PATHFINDERS GRAND CHALLENGE
HALVING
GLOBAL VIOLENCE
BY 2030
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 global violence by 2030.
Reducing violence by 50% in the next decade is not a radical proposition.
Violence is not inevitable; it is a preventable epidemic because solutions are known and are an investment with exponential returns.
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.
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.
The Movement is spearhead by the Halving Global Violence Task Force, a high-level coalition working to increase ambition, attention, and tools to develop and implement a shared action plan for policymakers worldwide to deliver on this ambitious agenda.
INITIATIVES
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
FEATURED
RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
7 Nov 2022
Halving Global Violence Task Force, Repot from the Second Meeting (Geneva, September 12 - 13, 2022)
Pathfinders
Report
14 Sept 2021
Andrew Mack Dialogue on Peace & Security: The past, present and future of violence
Pathfinders, SIPRI, the Igarapé Institute, Simon Fraser University
Event
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
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 Kenyan activist using art as vehicle for change
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Blog
30 Sept 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
21 Dec 2021
Making Sense of Violence in our Homes, Communities, and Cities: What We Read in 2021
Pathfinders
Blog
26 Aug 2021
The advocate catalyzing global action on migration at a local level
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
The mayor working with her community to stop violence
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 Sept 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
Report
8 Nov 2021
The Halving Global Violence Task Force – Reports from the first meeting and the path ahead
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Other
29 Jul 2021
Expert-level meeting report: 'A New Landscape of Cooperation in the time of COVID-19', Wilton Park, June 2020
Pathfinders
Other
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
The footballer using sport to advance peace
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
28 Jul 2020
Meeting report: A new landscape of cooperation in the time of COVID-19
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Event
21 Sept 2021
Halving Global Violence – A Crucial Step Towards Peaceful Societies
Members of the Halving Global Violence Task Force
Statement
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
World Economic Forum: We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here’s how
Robert Muggah, Laura Bailey
Op-Ed
30 Sept 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