Financing for Feminist Futures Conference

Help us shape feminist futures in Madrid on May 21-23 2025 Despite some progress, no country has achieved gender equality. Feminist movements and civil society organizations are essential for driving change but often face limited resources, particularly in the Majority World. With the Financing for Feminist Futures conference, Walking the Talk aims to integrate feminist …

Launch of the 2024 Youth Report on technology in education: A tool on our terms.

On the sidelines of UNESCO’s Flagship event: Digital Learning Week About the 2024 GEM Youth Report The 2024 GEM Youth Report on technology in education: A tool on our terms! is the result of an extensive consultation process in partnerhip with Restless Development involving +1500 youth and students across 8 regions. The consultations invited participants to reflect on the …

Democracy Moves Annual Conference 2024

Youth Power for Inclusive Democracy: Exploring New Innovations in Evolving Civic and Governance Spaces As democracies around the world face unprecedented challenges, the Democracy Moves 2024 Annual Conference arrives at a crucial moment. With authoritarianism on the rise and civil liberties shrinking, there is growing disillusionment with democratic systems. Economic and political discontent fuels scepticism …

Democracy Unplugged

Navigating the Digital Frontier for Youth Political Participation In an era where digital technologies shape the very fabric of our societies, the future of democracy hinges on our ability to harness the opportunities presented by these advancements while navigating the inherent risks. As affirmed by UN leaders in September 2022, placing human rights at the …

Powering Up Our Collective Resilience 

How can we build sisterhood and solidarity to re-energize the advancement of gender equality?  Our 2023 State of the Youth Civil Society Research Report: Young Feminist and Fearless Holding the Line found that young feminists are holding the line and advocating for gender equality in difficult contexts. and they are resilient. Join us in a …

Sign the petition!

Climate change poses an existential threat to humanity. Young people can help us find a solution. Sign our petition if you agree that every generation deserves a safe and sustainable future. Young people in Africa and Asia are at the highest risk of severe climate disruption despite contributing the least to it. They face considerable …

استبيان شابة نسوية شجاعة

نستطلع الأصوات الريادية للنسويات الشّابات الشّجاعات ممن يشكّلن عالمنا اليوم يركّز هذا الاستبيان على العمل الملهم للحركات والمجموعات النّسوية الشّابة التي تتحدّى تراجع الديمقراطية حول العالم.  وسيبيّن تقرير “حالة المجتمع المدني الشّبابي” لعام 2023 هذه الجهود الرّيادية ويلقي الضوء على صمود الشّابات/الشّبان في مواجهة الإيديولوجيات المقيّدة والدّفاع عن المساحات المدنية. كما سيتطرّق إلى التّحديات وما …

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Let’s get Restless!

Do you use Twitch or Tiltify? We’d love to hear from you as Restless Development is looking to partner with online streamers. A member of our team will get in touch in the next couple of weeks to let you know if we’d like to have a conversation with you.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Restless Women: How can we #EmbraceEquality? On Wednesday the 8th of March we celebrated International Women’s Day! We heard from three inspirational panellists from across the world at Restless Development, who are demonstrating gender equity in their daily lives. They discussed topics from ending violence and discrimination against women and girls to tackling access to …

State of Youth Civil Society Report 2023

We are launching the latest State of Youth Civil Society report – Young, Feminist and Fearless: Holding the Line. Restless Development will launch its flagship State of the Youth Civil Society report titled “Young, Feminist and Fearless: Holding the Line” at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference in Kigali. This youth-led report offers a unique opportunity to …