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Anaïs Matthey-Junod
Jun 15, 20224 min read
Sustainable Energy: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
Introduction Our world is “wrestling” with different crises, including the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as...


Leonardo Párraga
Jul 27, 20194 min read
Young Peacebuilders Taking Over the European Development Days
A small room with 60 people, many standing, was the setting of the first-ever youth-led panel in the history of the European Development...


Leonardo Párraga
Jul 16, 20183 min read
The Eternal Missing Peace
Peace is a state of mind many monks want to achieve. Peace is that long-term objective that many countries have been pursuing for years....


Reuben James Barrete
Jul 19, 20172 min read
Why development work is more than just the numbers
Development and aid workers should realize that in our effort to provide solutions to poverty, we always give face to these numbers Most...
Elsa Zekeng
Jul 6, 20174 min read
S.A.V.E March 2017
Context The BBC reported that during the year 2016, a knife or blade was used in a crime every 16 minutes, somewhere in the UK. There...


Odessa Primus
May 18, 20175 min read
A challenge to our common right to humanity and dignity?
Information illiteracy can be an inequality problem when only a minority of people are active citizens. Even in the most developed part...


Leonardo Párraga
May 17, 20175 min read
Instead of Walls, Let Us Build Peace
In times where hate speech is finding its way back to polarizing politics and leaders who find their power in dividing and creating...


Reuben James Barrete
Mar 2, 20172 min read
"Through EDD, my perspectives and ideas on development have broadened"; said the Young Leader 2016 f
My participation in the European Development Days 2016 could be summarized in three levels: institutional, inter-institutional, and...


Shakira Choonara
Aug 9, 20163 min read
The power of democracy - #WeVoted
We must stand in solidarity with the ongoing struggles in Africa and fight for the same rights in these countries, for we as South...


Vandinika Shukla
Jul 8, 20164 min read
The Animal Kingdom of Politics
Breaking the glass ceiling for more female voices in parliaments. The vibrations of anticipation and excitement were quite literally...


Reuben James Barrete
Jul 6, 20162 min read
The call for the resumption of CPP/NPA/NDF Peace Talks
Justice should not be denied at the the expense of "peace". After the long impasse of the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples...


Shakira Choonara
Jun 14, 20163 min read
It’s all about #Implementation of #SDGs!
The inaugural Young Leaders for Development Platform, is set to be launched at the European Development Days 2016 (#EDD2016) by...


Shakira Choonara
Jun 9, 20163 min read
Attending the Historic Sustainable Development Summit at the United Nations Headquarters
At at a number of youth events, anti-apartheid struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada always emphasizes that youth should not take our...


Birwe Habmo
Jun 7, 20164 min read
Africa, migration and the SDGs: the continent’s journey to development?
Migration is nowadays a worldwide concern due to the fact it has become an issue that should be addressed by all countries. One can...
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