Young activists on finding solutions to the issues that matter to them

Young activists on finding solutions to the issues that matter to them

Content warning: This blog includes examples of suicidal ideation. We are publishing these details to bear witness to this survivor’s experiences.    “If even one young person finds the support I didn’t have, that’s enough“ Pablo Mendoza, 24, Guatemala, Disruptorxs I was 15 when I fell in love with another boy for the first time. […] The post Three young activists on finding solutions to the issues that matter most to them appeared first on Amne…

Young Feminist and Peace Activists on Why Militarism and Masculinity Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

In Lebanon, the currency keeps losing value, but weapons money never runs short. In Senegal, families choose between a stalled economy and the wage an armed group offers their sons. At weddings across the Bekaa Valley, celebratory gunfire is so normal it barely registers. And online, a generation is being recruited into militarised ideas of strength before it ever holds a weapon.  These aren’t separate stories. They’re the same story, told from …

Linggo ng Kabataan: NGO Equips Incoming SK Leaders to Drive Solutions for Children and Young People

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