Meet young women fighting gender-based violence

We Lead project spotlights young women fighting gender-based violence for 16 Days of Activism. Adolescent girls and young women are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, especially those who are displaced, live with a disability or HIV, and/or who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex.  That is why during this year’s 16 Days of Activism …

Let’s Make Education Work

Young people are demanding radical change to the education system. In a fast-changing world, outdated teaching styles and a tired old curriculum are failing to prepare young people for the world of work. This is the message being taken to the RewirEd Summit by a team of young people who are campaigning to #MakeEducationWork. Their …

Stories from the #MissingMajority

The winds got strong and the rain kept falling, threatening to create a tide below that could collapse the bridge. Azeez, Youth Power Climate Rep Young people make up half of the world’s population. But they are being excluded from many of the global conversations on how to tackle climate change. This is especially the …

Living in the Climate Crisis: Young people in Uganda

Climate change is affecting young people in Uganda. How are they addressing the crises? Climate disruptions are having severe and adverse effects on people’s lives and livelihoods, demanding immediate and coordinated action. Our understanding of climate change must take into account its impacts on those most at risk of severe climate disruption – particularly young people in Africa. …

Global Annual Report 2020

Now, as ever, the power of young people matters. 2020 is a reminder that whatever the challenge, young people will respond and they will find solutions, whether protecting their communities against the spread of COVID-19, fighting misinformation that endangers the global response, leading research that elevates voices of people in communities or keeping a spotlight …

Championing Gender Equality

Abel Koka, a young feminist from Tanzania who has worked as Program Coordinator at Restless Development and Partnerships Lead for the Feminist Action Lab project attended the opening ceremony in Paris on the 30 of June 2021.