Youth Leading Change

Katrina Leclerc is a PhD candidate and part-time professor in Conflict Studies at Saint-Paul University. Her research focuses on gender- and age-sensitive peacebuilding, youth engagement, and inclusive policy in conflict-affected contexts. Katrina is a policy specialist advising governments and UN agencies on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agendas, including in Canada, Chad, the DRC, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, and Rwanda.Erika Isabel Bulan Yague is a PhD candidate at Griffith University. She specializes in young people's engagement in emergencies, peacebuilding and disaster risk reduction. She has over a decade of experience working with the UN, governments, and civil society, including roles with UNICEF, UN DPPA-DPO and UNFPA. Her work and research are grounded in feminist and Global South perspectives on youth leadership and participation.Helen Berents is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Queensland. Her research draws on peace studies, feminist international relations, and critical security studies to consider representations of children and youth in crises and conflicts, and engagements with lived experiences of violence-affected young people.

• Chapter 1: Young People as Movers and Shakers of Peace and Security.- Part One:  Emerging Trends in Youth and Peacebuilding.- Chapter 2: Young Women’s Everyday Digital Peacebuilding in the Philippines.- Chapter 3: From Margins to Movements: The Gendered Implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in Iran.- Chapter 4: Local Voices, Global Impact: Youth, Peace, and Security Discourse Analysis in Northwestern Cameroon.- Chapter 5: Moldova's Youth in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Processes.- Chapter 6: Reflections on Emerging Trends in Youth and Peacebuilding.- Part Two:  Youth and States: Challenges and Collaboration?.- Chapter 7: Congolese Youth Navigating Peace and Security Reducing Community-Level Violence.- Chapter 8: ​​Youth on the Frontlines in Myanmar: what role for Youth, Peace and Security?.- Chapter 9: From Victims to Actors: Analyzing Youth Participation in Nigeria’s Peace and Security.- Chapter 10: Obligation Unfulfilled?: Navigating the Relationships between Youth, States and the Governance Architecture.- Part Three:  Regional Perspectives.- Chapter 11: Young People Shaping Southeast Asian Peace.- Chapter 12: Generation Peace: Youth-Driven Solutions for Security in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Chapter 13: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities: Enacting National Action Plans on Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa.- Chapter 14: Reflections on Regional Perspectives.