Young Leaders for development
Goal 10. Reduced inequalities
Since coming back from the EU fully funded trip to Brussels, where I spoke on a high-level panel on Women and girls health, I have come to appreciate better the works of the European Commission in my Country and in my Continent. It is almost 3 month since the European Commission hosted the 12th […]
by Phonsina Archane
Peace is a state of mind many monks want to achieve. Peace is that long-term objective that many countries have been pursuing for years. Nonetheless, this larger peace, the peace of a country, the chance of having a community that is thriving and achieving its full potential seems to easily slip away. The big question […]
by Leonardo Párraga
En tant que jeune actif passionné et inspiré par le changement positif, la participation à des espaces où conférences dédiés au développement renforce le désir, l’ambition et la motivation de devenir moteur de change pour sa communauté. Participer au programme ”EDD Young Leaders” m’a donné du courage, m’a aidé à remodeler mes stratégies et à […]
by Phonsina Archane
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
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
Approximately 16 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 give birth annually, making up 10% of births worldwide.
by Phonsina Archane
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
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 11 million people in Brazil live in favelas. These favelas are urban settlements with no access to adequate water, sewage and energy systems, frequently forgotten by the government and the society. Usually placed on vulnerable areas, such as riverbanks, hills or under huge urban infrastructures, these […]
by Lais Rocha Leao
What it means to be a woman in a world’s largest refugee settlement: “She was escaping fierce fighting in her home town of Bor Medina in South Sudan when Amer was intercepted and gang raped by 6 men who killed the 2 other women who tried to resist. She was released with a ruptured uterus. After walking […]
by Esther Nakajjigo
A resilient seven years into the Syrian crisis, Syrians have been calling for more sustainable solutions to support their livelihoods and generate income. Affected people have exhausted their resources and still remain with little or no opportunity to re-build their livelihoods. Host communities are also overstretched, putting significant stress on basic services as a result […]
by Bushra Dabbagh
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
The European Commission has just announced the names of the fifteen inspiring young people from around the world who will enrich the debates at the 2019 European Development Days (EDD). These Young Leaders, aged between 21 and 26, have been chosen from among 404 applicants from 99 countries for their exceptional skills, expertise and active […]
by Reuben James Barrete
Young Leaders and other EDD17 participants talk to Save the Children EU to share their ideas on what they believe are the most pressing issues for children across the world.
by Young Leaders
Born out of a conversation between 3 excited new friends upon observing a participant bringing his toddler to the sessions at the 2016 European Development Days, Post Its To Myself is an initiative by EDD 2016 Young Leaders Elsa Zekeng, Ruba Ahmad and Vandinika Shukla. This Creative Youth Activity initiated an interactive conversation, especially with […]
by Vandinika Shukla
Odessa Primus, EDD Young Leader and founder of the Go Think Initiative interviews Cecile Riallant, Head of UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative.
by Odessa Primus
EDD Young Leader 2016, Ruben Baumer, Belgium interviews Peter Wollaert, UNITAR Fellow & Managing Director CIFAL Flanders.
by Ruben Baumer
EDD Young Leader 2016, Vandinika Shukla, India in a cross-generational dialogue with Eduardo Matoko, Assistant Director-General, Africa
Department, UNESCO.
by Vandinika Shukla
Suman Kumar, EDD Young Leader, Nepal interviews Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on the role of youth in achieving the SDGs.
Young people are not just leaders of the future – they are leaders of today. Vandinika Shukla discusses her involvement with the G(irls)20, a precursor to the G-20 in which girls set the agenda for policy-makers.
by Vandinika Shukla
This photo essay is a part of the #AfricaSeries, the Young Leaders for Development’s recent campaign to highlight stories from the region.
by Elsa Zekeng
by European Commission
Abbas Sbeity, Young Leader 2016, was speaker at the High Level Panel My city, my right: Towards inclusive and equitable urban spaces for women.
by Abbas Sbeity
A poverty-stricken background, inequality & triumph to change the world & address this!
by Edgleison Rodrigues