Children/Youth as Peacebuilders

Published purpose

This project aims to increase public awareness of sexual violence as a human rights violation, while also building the capacity of young people to develop youth-led education, prevention and advocacy initiatives to reduce the prevalence of sexual violence in Colombia. By building the skills of young leaders to understand the dimensions of sexual violence and to promote awareness, Children/Youth as Peacebuilders (CAP) contributes to the strengthening of its existing national network. By working primarily with young people (male and female, aged 14-25), over a 20 month period, this project aims to bring together teams of young people to build conflict resolution, project management, advocacy, gender relations and human rights skills among their peers and the adults responsible for the welfare of young people. These skills are used to support the development of youth-led projects at the community, regional and national level to raise awareness and prevent the spread of sexual violence in Colombia.