The Nobel Peace Prize nomination is recognition of the Integrated Schools Movement contribution to the peace process. Created in the 1970s, the movement sought to educate Catholic and Protestant children together.
Naushawng Development Institute has been conducting a series of trainings on Civic and Peace Education with the aim of enhancing young people’s skills and to increase their participation in the Myanmar peace process.
In June 2019, the Kadu Youth Development Association brought together young people from all walks of life from across Sagaing Region to discuss peace. Youth from minority ethnic communities joined representatives from Government, CSOs, political parties to create hold an inclusive conversation on the peace process.
Experts have called on the international community to change their mediation strategy in war-torn South Sudan and adapt a new approach. Some called for enhancement of peace education, constitutional democratic leadership and knowledge mobilization to transform citizen’s relationships and attitudes to avoid and discourage use of violence to solve grievances.
Former USSR President and Nobel Prize Peace winner Mikhail Gorbachev urged other winners to push for nuclear disarmament and demilitarization. He noted that all winners were united by the desire to spread the ideas of peace and a culture of peace among the citizens and especially among young people.