Young Leaders for development
A post by Paolo Zeppetelli, One Young World Ambassador. Whilst the HeForShe campaign[1] encourages men to sign up and become HeForShe champions and male allies[2], I feel that it doesn’t encourage women to not only become female allies to men but also to inspire women to describe to male allies what practical steps men can take to tackle the […]
by Young Leaders
An article created by Phonsina Archane Ebankoli and Olaoluwa Abagan, two of the 2018 Young Leaders for Development June 16 is internationally known as the day of the African Child. Africa’s population is projected to double by 2050 to 2.4 billion people. With it’s rapidly growing population, over 60% is the youth below the age of […]
by Phonsina Archane Ebankoli
A contribution to the blog by Najibullah Khoda Rahim I come from a country where 3.5 million children are deprived of education, out of which 2.5 million are girls. I come from a country where 34% of the population lives under poverty line. I come from a country where dozens of Shia Muslims are massacred […]
by Young Leaders
With one day left before the 2018 edition of the European Development Days, I asked the Young Leaders what advice they had for other young leaders or aspiring young changemakers who work to make a difference in the world.
by Courtney Gehle
The 2018 Young Leaders programme is well under way with this year’s young leaders taking part in high level meetings and preparation workshops leading up to the European Development Days starting on Tuesday 5 June.
by Courtney Gehle
I was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in a time of internal conflict and war and I moved to Sweden as a political refugee in 1997.
by Taffan Ako
In your life, if you’re lucky enough, you are born during a moment in time when the world is ready for the change you’re bringing. So, all that’s left for you to do is your work. I am glad that the European Development Days and Young Leaders programme was one such platform ready for us […]
by Shwetal Shah
“The Journey of a Thousand Miles must begin with a single step” – Lao Tzu I came across this quote at the United Nations ESCAP building in Bangkok, when I was representing Bangladesh as a youth ambassador for a high-level climate change conference in 2012. The writing was boldly engraved on a wall on the second […]
by Shah Rafayat Chowdhury
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A post by Paolo Zeppetelli, One Young World Ambassador. Whilst the HeForShe campaign[1] encourages men to sign up and become HeForShe champions and male allies[2], I feel that it doesn’t encourage women to not only become female allies to men but also to inspire women to describe to male allies what practical steps men can take to tackle the […]
by Young Leaders
An article created by Phonsina Archane Ebankoli and Olaoluwa Abagan, two of the 2018 Young Leaders for Development June 16 is internationally known as the day of the African Child. Africa’s population is projected to double by 2050 to 2.4 billion people. With it’s rapidly growing population, over 60% is the youth below the age of […]
by Phonsina Archane Ebankoli
A contribution to the blog by Najibullah Khoda Rahim I come from a country where 3.5 million children are deprived of education, out of which 2.5 million are girls. I come from a country where 34% of the population lives under poverty line. I come from a country where dozens of Shia Muslims are massacred […]
by Young Leaders
With one day left before the 2018 edition of the European Development Days, I asked the Young Leaders what advice they had for other young leaders or aspiring young changemakers who work to make a difference in the world.
by Courtney Gehle
The 2018 Young Leaders programme is well under way with this year’s young leaders taking part in high level meetings and preparation workshops leading up to the European Development Days starting on Tuesday 5 June.
by Courtney Gehle
I was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in a time of internal conflict and war and I moved to Sweden as a political refugee in 1997.
by Taffan Ako
In your life, if you’re lucky enough, you are born during a moment in time when the world is ready for the change you’re bringing. So, all that’s left for you to do is your work. I am glad that the European Development Days and Young Leaders programme was one such platform ready for us […]
by Shwetal Shah
“The Journey of a Thousand Miles must begin with a single step” – Lao Tzu I came across this quote at the United Nations ESCAP building in Bangkok, when I was representing Bangladesh as a youth ambassador for a high-level climate change conference in 2012. The writing was boldly engraved on a wall on the second […]
by Shah Rafayat Chowdhury
Over the past decade, I have seen women on every international development agenda. With all the uprightness opportunities and the supportive initiatives, women’s participation is still unambitious, predominantly in the MENA region. One can argue that social norm, lack of knowledge, and leadership skills are the core issues that hinder girl’s involvement, however, this is […]
by Salma Abdalla
Approximately 16 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 give birth annually, making up 10% of births worldwide.
by Phonsina Archane Ebankoli
I can connect the dots of my advocacy career backwards to 13 years ago, when I was selected to join the Nigerian Children’s Parliament. As a Child Parliamentarian, I spent 4 of my impressionable teenage years participating in high-level consultations with policy makers and creating awareness about the provisions of the Child Rights Law across […]
by Olaoluwa Abagun
As a young boy growing up in Benin City, Nigeria. I had a best friend who was also my classmate and sat next to me at secondary school. Her name was Martha, Martha was the brightest in our class she exceled at Science subjects mainly biology, physics and chemistry. She always shared her dream of […]
by Offor Hope Jeremiah