Local business leaders gathered at Government House Thursday to learn about a special international summit on the topic of sustainable finance that will bring hundreds of the world’s brightest young people to the Cayman Islands in November.
The One Young World Sustainable Finance Expert Event will take place at the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa in Grand Cayman from Nov. 16 to 18, 2016.
Eleni is a Greek One Young World Ambassador who currently lives in France. She is interested in the culture and geopolitics of the MENA region and issues of conflict and peace.
Shootings and decapitations, ISIS spreads fear and death across the world through its own actions and so-called ‘lone wolfs’ who pledge allegiance to its ideology and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But how does ISIS really function, conduct its attacks and attract people from all backgrounds and all countries to its ideology?
This blog originally appeared on The Hippocratic Post.
[node:field_blog_image:2]64 per cent of children under 5 in South Africa go to bed hungry every night. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2015 revealed that 12 million South Africans are “food insecure”.
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Our Ambassador of the week is Hillary Briffa, a human rights activist from Malta. Hillary is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in War Studies at King’s College London and possesses a strong passion for global affairs and conflict.
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Leslie Ossete (second from the left) and her teammates from Team ‘Magic Bus’.
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UNICEF will hold a conference on ‘Promoting Equality for Children’ on 14 April in Paris, France to launch its 2016 report on child well-being in OECD and EU countries. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in the work of UNICEF and issues of (in)equality. One Young World has a limited amount of tickets available for Ambassadors. For a chance to attend the conference, please apply below.
Promoting Equality for Children
A list of global figures will lend their stature and counsel to bright young leaders at the One Young World Environment Summit which takes place May 19-21 in Tucson at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2. Counsellors at One Young World’s event will work with young leaders from around the world addressing challenges across the environmental field including changing weather patterns, food security and indigenous rights.
‘Even though now I have Italian nationality, being stateless stays inside you – like a permanent mark.’ Leli, 19, formerly stateless person
While you and I do not think about our nationality on a daily basis, for stateless persons, the lack of a nationality is an ever-present struggle.
Raymond Mungujakissa is a One Young World Ambassador from Uganda who
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Elections in Africa are used to highlight and show the world just how fraudulent military regimes or incumbents are, not for the democratic voice of the electorate to be heard. Not that we would want it that way, but those in power just will not allow it to happen!
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