We can fight against violence when armed with evidence

Violence is on the rise globally, but it doesn’t have to be. The world has the knowledge, tools, structures, legal instruments, and data-collection capacity to halve violence, in all its forms, within a decade, write Rachel Locke and David Steven

In last year’s Pathways for Peace report — the result of a joint study by the United Nations and the World Bank — UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is facing a “dramatic resurgence” of conflict, which has caused immense human suffering and significantly undermined global order.