PATHFINDERS GRAND CHALLENGE
Halving Global Violence
BY 2030
The international community’s mandate: to “significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere” by 2030 (SDG16.1). Our bold ambition and steadfast commitment: to halve violence by 2030.
With our third Grand Challenge, Pathfinders is partnering with a variety of national governments, city authorities, international organizations, national and grassroots non-governmental organizations, as well as business and philanthropic groups to launch and support a Movement to Halve Global Violence by 2030.
Reducing violence by 50% in the next decade is not a radical proposition: many countries and cities have––with the right combination of leadership, policy interventions and resourcing––delivered stunning reductions in violence in a short time span. Violence reduction starts with understanding the nature, distribution, and drivers of violence, and wielding an evidence-base of ‘what works’ to tackle them.
Violence is not inevitable; it is a preventable epidemic because solutions are known and are an investment with exponential returns. We have more knowledge and tools to reduce violence than ever before. With smart policies, programs, and financing, countries, cities and communities can accelerate reductions in multiple categories of violence if their strategies are evidence-based and emulate pioneers from around the world.
Pathfinders seeks to increase ambition and political will worldwide: leaders at all levels must take responsibility for achieving significant, sustained, and measurable reductions in violence, by setting high level targets, accelerating unity of effort and expanding financing.
How we will get there:
CAMPAIGNS & MOBILIZATION
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
12 Jul 2021
Bridging the Silos: Integrating Strategies across Armed Conflict, Violent Crime, and Violent Extremism to Advance the UN’s Prevention Agenda
Celine Monnier
Evidence Brief
19 May 2021
Halving Global Violence with Innovative Coalitions and Resources
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Event
3 Dec 2020
The advocate working to enable and empower women peacemakers
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
28 Oct 2020
The footballer using sport to advance peace
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
30 Sep 2020
The high-level advocate fighting to end violence against children
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
1 Jul 2020
Future trends in homicide - extrapolations from 2019 to 2030
Carlos Vilalta, Robert Muggah
Evidence Brief
12 Apr 2020
Foreign Policy: We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place
Robert Muggah, Steven Pinker
Op-Ed
7 Jan 2020
Ten Reasons Why We Will Win on SDG16+ in the Next Ten Years
Bojan Francuz
Blog
14 Jun 2021
Eyeing a blueprint for a 50% reduction in global violence by 2030 — introducing the Pathfinders Task Force
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
2 May 2021
GENSAC in 2021
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
11 Nov 2020
The mayor working with her community to stop violence
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
7 Oct 2020
The activist working to build a peaceful world
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
30 Sep 2020
The Lebanese teacher fighting to end violence against women
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
1 Jul 2020
Forecasting the dividends of conflict prevention from 2020 - 2030
Gary Milante, Hannes Mueller, Robert Muggah, Katherine Aguirre, Clionadh Raleigh, Jacob N. Shapiro, Carlos Vilalta
Evidence Brief
27 Mar 2020
Global Dashboard: Peace and Pandemics: How COVID-19 will impact violence and what we can do about it
Rachel Locke
Op-Ed
23 Sep 2019
Peace in Our Cities — Local Steps towards Halving Global Violence
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
10 Jun 2021
The activist building a movement to end violence against children
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
1 Mar 2021
Gender Responsive Small Arms Control in the Decade of Action for the SDGs
Dr. Fairlie Chappuis
Report
11 Nov 2020
La alcaldesa que trabaja con su comunidad para poner fin a la violencia
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
7 Oct 2020
The Ugandan activist fighting for LGBTQI rights
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
30 Sep 2020
The Ghanian youth advocate championing the SDGs
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
1 Jun 2020
COVID-19's impact on instability and violence – and what the UK can do
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Other
2 Mar 2020
World Economic Forum: How reducing inequality will make our cities safer
Robert Muggah, Same Wahba
Op-Ed
1 Jun 2021
From Promises to Progress: Opportunities for action on gender responsive small arms control in existing international commitments
Dr. Fairlie Chappuis, GENSAC
Evidence Brief
4 Feb 2021
The Kenyan activist building peace through storytelling
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
28 Oct 2020
World Economic Forum: We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here’s how
Robert Muggah, Laura Bailey
Op-Ed
7 Oct 2020
The Kenyan activist using art as vehicle for change
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
28 Jul 2020
Meeting report: A new landscape of cooperation in the time of COVID-19
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Event
23 Apr 2020
World Economic Forum: We urgently need major cooperation on global security in the COVID-19 era
Robert Muggah, David Steven, Tørres
Op-Ed
1 Mar 2020
A Review of the Evidence and a Global Strategy for Violence Prevention
Flavia Carbonari, Alys Willman, Federico Manolio, Sofia Reinach, David Marques
Report