The UN Joint Programme, carried out by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), 'Strengthening Human Security and Community Resilience by Fostering Peaceful Coexistence in Peru' aims to develop a sustainable and multisectorial model for reducing crime and safeguarding human security in three of the most vulnerable and at risk communities of Trujillo, Peru, with emphasis on empowering these communities. This is to be achieved by establishing practical and replicable models for: (i) an integrated and prevention-oriented program to reduce serious crime rates; (ii) reducing gender-based violence in high-risk, crime-ridden communities; and (iii) reducing youth involvement in criminality.