Promoting Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making

Questions you should ask yourself: In what ways does your government support or promote young people’s participation in decision-making? What are the successes and constraints to youth participation? Are there any NGO programs or activities, which promote vulnerable youth participation in decision-making? How do young people learn about their rights and responsibilities as citizens? Through […]

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Promoting Young People’s Participation

Questions you should ask yourself: In what ways does your government support or promote young people’s participation in decision-making? What are the successes and constraints to youth participation? Are there any NGO programs or activities, which promote vulnerable youth participation in decision-making? How do young people learn about their rights and responsibilities as citizens? Through […]

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Making an informed decision

Feeding information, news and updates, sharing experiences – they’re extremely important in empowering society and the individual. We noticed from many countries, recently with the Middle East demonstrations and in Thailand’s pre-general election, that news spread quickly like the plague, or like wildfire. There’s a reason why the Egyptian government infamously shut down the internet. […]

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What we have forgotten

Society has forgotten the basic fundamental and value of happiness. We don’t need to become religious, more respectful to tradition or even submitting ourselves to ideology. All that is relevant and necessary is compassion. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. […]

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