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The Political Participation of Youth

"I call on the members of the largest youth generation in history to face the challenges and consider what you can do to solve it. To control your destiny and translate your dreams into a better future for all." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Young Women Leaders’ Roundtable

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African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Young Women Leaders’ Roundtable

UN Women Zimbabwe is supporting the AWLN Zimbabwe Youth Caucus to convene a young women leaders’ roundtable discussion on ‘Young Women’s Leadership for the Realization of the Beijing Declaration’.

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August 27, 2020
Nothing less than equality and a seat at the table for youth

UN Women, in collaboration with ITU (the UN agency for information and communication technologies), and youth and gender equality activists around the world, celebrated International Youth Day on 12 August with a virtual event.

July 9, 2020
Faces of 4 brilliant, youthful Kenyan women doing greatness behind progressive politics arena

The scenario in Kenyan politics, however, contravenes this adage that is worth making reference to if the role of women in the society is anything to go by- besides being many important things, they are nurturers.

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February 28, 2020
Kazakhstan intends to introduce 30% quota for women and youth in political parties

«On December 20, 2019 during the second session of the National Council of Public Confidence the President made proposals aimed at reforming the current political system.

December 13, 2019
She’s 16 and wants to be President: Meet the teenagers planning their campaigns

Research shows that Generation Z is the first in which women are more likely than their male peers to be engaged in politics. Here’s what some of them told the The New York Times.

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Situational analysis of women’s political participation in Zimbabwe

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September 13, 2019

Situational analysis of women’s political participation in Zimbabwe

The state of women’s political participation in Zimbabwe is undesirable, an anti-thesis to the country’s development.

The state of women’s political participation in Zimbabwe is undesirable, an anti-thesis to the country’s development.