Human Rights: Impact

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  • After Arab Awakening: "Now we need to change ourselves"

    After Arab Awakening: "Now we need to change ourselves"

    If you want to know what the Arab Awakening is all about, hang out with teenagers in Tunisia for an afternoon. I was recently in Gafsa, a town of 70,000 people in central Tunisia where Mercy Corps has worked for several months.
  • Gaza: Celebrating Universal Children’s Day

    Gaza: Celebrating Universal Children’s Day

    "We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind."
  • Pakistan: Quetta - GCC Youth Leaders Celebrated United Nations Habitat Day

    Pakistan: Quetta - GCC Youth Leaders Celebrated United Nations Habitat Day

    The United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. This year Mexico is the international host for the celebration of Habitat day.
  • Pakistan: Quetta - Using Theater to Promote Women's Rights

    Pakistan: Quetta - Using Theater to Promote Women's Rights

    GCC youth leaders performed an interactive theatre piece about harassment against women during the celebration of the 10th years of working women movement. This event was organized by the AYESHA Foundation, which advocates for the rights of working women.
  • Iraq: Children's Day Celebration

    Iraq: Children's Day Celebration

    Children’s Day takes place each year on June 1st across the world.  Children’s Day is celebrated to raise global awareness about a child’s rights and needs.  In order to recognize Children’s Day, GCC leaders in Pakistan designed and implemented a fun, educational event for children. On June 1st GCC leaders, in partnership with...
  • USA: Cambridge - Navigating the Waters of University Activism and Making an Impact

    USA: Cambridge - Navigating the Waters of University Activism and Making an Impact

    The first few weeks of college, you are bombarded with brochures and stickers as student organizations lure you with food ranging from greasy dumplings to red velvet cupcakes. In return, you are expected to write down your contact information and attend information sessions.
  • Iraq: Kalar - Human Rights Conference addresses past tragedies and current revolutions

    Iraq: Kalar - Human Rights Conference addresses past tragedies and current revolutions

    The Human Rights Conference was held at the Kalar Institute. It raised basic human rights issues especially relevant to a range of revolutions in the region. All the youth wrote their thoughts about general human rights issues in Iraq and on what benefits gained after 2003 they need to protect and develop.

  • Indonesia: Jakarta - GCC sings to the world!

     
  • Gaza: Gaza City - International Women's Day Action

    Gaza: Gaza City - International Women's Day Action

    On March 8th, 2011, for International Women's Day, iYouth members prepared a special visit to the sick children in Abd AlAziz Al Rantisy hospital for kids, a “Cancer Department”, and another visit to the Elderly Care Center in Al-Wafa Charity hospital in Gaza. There, they distributed gifts to celebrate International Women's Day with...
  • Gaza: Gaza City - International Women's Day

    Gaza: Gaza City - International Women's Day

    On February 24th, 2011, Gaza iYouth conducted a local action for women in responding to Woman International Day on 8th of March. iYouth members implemented a local action inside the iYouth center for oppressed women to make them aware of their educational role in raising their children. Specialists from mental health and educational...