Laws and policies that foster enabling environments for youth so that they can develop their full potential, realize their dreams, and contribute to the success of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals are therefore crucial.
Despite their drive and achievements, the contribution of young people to society is often not recognized, nor are they adequately invested or included in decision-making processes. At the same time, young people face high unemployment and discrimination, and often lack access to education. The climate crisis and environmental degradation will impact their future tremendously. Hence it is time that we step up our political action for more youth empowerment!
Projects in the programmatic area of youth empowerment provide the support needed to end information poverty and, thereby, economic poverty, just as access and tech infrastructure projects create the hardware. All projects in this particular programmatic area are aligned with the national and global mandate of creating a digitally literate and information-rich knowledge society.