(MOVED) How Internet Governance Might Empower the Sustainable Development?
The relation between internet governance and sustainable development
Goal 17. Partnership for the goals
The relation between internet governance and sustainable 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Anne-Sophie Dubrux and Herlinde Baeyens, the Belgian UN Youth Delegates for Sustainable Development share how young people across the world can engage with the SDGs especially ahead of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development happening now at the UN Headquarters in New York.
The European Development Days stand on the strong pillars of multiculturalism and synergy between grassroots solutions and international development policy. And the Young Leader program is the perfect microcosm of that.
Information illiteracy can be an inequality problem when only a minority of people are active citizens.
My participation in the EDD’s affected my life in a multitude of ways. For starters, it laid the groundwork for the development of a network of young people from around the world whose passion and inspiration contribute positively to my life on a daily basis. It provides me with a platform that increased others’ recognition […]
To truly begin thinking about global goals, we must find ways to interact with power, privilege, and politics without sacrificing our values.
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 […]
HeForShe, a global movement that has revolutionised our approach towards the collective goal of gender equality is on its way to more than 1.4 million commitments from across the world. EDD Young Leader, Vandinika Shukla, India sits with Yannick Glemarec, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women in a cross-generational dialogue to understand the role of men […]
Odessa Primus, EDD Young Leader and founder of the Go Think Initiative interviews Cecile Riallant, Head of UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative.
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.