Every Woman is Worthy of Her Rights
I was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in a time of internal conflict and war and I moved to Sweden as a political refugee in 1997. I had the most...
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Shwetal Shah
- May 30, 2018
- 2 min
Let’s Get Digital
In your life, if you're lucky enough, you are born during a moment in time when the world is ready for the change you're bringing. So,...
Salma Abdalla
- May 18, 2018
- 2 min
Women and Energy: A promising Future
Over the past decade, I have seen women on every international development agenda. With all the uprightness opportunities and the...
Tasneem Omar Ava
- Jul 23, 2017
- 5 min
How Do We Pay the Value of Cheap Labour?
I belong to the country that is the second leading exporter for ready-made garments to high fashion brands from the western world. That...
Bushra Dabbagh
- Jul 16, 2017
- 2 min
Education - The Flame of Hope in Emergencies
A resilient seven years into the Syrian crisis, Syrians have been calling for more sustainable solutions to support their livelihoods and...
Nishchal Banskota
- May 30, 2017
- 3 min
Corporate Social Responsibility: Then, Now and...
EDD Young Leader 2017 introduces his upcoming high level panel at the European Development Days 2017 on 7th June. "The basic idea is that...
Nestor Dehouindji
- May 25, 2017
- 3 min
The Road to Sustainable cities in Africa
Rachid Ennassiri is one of the 16 young leaders selected this year to attend the EDD Young Leader programme. He will speak in a high...
Nestor Dehouindji
- Mar 3, 2017
- 2 min
"After EDD16, I was awarded the Benin’s OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON of the year ..."
Before attending EDD, one of the important projects, I and others youths were closely working is to create an African startup specialized...
Nestor Dehouindji
- Aug 8, 2016
- 4 min
How to walk the talk on youth unemployment: Reflections on the UNCTAD 14 Youth Forum
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 and today 68 years later, I see the importance of this declaration, ...
Sana Afouaiz
- Aug 2, 2016
- 3 min
You can’t manage what you can’t measure: How to transform the youth policy environment in Africa
If governments are serious about a sustainable world in 2030, youth angles, perspectives and voices must be central to their plan of...
Nestor Dehouindji
- Jun 27, 2016
- 3 min
Tackling youth unemployment: Solutions from Benin
“I graduated wit h a Master’s degree in geography from “Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin in 2010. After several unsuccessful job...
Birwe Habmo
- Jun 7, 2016
- 4 min
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...
Catherine Mloza-Banda
- Jun 6, 2016
- 3 min
Agriculture: A Possible Solution to Youth Unemployment?
As we inch towards the upcoming Day of the African Child in June, I could not help but inch back to the popular version of the Agenda...
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