
The Peace in Our Cities network seeks to galvanize mayors, city governments, and civil society organizations to halve urban violence by 2030.
PEACE
IN OUR CITIES
ABOUT THE INITIATIVE
More people are dying on the streets of the world’s cities than in conflict zones, yet we have failed to give the problem sufficient attention.
Growing urban areas, strained social services, and increasing patterns of precarity and inequality threaten to further exacerbate violence patterns in cities.
Luckily, we have tried and tested tools and evidence-based solutions which have in the past helped drastically reduce violence in cities across the world.
Peace in Our Cities, a network of 20 cities and 30 community-based and international partners, has quickly established itself as a pioneering platform championing bold urban violence reduction goals and actionable ideas. We seek to work with city leaders and partners to halve urban violence by 50% by creating concrete, participatory, and evidence-based platforms that make progress toward SDG16+ with an initial focus on SDG16.1 (to significantly reduce all forms of violence).
Since our launch in 2019, Peace in Our Cities has evolved into a platform working to:
FACILITATORS
CITIES

Abeokuta
Nigeria

Amman
Jordan

Bangui
Central African Republic

Cali
Colombia

Chaguanas
Trinidad & Tobago

Colombo
Sri Lanka

Dayton, Ohio
USA







Kisumu
Kenya
Durban
South Africa
Edmonton
Canada
Escobedo
Mexico
Guadalajara
Mexico
Hargeisa
Somalia
Kano
Nigeria

Kumanovo
North Macedonia

Mechelen
Belgium
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Nairobi Municipality
Kenya

Niterói
Brazil

Oakland, California
USA

Palmira
Colombia

Pelotas
Brazil

Tripoli
Lebanon

FEATURED
As we celebrate the two year anniversary of Peace in Our Cities, learn more about what we've accomplished and where we're headed in our mission to reduce levels of urban violence by 50% by 2030. Read our summary.