{"id":17758,"date":"2022-09-29T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genevacitieshub.org\/?page_id=17758"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:58:34","slug":"peace-in-our-cities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/peace-in-our-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace in Our Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17758\" class=\"elementor elementor-17758\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6694525 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6694525\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88a85a0\" data-id=\"88a85a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4167155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4167155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Co-facilitated by Pathfinders for a Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Society at NYU&#8217;s Center on International Cooperation, together with the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego, PlusPeace, and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, Peace in Our Cities is a growing network of 22 cities and 30 community-based and international partners that work together to halve urban violence by 2030. We create concrete, participatory, and evidence-based exchanges to reduce and prevent severe violence in member cities, while building a global movement of advocates to reduce urban violence. Together, we are demonstrating that progress is possible and action is essential.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Peace in Our Cities will continue to: scale up opportunities to network and exchange knowledge; connect city and city-based actors to expert advisors in specialized areas; offer cities practical support on contextualized violence prevention; learn from and expand Peace Incentive Fund initiatives; commission research prioritized by our members; and expand the network to include new cities and city-based organizations committed to implementing evidence-based and innovative solutions for violence in cities.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4906b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c4906b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES<\/span><\/strong><\/h4><div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div><p>Peace in Our Cities seeks to:<\/p><p>\u2022 Spread knowledge about the scale of urban violence in the world and about evidence-based solutions that save lives and heal communities.<\/p><p>\u2022 Advance effective, justice-centred and evidence-based strategies to reduce violence.<\/p><p>\u2022 Accompany city leaders and partner organizations in their efforts to reduce and prevent the most serious forms of violence in their cities.<\/p><p>There is no cost to joining Peace in Our Cities.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-851b3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"851b3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">KEY PROJECTS<\/span><\/strong><\/h4><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Peace in Our Cities works to address the most serious situations of violence taking place across cities in the world today.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2022 We support our members through the provision of tailored action research; in-person and virtual peer exchange opportunities on relevant topics; advisory services as requested; network opportunities to connect partners across a range of areas of expertise; and opportunities to share and present at high-level international policy and advocacy events.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2022 In 2021 we introduced a new, exploratory programme that, through our Peace Incentive Fund, provided nine PiOC members with micro-grants for locally-driven prevention initiatives.<\/p><p>Peace in Our Cities remains steadfast in its commitment to halve urban violence by 2030. No-one should live a life plagued by fear of violence.<\/p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9357608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9357608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CONTACT INFORMATION<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-313aed2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"313aed2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bfc554\" data-id=\"8bfc554\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403cbd1 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"403cbd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/peaceinourcities.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Peace in Our Cities website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-affc7df\" data-id=\"affc7df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5861490\" data-id=\"5861490\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483f80f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"483f80f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:valeria@peaceinourcities.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-facilitated by Pathfinders for a Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Society at NYU&#8217;s Center on International Cooperation, together with the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego, PlusPeace, and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, Peace in Our Cities is a growing network of 22 cities and 30 community-based and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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