Interview with Ahmed from YPEER Egypt
I had the chance to run into Ahmed a young program manager at YPEER Egypt. Ahmed spoke on Tuesday during the side event on the Arab Spring about the recent events, YPEER's...
UN Youth Event Doesn't Define Youth
“Young people are not always in the right,” The 33-year-old Pierre Maudet, Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland declared. “However, a society that doesn’t give them a voice will always...
Why are so few young people representing youth?
To mark the completion of the International Year of the Youth, the United Nations in New York...
#outoftheboxadvocacy =progressive, direct, inspiring, and engaging
Today I attended the #outoftheboxadvocacy : Influencing change through creative communications...
Youth Perspectives: Millennium Development Goals
“MDGs are really youth development goals”. - Oliver Felix, Swiss Youth DelegateOn the closing day...
Young leaders and politicians discuss HIV/AIDS
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During the event “Crossfire: A dialogue between youth leaders and decision‐makers to answer the...
Interview with Tik Root from MidEastreports.org
We've had the chance to meet Tik Root who writes for Mideast Reports and has been covering the Syrian and Egyptian uprising. Tik originally went to the middle east in 2009 to...
“Youth deserves to get special attention”
On the first day of UN’s High Level Meeting on Youth, I had the chance to attend a panel...
Why the Youth Development Agenda Needs Serious Help!
A few hours ago I was (un)lucky enough to attend: African Union Side Event on Cooperation Towards...
Meet the youth participants #2
Our VOY reporters gathered short introductions of young people attending the high-level meeting....
Youth Activism against Extremism and Intolerance
On a flight to Surigao City in southern Philippines last year, I met a group of young Caucasian...
Meet the youth participants #1
Our VOY reporters gathered short introductions of young people attending the high-level meeting....
Voices of Youth @ the UN Highlevel Meeting on Youth
Voices of Youth's coverage from the UN Highlevel Meeting on Youth has begun. Today and tomorrow...
The Right to Education and its Denial in Conflict Situations
All children have a fundamental right to education enabling them to learn, grow and eventually become successful members of society. Unfortunately today, in many developing...