Thought leadership

It’s World Hunger Day: meet 5 women changing the way we think about food

Discover 5 women who are tackling food security, food waste and malnutrition head on.  

Millennials expect business to do more. But we each have a role to play.

What do millennials want from business? Find out in the 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey.

We did a study on entrepreneurial muscle memory: here’s what we found

OYW Ambassador conducted an experiment on Entrepreneurial Muscle Memory: Read the key takeaways

This entrepreneur’s device will revolutionise the way we save lives

Johann Kalchman: “We believe anyone can be a hero if you give him or her the training and technology.”

“Getting our customers to help send refugees to school”

 One Young World inspired project benefitting Western Union’s business and making social impact

“When free press is at risk, all other liberties are endangered”

5 young people risking their safety to hold their governments to account.

OYW Ambassador's LGBTI documentary receives support from Timor Leste's Prime Minister & Catholic community

Natalino Guterres, responsible for bringing the country's LGBTI movement to life, tells us about his new documentary, The Road to Acceptance.

The Middle East is welcoming a new smart city - in Palestine

Learn how this female civil engineer is building a new hope for Palestine. 

Nicaragua roiled by continued protests: young leaders report from Managua

Nine days of continued protest around the country have produced 68 dead, more than 200 injured, and 43 disappeared in Nicaragua.

From Yemen to Canada: the story of an LGBT advocate who fled his war-torn home

Ala'a Jarban: "More than seven years have passed since I first felt the exhilaration of the Arab Spring and today I find myself more than 6,700 miles away and on a different con... read more