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Privilege: recognize it
A simple guide to acknowledge the different forms of privilege. The meaning of the word ‘’privilege’’ is often misunderstood. We usually all have some kind of privilege (even without acknowledging it) but that does not mean we don’t struggle at all. The actual definition of privilege is: ‘’a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group’’ By this statement you might think that you don’t own any type of ‘’Special Right’’ but the reality is that most likely, you do. Let’s discover it together with a fun quiz! All you have to do is mark YES or NO...
Dear Mister Presidents
Hello, My name is Noemie also know as Noemie Tahiti. I am a young emerging artist (13 y.o) from French Polynesia located in the middle of Pacific ocean. I participated at the show The Voice Kids 2020 in France. Beside singing, playing the ukulele and going to school, I always felt very concerned about environment and the fact that very shortly climate change will have desastrous consequences for all of us. A couple months ago I asked my parents to work together on a song to urge world leaders to step up their climate actions and commitments. It is the 5th anniversary of the 2015 Paris...
Peacebuilding for and with children
My Peace Message
The purpose of mankind today should be to inspire children and youths to become valuable advocates for tolerance and peace via education, talks and sensitization campaigns. “We are here because we know that literacy is the key to unlocking the cage of human misery; the key to delivering the potential of every human being; the key to opening up a future of freedom and hope. We are here to open a decade that must translate that hope into reality.” Kofi Annan. Today's modern world is becoming smaller, integrated and technologically more advanced. It is also becoming fragmented, less peaceful and...
Combattting violent extremism among children through cartoons
According to the Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict , conflicts in Nigeria, Cameroon and others Lake Chad Basin countries have involved a thousand of children forcibly recruited in violent extremism as combatants, mine testers, messengers and cooks some of them have even been used as human shields or as sex slaves. In order to tackle the issue of the radicalization and Violent Extremism (VE) in Cameroon and Africa among the children, my organisation Children for Peace and I use various channels: Cartoons, medias, technology. C4P and fight against radicalization /VE...
Problems faced by youth in today's Poland
We, the young generation of Poland, still have a long way to go in bettering our lives. The future of Poland and, particularly, its youth is at stake. As our country deals with the indigence that has engulfed its citizens, youth are facing great challenges in various spheres of life. According to World Bank data our country’s general rate of unemployment is 4%, whereas that of youth is at 12% (Meyer 2018, p. 80). Despite the unfortunate rate of youth hiring, there are still high chances of bettering the nation’s situation. It is possible for our country to build a new model of development that...