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Pierre-Antoine

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  1. “Globally, we young people have achieved incredible milestones and contributed to peace and security efforts with very limited support and resources. Imagine what we could do if we had access to additional data and flexible funding and how we could contribute to policies and projects if we held more positions in Governments and United Nations agencies and leadership roles in the public and private sectors. It is by supporting our initiatives and movements, fostering partnerships, strengthening meaningful, diverse and inclusive participation, and ensuring the protection of young women and men and transgender youth that sustainable peace can become a reality.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  2. “The participation of diverse youth at all levels will ensure that our race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic background and ability are not a systematic source of exclusion, discrimination or being made invisible. Thirdly, we ask that the Council work to ensure that age and gender are always an integral part of peace and security discussions. Almost 20 years ago, women and men came together around resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. Now people of all ages are coming together around resolution 2250 (2015) to ensure the inclusion of younger generations. That is crucial to incorporating young women in all formal conflict assessments, peacebuilding programming and security processes, as well as recognizing, supporting and ensuring the protection and safety of young peacebuilders and human rights defenders.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  3. “Much money is spent on military action globally, when it could be spent on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. Instead, young people called for investment in positive, peaceful and practical solutions. On behalf of all of us, in particular on behalf of my fellow young women peacebuilders, we expect the following of the Security Council. First, we ask for investment in and support for young women, men and transgender youth fighting racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, homophobia, transphobia, sexism and discrimination directed against people with disabilities. That is indispensable to rethink the power relations that are breaking down our societies and contributing to extremism and terrorism. Secondly, we ask for advocating for meaningful inclusion by recognizing the strength in the multiple identities of young people.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  4. “As a result, behind each of the recommendations of the progress study are multiple testimonies of pain, loss and disillusion, but also stories of courage, hope and success. Such inclusive platforms enabling young women and men to take part in peace and security discussions are rare. I hope that Member States can replicate that inclusive participatory methodology so as to further support the work of young peacebuilders in their countries. All of us - the young people who participated in the progress study - are very clear that we do not want more weaponized forces that terrorize the poor, the indigenous, the racial and ethnic minorities, those with disabilities and illnesses and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  5. “I urge everyone to recognize that transforming cities, public spaces and homes into safe spaces for young women and transgender youth is a human right. That is what we are striving to achieve with the progress study. I was privileged to be part of the consultations organized within the framework of the progress study for the Latin American and Caribbean region and at the global level. I witnessed the passion and drive of young peacebuilders globally. Discussing the topic of peace and security is not easy and has led to deeply challenging, but also profoundly honest, conversations. Although we shared our experiences, failures and setbacks, we mainly shared our lessons learned and victories. We were provided with an appropriate platform and a caring ear, and were therefore able to discuss openly.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  6. “Young men organized themselves and formed patrol groups to block gangs from entering their communities. Because of gender stereotypes, it would be easy to see those young men as loitering or violent youth, when in fact they were only trying to protect their loved ones. Cultures that do not allow men to express their feelings and that offer only violent role models foster an atmosphere in which unhealthy and oppressive behaviours are normalized and rewarded. That type of toxic masculinity creates situations that fuel insecurity in the home and streets and, ultimately, for the entire community. The narrative of young men as perpetrators of violence must be changed. I am here before the Council today to talk about the gender aspect of youth, peace, and security.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  7. “For years, young women organized discussion groups and workshops to change attitudes and gender norms that contribute to the high rates of violence and impunity within IDP camps and neighbouring communities. In the process, they became community leaders and role models for younger girls to look up to. That is a testament to the importance of adapting peacebuilding work to a feminist and age-appropriate framework. Effectively addressing the concerns of young women and girls, including trauma healing, empowers and fosters leadership skills. The narrative of young women as powerless victims must be changed. The rule of law was often not present in communities with which I worked. Local Government and police were either absent, overwhelmed or complicit.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  8. “Following the 2010 earthquake, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced over 1 million others, the World Young Women Christian Association of Haiti, a locally led feminist non-governmental organization for and by young women, was quick to offer psychosocial support in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. During one ofthe group therapy sessions in an area prone to conflict among rival gangs, a young girl shared the fact that she was not afraid of another earthquake, but afraid of older men coming into her tent at night. Those girls were also afraid of the ones who were supposed to provide aid but in the end contributed to more abuse.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source

  9. “Ms. Pierre-Antoine: I am deeply thankful to His Excellency Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru for inviting me to speak before the Security Council today during this important debate on youth, peace, and security. My name is Sophia Pierre-Antoine. I was born in Haiti in 1991, as a coup d'e'tat was unfolding. I was a teenager when the next coup took place, in 2004. Like many young women and men of my generation, my childhood and adolescence were marked by periods of violence and political instability. Many might be quick to think that such challenging circumstances made my fellow young Haitians frustrated, exasperated, violent or helpless victims. Yet we are the ones leading a daily struggle to ensure security in our streets, peace in our homes and justice in our communities.”

    2018-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8241 (2018) · source