You have shared powerful images and reflections of peace, strength, and possibility. Now, take the next step.
Want to understand the issues more deeply?
Explore research training options that will allow you to learn what drives insecurity and what it takes to build safer communities.
- Disarmament education website: https://www.disarmamenteducation.org/#/en
- UNIDIR’s Youth Disarmament Orientation Course: https://unidir.org/what-we-do/unidir-academy/youth-disarmament-orientation-course/
- UNSSC’s Youth, Peace and Security Primer on In-country Implementation: https://www.unssc.org/courses/youth-peace-and-security-primer-country-implementation (soon available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic)
- UNODA’s Introduction to Disarmament: Machinery, Processes and the role of the United Nations: https://www.disarmamenteducation.org/#/en/courses/21
- UNODA’s Youth and Disarmament Course: https://www.disarmamenteducation.org/#/en/courses/102
Ready to speak up for change?
Use these advocacy toolkits to elevate your voice and influence the issues that matter.
- UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org.uk/working-with-young-people/youth-advocacy-toolkit/
- OHCHR: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/tools/youth-rights-advocacy-toolkit
- A World at School, Plan International, Youth Advocacy Group of the Global Education First Initiative: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/education-we-want-advocacy-toolkit
- Plan International: https://plan-international.org/campaigns/youth-toolkit/
- Girl’s Advocacy Alliance: https://www.defenceforchildren.nl/media/2530/gaa-toolkit.pdf
- Youth Café: https://www.theyouthcafe.com/tools-and-publications/advocacy-toolkit-for-youth-in-democratic-governance-a-guide-to-effective-youth-led-advocacy-in-governance
- Advocates for Youth: https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Youth-Activist-Toolkit.pdf
- Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/youth-activist-toolkit
- UK Youth: https://www.ukyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EmpowHER-Social-Action-Resource.pdf
- EU Youth Forum: https://www.youthforum.org/files/230524-AdvocacyHandbook-150x240mm-digi_2023-05-25-092834_prmy.pdf
Want to get involved in global efforts for peace and security?
Browse opportunities to join youth networks and connect with others making a difference.
- Global Shapers: https://www.globalshapers.org/home
- United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY): https://unoy.org/
- Youth, Peace and Security Network: http://youthpeaceandsecuritynetwork.org/
- WFUNA Youth Network: https://wfuna.org/program/youth-network/
Want to go further with visual storytelling?
Keep exploring how photography can help you document the world around you, reconnect with yourself and others, and advocate for the future you want to see. Use your lens to keep sharing stories of peace, strength, and possibility.
- Udemy Free Photography Courses and Tutorials: https://www.udemy.com/topic/photography/free/?srsltid=AfmBOopXkGs7aO3dxjUD7iLA64kwbaQtPFtgq3QrSj-g4QatxJCr_tl3
- Alison Beginner Digital Photography https://alison.com/course/beginner-digital-photography
- Coursera photography courses: https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=photography
- IPHOTOGRAPHY Free Photography Course: https://www.iphotography.com/free-photography-course/
- Social Justice Advocacy and Photography: https://unshuttered.org/theme/social-justice-advocacy-and-photography/
- Learn Photography for Beginners | Full photography course: https://youtu.be/yhAmMUi2NmM?si=mBD9Zvetq62YD0dN
- Beginning Photography Fundamentals: Composition, Lighting & Camera Settings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcA7pPwYZY
- The Use of Photography in Advancing Human Rights: https://www.newtactics.org/conversations/use-photography-advancing-human-rights/
- How Photojournalism Drives Advocacy and Social Change: https://www.camerasforgirls.org/blog/how-photojournalism-drives-advocacy-and-social-change
Apply for volunteering programmes, jobs, fellowships and youth representation programmes.
- UNHCR’s Youth with Refugees Art Contest: https://www.unhcr.org/get-involved/take-action/youth-refugees-art-contest
- UNESCO’s Youth Engagement Platforms: https://www.unesco.org/en/youth
- UNCCT Youth Engagement and empowerment: https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/cct/youth-engagement-and-empowerment
- UNFPA Youth and Peacebuilding: https://www.unfpa.org/youth-peace-security
- Youth Transforming Narratives: https://www.youthtransform.org/
- UNV Youth Advocates Programme: https://www.unicef.org/careers/stories/unv-youth-advocates-programme-applications-now-open
- African Union Youth Volunteer Corps: https://au.int/en/volunteer/african-union-youth-volunteer-corps
- EU funded volunteering opportunities: https://youth.europa.eu/go-abroad/volunteering/opportunities_en
- UNESCO Young Professional Programme (YPP): https://careers.unesco.org/content/Young-Professional-Programme/?locale=en_GB
- WTO Young Professionals Programme: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/vacan_e/ypp_e.htm
- ICYE Long-term Programmes: https://www.icye.org/longterm/
- UN Youth Delegate Programme: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/youth/un-youth-delegate-programme
Your voice doesn’t stop here. This is just the beginning.