Young Leaders for development
This year, International Women’s Day comes at a time of remarkable progress for women’s rights around the world. However, this progress is occurring much too slowly. Many questions surrounding gender equality still remain unanswered – we’ve asked young leaders from all corners of the world to shed light on the unresolved matters holding back progress. Join […]
by Courtney Gehle
The High Atlas Mountains in Morocco as other mountain regions throughout the world are the source of major economic, environmental resources and ecosystem services. Mountains represent one-fifth of the world’s land and are home to 570 million people. On the 27th October 2017, I organized the Climathon High Atlas event in its first edition and first […]
by Rachid Ennassiri
Science and gender equality, and especially gender equality in science are both vitally important if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Despite recent efforts, many women and girls are still excluded from participating fully in scientific fields. According to a study conducted in 14 countries, the probability of female students graduating with […]
by Courtney Gehle
It is deeply saddening, worrying but even more so infuriating that article headlines such as “One Female Genital Mutilation case reported every hour in the UK” or “Girls in Kenya are hiding in school over Christmas for fear of female genital mutilation at home” are still written based on girls’ current reality somewhere in this […]
by Elsa Zekeng
In 2015, the member states of the United Nations issued a bold challenge to the world – to achieve sustainable development by 2030 through 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). One of the core themes of the goals is the eradication of poverty worldwide and central to achieving this aim is ensuring inclusive economic growth at […]
by Courtney Gehle
My name is Richard Dzikunu from Ghana, I am 26 years old. Just a year ago, I attended the High Level Political Forum on SDG here at the UN; I felt a sense of urgency and commitment from member states to do more to achieve the SDGs. From one session to another, one message was […]
by Richard Dzikunu
Young people are talented, knowledgeable and ambitious, and are making a difference every day in all fields of work and as leaders in their communities. There are about 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24, the largest youth population ever. With their dynamism and imagination, young people are transforming the social […]
by Richard Dzikunu
EDD young leader Elsa Zekeng reports on the SAVE march 2017 organised by the young soldierz, London
by Elsa Zekeng
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This year, International Women’s Day comes at a time of remarkable progress for women’s rights around the world. However, this progress is occurring much too slowly. Many questions surrounding gender equality still remain unanswered – we’ve asked young leaders from all corners of the world to shed light on the unresolved matters holding back progress. Join […]
by Courtney Gehle
The High Atlas Mountains in Morocco as other mountain regions throughout the world are the source of major economic, environmental resources and ecosystem services. Mountains represent one-fifth of the world’s land and are home to 570 million people. On the 27th October 2017, I organized the Climathon High Atlas event in its first edition and first […]
by Rachid Ennassiri
Science and gender equality, and especially gender equality in science are both vitally important if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Despite recent efforts, many women and girls are still excluded from participating fully in scientific fields. According to a study conducted in 14 countries, the probability of female students graduating with […]
by Courtney Gehle
It is deeply saddening, worrying but even more so infuriating that article headlines such as “One Female Genital Mutilation case reported every hour in the UK” or “Girls in Kenya are hiding in school over Christmas for fear of female genital mutilation at home” are still written based on girls’ current reality somewhere in this […]
by Elsa Zekeng
In 2015, the member states of the United Nations issued a bold challenge to the world – to achieve sustainable development by 2030 through 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). One of the core themes of the goals is the eradication of poverty worldwide and central to achieving this aim is ensuring inclusive economic growth at […]
by Courtney Gehle
My name is Richard Dzikunu from Ghana, I am 26 years old. Just a year ago, I attended the High Level Political Forum on SDG here at the UN; I felt a sense of urgency and commitment from member states to do more to achieve the SDGs. From one session to another, one message was […]
by Richard Dzikunu
Young people are talented, knowledgeable and ambitious, and are making a difference every day in all fields of work and as leaders in their communities. There are about 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24, the largest youth population ever. With their dynamism and imagination, young people are transforming the social […]
by Richard Dzikunu
EDD young leader Elsa Zekeng reports on the SAVE march 2017 organised by the young soldierz, London
by Elsa Zekeng
Leonardo Párraga, EDD Young Leader from Colombia, founder of the Fundación BogotArt, interviews Thomas Gass, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), on what partnerships do we need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
by Leonardo Párraga
Skills building time During these past years as a youth advocate, I have learned to tell stories about the issues relating to my advocacy and why I am passionate about what I do. But for the EDD, I never knew there was more room for improvement. At EDD, I learned innovative ways of telling my […]
by Esenam Amuzu
Development and aid workers should realize that in our effort to provide solutions to poverty, we always give face to these numbers Most of the time, people who work in the development sector encounter the words “sustainable”, “resilience”, and “development”. These buzzwords are not new; in fact, these have been the selling point of most […]
by Reuben James Barrete
LABADI, GHANA – Education about sexuality and reproductive health is a serious political issue in many Western countries. Elections are won or lost on topics like abortion and “family” values. But in Ghana, and in many other developing countries, family planning is a matter of life and death, especially for girls and young women. Six […]
by Esenam Amuzu