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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This 90 minute session brought together young people from Asia to ideate a strategy that could make world leaders sit up and listen on the climate and education crisis. The Big Idea event was a fantastic place to connect with other Asians who are as passionate as me about climate education and youth-led transformation. It …
Young people from all across Africa came together to connect and share ideas on changemaking and how to get decision makers to sit up, listen and take action on Climate and Education issues. Our discussions focused on three key topics: Key points raised by young people during the conversation were: The group had the opportunity …
An interactive workshop on 8th June 2022 led by executive coach, Deena Gornick.
We are launching the latest State of Youth Civil Society report – Youth Power in a Pandemic. The State of Youth Civil Society report is a global, youth-led publication that looks back over the past year and forward into the next to explore the realities that youth civil society and social movements are experiencing. To …