On August 12, civil society celebrated International Youth Day – a United Nations initiative started in 1999. This year’s theme focused on the “leading role of young people in ensuring poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development through sustainable consumption and production.” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon spoke in a video message calling upon global leaders…
Our Steering Committee released a statement on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day, recognizing the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women worldwide! As aptly put in the statement, “there is much more we can do to help empower women and confront restrictions on political participation and socio-economic equality.” If you believe in…
Applications are now being accepted for a one week training course called “Organizing Political Campaign” with the Young Political Leadership School (YPLS) in Liberia. The program was designed by NAYMOTE-Partners for Democratic Development to empower young political leaders with the tools and knowledge needed to support the development of research-based campaign platforms, effectively build…
Following recent elections from March 5 to March 9, the World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) Leadership Board has been selected! Over 8000 voters participated in online voting to choose one male and female representative in each global region from over 30 eligible candidates. Thank you to all who participated in this democratic exercise. Learn more about the ten newly…