Georgia: Peace Trailblazer: “Young Women Are not just Participants in Peacebuilding – We Are its Pulse”

Jun 30, 2025 | UN Women
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Eleonora Tchania (26) is the co-founder and researcher of the youth peace network 16th Element and Projects Coordinator at the Center for Peace and Civic Development (CPCD) from Georgia. As a young peace activist, content creator, and researcher, she works to address the gap in youth-accessible, reliable information about conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Her research and publications primarily focus on youth, peace, and security perspectives and contexts.

1. What is the role of the young generation of women in peace and security today?

The young generation of women plays a transformative and increasingly indispensable role in peace and security, actively reshaping the very foundations of how peace is defined, pursued and sustained. We are the architects of alternative narratives that resist the normalization of violence, challenge gendered silencing, and reimagine peace as something that is both collective and deeply personal.

We are not waiting to be included. Despite limited access to decision-making spaces and chronic underfunding, we continue to operate from the margins with clarity of purpose and a strong sense of responsibility.