YTN’s Community of Practice: Youth in the Decolonization of International Peace & Security

In 2025, we were proud to launch the first Community of Practice, gathering youth worldwide in Decolonizing International Peace and Security. Our CoP brings together emerging and established young leaders, peacebuilders, researchers, and activists who are passionate about advancing the decolonization of peace and security.

Anchored in a youth-led, Global South-centered perspective, the CoP offers a safe, collaborative, and interdisciplinary space to critically interrogate colonial legacies within peace and security frameworks and co-create alternative narratives that are inclusive, just, and rooted in lived realities.

The CoP is a space for: Mutual learning and solidarity, regular knowledge exchange, webinars, brainstorming sessions, and collaborative meetings, dissemination of original content, and co-creation of decolonial tools and approaches.

Read all about it here and check out our recent activities below!