Skip to main content

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

November 7, 2013
UN Women Executive Director to stress urgent need for protection of women and girls in emergencies and women’s empowerment and full participation

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will meet with key stakeholders and attend a series of high-level conferences during a week-long mission to London and Oslo from 11-15 November, 2013, on her first visit to Europe since her appointment.

October 27, 2013
Only Woman Running for Afghan President Gets Disqualified

Khadija Ghaznawi says she knows exactly how to end the long-simmering conflict in Afghanistan: build more factories.

October 20, 2013
Zimbabwe: Youth in Politics - Zimbabwe's Youngest Female Parliamentarian

No less than 35 percent of the newly elected MPs in Zimbabwe are women, thanks to a special electoral quota system to increase women's representation in Parliament. At age 29, Tionei Melody Dziva is the youngest of them.

October 16, 2013
Barillari: ‘Elect Her’ initiative supports need for women in politics on SU campus

Her: A simple pronoun and basic linguistic tool in the everyday English vernacular.

Interviews

May 2, 2013
Why don't young women stay in UK politics?

Lots of vibrant young women enter UK politics - but only a few of them stand the test of time.

Videos

Emerging Voices: Young Women in Lebanese Politics

Back
March 5, 2013

Emerging Voices: Young Women in Lebanese Politics

Although Lebanon is known in the Middle East for its relative political openness and for the degree of freedom Lebanese women enjoy, it paradoxically has one of the lowest rates of women’s political engagement in the region.

Although Lebanon is known in the Middle East for its relative political openness and for the degree of freedom Lebanese women enjoy, it paradoxically has one of the lowest rates of women’s political engagement in the region.

December 26, 2012
USA: PG&E And Running Start Now Accepting Scholarship Applications For Young Women’s Political Leadership Program

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Running Start announced today that they are now accepting applications from high school girls for five scholarships to attend Running Start’s Young Women’s Political Leadership program (YWPL) in Los Angeles on Februa