Driving Change
Jana Degrott, Co-Founder of We Belong & Member of Young Elected Politicians Programme, Luxembourg While governments struggled to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians forgot about young people. We lost years of education and entered the workforce
Driving Change
Zac Emanuel, Former Political Editor at GEN-ZiNE, former Student Professional Worker for LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, former Communications Director for NY State Assemblyman Michael Blake, former intern for RI Governor’s Office, United States
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Aida Betancourt, Director of Political Affairs/Candidate for Congress, El Salvador Since returning to El Salvador after studying abroad, I have voted in four elections. In the vast majority of cases, I completely resigned myself to
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Ramiz Bakhtiar, Founder of the Network of Former Youth Delegates to the United Nations, Afghanistan/Canada The international community is scrambling to win without war, stop military takeovers, resolve conflicts peacefully, and create consensus over global
Driving Change
Jesua Lynn, Young Peacebuilder and Researcher, Myanmar Trigger warning: this article describes acts of war, including firsthand accounts of torture, that might be uncomfortable or disturbing for some readers. On February 1, 2021, Myanmar's military overthrew
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Rez Gardi, International lawyer, human rights activist, and co-founder of Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table Kurdistan/New Zealand Public service is not just about providing humanitarian aid, such as food, water, and shelter. It's
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Dayo Okewale, Chief of Staff, UK House of Lords In ninth grade when a teacher asked the class, “What do you want to be when you grow up,” around the classroom, my classmates erupted into
Thomas Barton
Online misinformation poses a severe threat to our societies. Online misinformation is too regularly seen as a generational issue with older, less tech-savvy individuals more likely to fall victim to fake news. However, young people
Souwie Buis
When she was 17, Kim van Sparrentak became involved in nationwide student protests in her hometown of Middleburg, the Netherlands. The response from the police was unexpectedly harsh. The students, some as young as 12,
Souwie Buis
Women are underrepresented in European politics, with their numbers sitting at around 30%, according to a 2019 report from the European Institute for Gender Equality. In the last decade there has been slight improvement. The
