.

In this 1st episode of the Peace Corner Podcast Season 9, our host Virginia Noacco and Assistant Secretary General for Youth Affairs Felipe Paullier reflected on the challenges which surrounded the creation of the Youth Peace and Security Agenda 10 years ago, its successes and three recommendations for the future centering prevention through meaningful inclusion of youth leadership in security discussions, holistic approaches and connections between the local and global level, and working to enable government’s accountability to their commitments.

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The 9th season of the Peace Corner Podcast is an initiative of CSPPS & UNOY Peacebuilders.