Deadline: November 1, 2011
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Source: Persian letters, Radio Free Europe
by: Golnaz Esfandiari
Yet again, a number of young people have been arrested in the Iranian capital.
Their crime: engaging in a water fight.
The evidence: water guns and bottles.
The accusations against them: …

In response to rising social unrest all over the world, more discussions are happening in online spaces such as Twitter and the blogosphere on effective organizing practices and how to build movements that lead to …

Source: Jadaliyya
by Loubna Hanna Skalli
“Everyone has his own way of fighting, and my weapon is art!” says Milad Faraway, a 20 year-old Libyan who created the rap group Music Masters with another young friend in 2010. Their …

Source: IPS
GUATEMALA CITY, Jun 24, 2011 (IPS) – “We are all safer here; it’s great because this way there are no men groping you,” Jaqueline Escobar, a sales executive, told IPS on a bus that …

The Young Feminist Wire is excited to present a series of four online e-learning sessions which explore:

concepts of women’s movements and movement building
characteristics of women’s movements
how women’s movements affect change with examples from different regions
the …

Source: Jadaliyya
May 30 2011
by Linda Herrera

“Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea […] and ideas are bulletproof.” – From the film V for Vendetta
In the summer of …

ASTRA youth is an important youth organization addressing SRHR in the Central and Eastern Europe region and Balkan Countries. The post below is an interview done with ASTRA Youth explaining some of the ways in …

This grant writing video by Artreach, an arts-youth  funding program in Toronto, shares tip on grant writing, budgeting, evaluating your project and approaching donors.
This is an excellent resource for any youth groups out there looking for funds.
Grant Writing …

The Youth Team’s latest ‘how-to’ guide on advocacy is a toolkit for young activists, volunteers, students and agents of change. It offers a step-by-step guide to help you plan, implement or improve advocacy initiatives for …

GNP+ and WAC are conducting an e-survey to allow young people living with HIV to give their input into the UN High Level Meeting in June. If you are living with HIV and under 30 – …