Restless Development recruited six rightsholders into We Lead’s steering committee, training them to engage meaningfully as equal partners. Andrea Paz Andrea is a young activist passionate about women’s rights in Honduras. She is a dedicated student of Communication Sciences, where she has found a platform to express her voice and advocate for gender equality. Currently, she …
The Transforming Education Summit (opens in a new tab) (TES) in September 2022 seeks to mobilise political ambition, action, and solidarity to transform education. But the success of the Summit is under threat. Unless young people are in the driving seat , the Transforming Education Summit will fail. For the Summit to be truly transformational, …
In 2021, Restless Development and our partner Lightful supported five young climate activists from across the world to travel to Glasgow to bring as many youth voices into COP26 as possible.
Youth Power to end AIDS by 2030 GenEndIt is a collaborative initiative to empower youth to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. It is a coalition of youth-serving organisations made up by AVERT, the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, …
Training Civil Society Organisations to improve accountability in their project activities. Restless Development Zambia conducted a four-day training focused on strengthening the capacities of youth-led and youth-focused non-governmental organisations in social accountability with an objective to increase civic engagement and improve transparency and accountability of government actions and policies in Zambia. The training is part …
Restless Development conducted its Annual Young Leaders survey with current volunteers and alumni who led our work in 2021. Young people who lead our work are our greatest asset. There are a wide range of ways in which young people volunteer their time and lead our work. Young leaders work with us as community based …
Engaging young people in Nepal to protect the environment. The first National kick-off meeting of Nepali Youth in Climate Action and Green Growth, a project funded by European Union (opens in a new tab) was organized on March 4, 2022 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepali Youth in Climate Action and Green Growth is a four year …
Improving the sexual health and rights of women and girls in Zambia Restless Development Zambia and partners CARE Zambia (opens in a new tab) have launched The SHE SOARS project which advances Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and Economic Empowerment! Speaking at the Launch of the SHE-SOARS which was attended by His Royal Highnesses …
Improving the sexual health and rights of women and girls in Uganda. The government of Uganda through the Commissioner Reproductive Health at Ministry of Health has committed to working closely with Sexual and reproductive Health and Economic empowerment (SHE) Supporting Out-of-school Adolescent girls’ Rights and Skills (SOARS) project with the implementing partners. SHE SOARS will …
Youth organisations and groups have been a lifeline in crises but are under threat, says new report