Youth Power Hacks
The Youth Power Hacks have launched to bring together hundreds of young people to hack solutions to help get the Global Goals delivered.
Youth experiences of the decent work deficit
Youth research into the youth employment challenge in lower income countries. More than half of the world’s population is under 30 years old – nine-tenths of whom are from developing and emerging economies. Never before have there been so many young people. This report investigates the youth employment challenge in lower income countries as described …
‘Once Restless, always Restless’
This story is a part of our 10 years of Restless Development Celebrations; Becoming Restless, Changing Development. Restless Development is here today thanks to its incredible supporters. To celebrate 10 years since we became Restless Development Megan Andrews caught up with one of those supporters. Jim Sewell first got involved with us in 1990 when we …
Juliet’s Story
This story is a part of our 10 years of Restless Development Celebrations; Becoming Restless, Changing Development. Youth constitute 18% of the global population (in my country, Uganda, they are 78% of the population), and they understand the challenges they face better than anyone. I believe the main solution to the development challenge across the …
‘Youth Principles’ launched to address problems in education and work.
12 young researchers have launched ‘Youth Principles’ to help address problems young people face in education and work.
Parliaments and the Power of Young People: A Call to Action
Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 make up about 1.2 billion of the world’s population. However, many young people have been sidelined in decision making processes at national and sub national levels, and less than 2% of parliamentarians worldwide are under 30 years old. Youth participation in politics is critical for achieving …
Lebo’s Story
Empowering silenced civil society voices. “We have always done our work at a local level without thinking of broadening our working relations but through the coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that Restless Development created we have learned that together we can do more.“ – Lebo, Programmes Assistant, Yomelela Community Support Organisation, South Africa Over …
Four stories of youth resilience from around the world.
As we celebrate this year’s International Youth Day, we find ourselves living in a new era of incredible resilience. Young people everywhere have been showing their resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting not just themselves but their communities too. These four stories of young people from the UK, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and …
