In this notebook text-messages and short message services are used to engage young people to quickly stop torture. Amnesty International-Netherlands recognized that text-messaging was an easy medium to use to reach out to youth. It was successfully used to protest torture when the Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a journalist.
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Blog: Engaging youth in non-violent alternatives to militarism
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Blog: Human Rights Delegations to Rwanda: Recent and Summer Delegations
First glimpse at the most recent Global Youth Connect human rights delegation to Rwanda. Information for young activists to join this Summer.
Mobilizing cultural resources to build an anti-racist youth network
Never Again (Nigdy Wiecej) is an anti-racist, anti-fascist organization created in 1992 to monitor and document racist and fascist activities, and conduct educational campaigns centered on music and sports. Never Again mobilizes cultural resources to build an anti-racist youth network in Poland.
Using popular culture to sensitize and mobilize youth around human rights issues
Rassemblement Action-Jeunesse (RAJ) used pop culture to involve Algerian youth in human rights issues. Although youth in Algeria represented 75% of the population, a history of government repression had led to a lack of youth participation in political life. RAJ hoped to change this by combining something youth already were involved in, pop culture, with human rights organizing. Through concerts, films and other events, RAJ raised awareness about human rights and effectively taught many Algerians that human rights are part of their own culture and experience.
Empowering children with information, skills and formal structures to advocate for their own rights
The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) facilitates the establishment of formal structures that allow children to advocate for their own rights. Makkala Panchayats, Task Forces, and working children unions to promote children’s political participation in their communities. Makkala Panchayats are children’s village councils that participate in the development of the village and that address the children’s concerns. Task Forces are comprised of children and adults who work together to link the children and the local governments. Working children unions are of and by working children. The unions are powerful advocates of the rights of working children. These tactics of organization-building empower working children to take part of the political space and decision-making process in their communities and help to eradicate child labor.
Empowering the youth with democratic tools to promote coexistence
The Jewish-Arab Community Association (JACA) in the Wolfson Neighborhood of Acre, Israel, has a youth parliament in which Jewish and Arab youths from the community can take part to learn about and put into practice the concept of coexistence. JACA teaches democracy and tolerance and helps to develop lines of communication and civil debate in order to develop young leadership dedicated to
Developing human rights consciousness among youth through student clubs
Nouveaux Droits de L'Homme’s (NDH) education and training program established Club 3D ("Droits, Devoirs et Democratic" or "Duties, Rights and Democracy") in high schools. NDH attempts to counter the factionalist and religious divisions within Lebanon.
Developing youth parliaments to teach youth about the democratic process
The Culture and Free Thought Association has established youth centers, run by youth parliaments, to teach adolescents about the democratic process and provide them with positive life experiences. The youth centers are now governed by the elected members of the youth parliaments.
Blog: Nine tips on reaching a younger audience
photo: Guerilla postering by Amnesty International in Belarus.
While everything and everyone ages all the time, new people come into this world every day. This is why every movement will need to rejuvenate its membership and tactics, eventually.
How do you appeal to a younger generation? What can you do to actively reach out to the youth of today?
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