Americas Youth Advocacy Team receives 2025 Youth Carnegie Peace Prize

The Jury's StatementThe jury of the Youth Carnegie Peace Prize explains: "Working for peace can sometimes feel abstract, and analyzing numbers and statistics can seem like a dry subject. The young people of Americas Youth Advocacy Team know how to bring ideas and numbers to life in everyday experiences: They fill gaps in existing research on Youth, Peace and Security, make it accessible to a broad audience and actively seek dialogue with policymakers - all while connecting young peacebuilders across North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Am-YAT and its report serve as a strategic tool for advocating youth involvement, mobilizing investment in youth-led peace initiatives, and fostering a strong sense of empowerment."

THE HAGUE, 27/11/2025 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - varie)

The Jury's Statement
The jury of the Youth Carnegie Peace Prize explains: "Working for peace can sometimes feel abstract, and analyzing numbers and statistics can seem like a dry subject. The young people of Americas Youth Advocacy Team know how to bring ideas and numbers to life in everyday experiences: They fill gaps in existing research on Youth, Peace and Security, make it accessible to a broad audience and actively seek dialogue with policymakers - all while connecting young peacebuilders across North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Am-YAT and its report serve as a strategic tool for advocating youth involvement, mobilizing investment in youth-led peace initiatives, and fostering a strong sense of empowerment."

Youth Carnegie Peace Prize
The Carnegie Foundation, owner and manager of the Peace Palace, together with the Youth Peace Initiative, awards the Youth Carnegie Peace Prize every two years to showcase outstanding best practices by young individuals and youth-led organizations. The prize shines a spotlight on innovative peacebuilding efforts and aims to inspire others to launch their own initiatives. In 2023, the international youth movement World's Youth for Climate Justice won the Prize for its dedicated efforts in fighting climate change by means of international law and for advocating climate justice.

Award Ceremony 
The Youth Carnegie Peace Prize will be formally presented to the Americas Youth Advocacy Team on Friday, 12 December 2025. The award ceremony will be held in the Auditorium of the Peace Palace and will be streamed live online. Program details are available on the Peace Palace's website.

Press Invitation / Note for Editors:  
Members of the press are cordially invited to attend the award ceremony on Friday, 12 December 2025, in the Auditorium of the Peace Palace.

more information: www.peacepalace.org/youthprize. 

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