Role of Sport for Development and Peace Programs in preventing Violent Extremism among Young People in Pakistan by developing conflict resolution skills Umair Asif, and Tegwen Gadais
University de Quebec a Montreal
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation is to examine the role of ^sports for
development and peace^ programs in Pakistan to prevent Violent Extremism
among youth. VE is a growing issue in Pakistan particularly among young
people, which needs to take on a serious note. This research looks at SDP
and VE globally and in the context of Pakistan. Prevention of VE through SDP is a rare approach, which is discussed in this study.
The investigation found different positive SDP political factors from the
literature, which help to prevent VE. Based on these factors, the author
developed a SDP peace model that is used to analyze two SDP for VE
prevention youth-based programs in Pakistan. The study also observed the
impact and challenges of these SDP programs for VE prevention.
It was found that SDP is a useful tool to promote political factors such as conflict resolution, hope and practice of rights among Pakistani youth and society, particularly for the isolated
and disadvantaged communities. It gave hope and sense of rights to
many youth beneficiaries. SDP political factors found in the qualitative study are very close to SDP peace model political factors, which also indicates that these factors are useful to prevent VE among Pakistani youth and Overall SDP programs in Pakistan found helpful for prevention of VE. For future programs, this study recommends long-term SDP for VE prevention
programs with a special focus of political factors.
Keywords: sport for development and peace, violent extremism prevention
