Strengthening Human Security and Community Resilience by Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence in Peru
Duration: March 2014– December 2017
Budget: US$4,870,751 (UNTFHS: $2,253,703; Pooled funding: $2,691,430)
Implementing Agencies: UNODC (lead), UNDP, UNFPA, UNLIREC, PAHO
Considered Peru¡¯s second most dangerous city, the citizens of Trujillo live in fear of armed robbery, extortion, human trafficking, sexual violence, drug trafficking and gang-related violence. In addition, limited economic opportunities and an underperforming educational system, along with poor sanitation, a struggling health service delivery system and lack of safe public spaces further undermine the human security of Trujillo¡¯s most vulnerable communities and create fertile conditions for the proliferation of violent gangs and criminal networks. Living in informal settlements at the city¡¯s edge, Trujillo¡¯s poorest and most marginalized communities, consisting primarily of rural economic migrants, bear the brunt of this rising crime and violence.
The programme aims to develop a sustainable and multisectoral model for reducing crime and safeguarding human security in three of the most vulnerable and at-risk communities of Trujillo, with particular emphasis on empowering these communities. This is to be achieved by establishing practical and replicable models for an integrated and prevention-oriented programme to: (i) reduce serious crime rates; (ii) prevent gender-based violence in high-risk, crime-ridden communities, and (iii) lessen youth involvement in criminality.
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