Stories of change Select region/country - Any -InternationalAfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeMENABangladeshDenmarkEl SalvadorGhanaJordanKenyaMyanmarPalestineUgandaZambia Topic - Any -Climate JusticeDemocratic GovernanceEducationEmpowermentFood and land rightsLGBTTax powerWomen's rights "I will sell myself for climate action" 15th November 2022 With very restricted access to the Coca-Cola sponsored COP27 summit activists are finding creative ways to push for climate action. Changing the face of politics 13th September 2021 Young people hold the power to transform societies. The recent Zambian election and the central role young people played are evidence of this (...) Women-led climate strike 28th June 2021 Courageous young women organising a powerful movement for climate justice in Bangladesh. NO MORE SEX FOR GRADES 01st July 2020 Students are starting to speak out on the sexual harassment that has infected the Kenyan campuses for far too long There's more to life 04th March 2020 This is the story of Kamé and how art sparks hope and creates spaces for youth activism across one of the most unequal and violent regions in the world SCHOOLS FOR PALESTINE 02nd October 2019 In Palestine a youth group organised their peers to do advocacy and mobilise funds to reclaim the right to education for the next generation FEMINIST FRIDAYS 08th March 2019 Once a month for more than a year these young activists have gathered people with different backgrounds to put feminism on the Zambian agenda. TOGETHER AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE 12th September 2018 A group of young feminists from Bangladesh contributes to stopping child marriages through dialogue and information. BOOST THE MINIMUM WAGE 01st May 2018 Through creative activism a group of young activists contributed to concrete improvements for low-income families in el salvador. EQUAL ACCESS TO WATER 05th February 2018 A group of young activists from Kenya gather decision-makers and ensure fair distribution of clean water. Fight the garbage 08th December 2017 Doly and Borsha took matters into own hands and invented a new community-based system for collecting garbage. IMPROVING THE NATIONAL SECURITY INSURANCE 12th November 2017 A long-standing unjust social protection system in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was suddenly challenged by Sameer and his friends. I’m two different people 09th October 2017 A mother who hopes that her daughter “recovers her health”, a lifelong lie and a society that still isn’t open to homosexuality. This is the everyday life for the 25-year old Kenyan Carliste. YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANISE AGAINST METALLIC MINING 05th September 2017 Creative, youth-driven campaigning has contributed to historic law against metallic mining in El Salvador. ”Now I have voted for myself” 11th August 2017 In August 2017 there was a lot at stake for the 24-year-old Salome Nzuki. For the first time, she ran for a seat in the County Government in Kenya and hoped to get the opportunity to show women, that they have a place in Kenyan politics. The Kenyan youth have a responsibility 08th August 2017 Today the Kenyans are going to the polls, but beneath the voting paper lurks the fear that their democratic right will have a violent ending. Pages1 2 next › last » THE YOUNG ACTIVIST Sign up for our monthly bulletin where we share stories of the plutocratic horrors and creative resistance that fuels our fight against global inequality. JOIN × Bangladesh El Salvador Ghana Jordan Kenya Myanmar Palestine Uganda Zambia
"I will sell myself for climate action" 15th November 2022 With very restricted access to the Coca-Cola sponsored COP27 summit activists are finding creative ways to push for climate action.
Changing the face of politics 13th September 2021 Young people hold the power to transform societies. The recent Zambian election and the central role young people played are evidence of this (...)
Women-led climate strike 28th June 2021 Courageous young women organising a powerful movement for climate justice in Bangladesh.
NO MORE SEX FOR GRADES 01st July 2020 Students are starting to speak out on the sexual harassment that has infected the Kenyan campuses for far too long
There's more to life 04th March 2020 This is the story of Kamé and how art sparks hope and creates spaces for youth activism across one of the most unequal and violent regions in the world
SCHOOLS FOR PALESTINE 02nd October 2019 In Palestine a youth group organised their peers to do advocacy and mobilise funds to reclaim the right to education for the next generation
FEMINIST FRIDAYS 08th March 2019 Once a month for more than a year these young activists have gathered people with different backgrounds to put feminism on the Zambian agenda.
TOGETHER AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE 12th September 2018 A group of young feminists from Bangladesh contributes to stopping child marriages through dialogue and information.
BOOST THE MINIMUM WAGE 01st May 2018 Through creative activism a group of young activists contributed to concrete improvements for low-income families in el salvador.
EQUAL ACCESS TO WATER 05th February 2018 A group of young activists from Kenya gather decision-makers and ensure fair distribution of clean water.
Fight the garbage 08th December 2017 Doly and Borsha took matters into own hands and invented a new community-based system for collecting garbage.
IMPROVING THE NATIONAL SECURITY INSURANCE 12th November 2017 A long-standing unjust social protection system in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was suddenly challenged by Sameer and his friends.
I’m two different people 09th October 2017 A mother who hopes that her daughter “recovers her health”, a lifelong lie and a society that still isn’t open to homosexuality. This is the everyday life for the 25-year old Kenyan Carliste.
YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANISE AGAINST METALLIC MINING 05th September 2017 Creative, youth-driven campaigning has contributed to historic law against metallic mining in El Salvador.
”Now I have voted for myself” 11th August 2017 In August 2017 there was a lot at stake for the 24-year-old Salome Nzuki. For the first time, she ran for a seat in the County Government in Kenya and hoped to get the opportunity to show women, that they have a place in Kenyan politics.
The Kenyan youth have a responsibility 08th August 2017 Today the Kenyans are going to the polls, but beneath the voting paper lurks the fear that their democratic right will have a violent ending.