A huge congratulations goes to Ambassador Begonia Randhav for being awarded the International Humanitarian Platinum Award. The award recognises those who dedicate their lives to the betterment of humanity. Begonia won the award for her work with women and refugees, and for directing, starring in and producing the film 'The way home'.
Last Monday, Malta became the first country to ban conversion therapy on LGBTI people and passed a law which depathologised trans identities.
Every year, Human Rights Day serves as a reminder that respect for human rights is inextricable from building a positive future. Millions of people around the globe suffer from intolerance, violence and marginalisation based on their ethnicity, religion and gender among other factors. Simultaneously, we live in one of the most progressive eras in history. To mark this important day, young leaders from across the globe weighed in on the state of human rights and what young leaders should do about it.
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On 15 November, One Young World Ambassador Oscar Ekponimo was named a Rolex Young Laureate for Applied Technology and winner of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2016.
Last month, voters in Colombia narrowly rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a referendum result with 50.2% voting against the agreement and 49.8% voting in favour. Of those Millennials who voted, they voted overwhelmingly for peace.
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The Marshall Islands are on the brink of disappearance, and widespread pollution is contributing to the detriment of the marine ecosystem which Marshallese people, like Bryant Zebedy, live on. The One Young World Ambassador of the week, Bryant Zebedy, is currently representing his country at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) in Marrakech.
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In the most widely watched, observed and commented on election in the last 60 years, a man who believed and boasted 10 years ago that he would be president of his country was elected. He was elected by voters who made their way to the polls on November 8, who got their friends and family out to the voting stations, and exercised their rights.
As I sit under the open sky on our motor skiff boat zigzagging through the lagoon’s islands, sitting on the edge of the reef, the landscape never fails to grab me; the beauty, the stillness, the heat, the scent of salt and sea passing through the
Donald Trump has been declared US president-elect after the results from Tuesday's election revealed that he won 276 electoral votes and Clinton won 228. On a deeper analysis of polls, Bloomberg found that had only Millennials voted, Clinton would have won in a landslide.
The Paris Climate Agreement came into effect last week on November 4, making its terms legally binding by international law. The terms of the agreement, ratified by 55 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, will propel governments to adopt sustainable policies which will effectively tackle climate change and move towards a low-carbon global economy.
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