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LONDON, England (CMC) – The creation of climate-smart farms not only got Grenadian Bevon Chadel Charles the attention of the Commonwealth but earned her an award at the Commonwealth Youth Awards this year. Two other regional youth – Dr. Camir Ricketts and Brent Alexander Scotland – have stood out as COVID-19 heroes for their efforts in addressing the challenges posed […]
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
ZANU PF legislator Tatenda Mavetera (pictured) (proportional representation) has called for a 50% youth quota representation in Parliament, saying Zimbabweans must be embarrassed that its youthful population is still marginalised. By NQOBANI NDLOVU Mavetera said this last week while moving a motion calling on the country to craft enabling legislation to guarantee that youths also get seats in Parliament. The current Constitution only provides for 60 proportional representation seats for women, as well as two Senate seats for people with disabilities (PWDs). There are also proposed amendments through the Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill, which is currently before Parliament to include a 10% youth quota in the legislative body. “What we are saying as youths is that now we are talking of affirmative action or the youth quota, where we would really like to have at least 25% seats going to the young people, but 25% is the minimum, because we are saying that we would want even more or even 50% on the basis that the youth constitute 70% of the population,” Mavetera said. “We are now marginalised on the demographic dividend, which we are saying we (youth) have got the large numbers and for that alone we are just hoping and it is a fervent call, not that we are demanding the seats,” she said. The young Zanu PF MP said there is a need to enact a national youth policy so that the proposals for 50% youth representation and empowerment of young people are enforceable. A number of parliamentarians supported her motion with Gweru Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) adding that Zimbabwe must be embarrassed that to date there is no quota for youth representation in Parliament. “What we are talking about is that we must come up with a law. It must not come as a voluntary gesture or generosity when we are dealing with issues of the youths. “Is there any reasonable justification in a democratic society why we do not have a law that regulates the rights and interests of 70% of the population? My answer is that there is no reasonable justification at all,” he said. In August, the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT) petitioned Parliament protesting over lack of youth representation from the district up to the national level. The CYDT demanded a 30% youth quota.
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A coalition of nonpartisan organizations, influencers, generational leaders, and activists have joined forces to host VOTE WITH US, a massive virtual rally and 11-day on-the- ground mobilization to create unprecedented voter turnout among young people and communities of color in the final days leading up to the general election. The three-hour event will stream on … Continued
The post Vote With Us Virtual Rally Launches Campaign to Educate, Motivate & Mobilize Young People and Communities of Color to Vote Early appeared first on Chicago Defender.
ZIMBABWE is now a sad story where youths have been robbed of a whole generation of prime time, the self-exiled director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Hanana has claimed. BY SILAS NKALA Hanana who skipped the country at the height of State-sponsored abductions and persecution of activists ahead of the abortive July 31 protests, said young people in the country had been subjected to poverty since independence. “Zimbabwe has succeeded in robbing many young people of their prime time and their potential has been destroyed, their dreams have been parked, and they hustle in the hope that one day Zimbabwe will change,” Hanana said in a statement. “Young people keep waiting on ‘Hope Street’ and they forget that they have no obligation to wait for Zimbabwe to change at the expense of their lives. At some intervals, it feels as if change is close and one is lulled into a false sense of security and hope.” Hanana criticised Zimbabwean youths for being timid and afraid of change. “We would rather believe that somehow change is near and leave our destinies in the hands of fate. I remember that when MDC was formed, many young people believed that change was nigh. We could see a new dawn. Many snubbed opportunities to go abroad and chose to wait for that change,” he said. The human rights activist said since the era of the late former President Robert Mugabe, young people hoped for change which never came. 'We calculated that once we are done with our first degrees, Mugabe would be dead and the country would be better, but 15 years later, Mugabe was not dead. The country was worse. Our calculations were based on hope and nothing else. Many lost opportunities waiting for Mugabe to die. “Even our professors with whom we shared a packet of maputi (snacks) as they walked from Mt Pleasant to Harare central business district, told us to be patient. However, our age mates who left Zimbabwe 15 years ago are now far in terms of life's achievements,” he said. Hanana alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new dispensation was presiding over misgovernance, while the opposition was weak. “The biggest deception now is to think that the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will bring change. His political stamina lacks sting and ‘that thing’. Yet we keep hoping that change is near,” he said. “As young people if we are not careful we will rot in this grave while waiting for a ‘messiah’ to come and perform a Lazarus-like resurrection.” Follow Silas on Twitter @silasnkala
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris promised Thursday that a Biden-Harris administration would make college tuition free at public schools and private historically Black colleges and universities for students whose families’ income is below $125,000 a year, and pledged student-loan debt forgiveness for some graduates of HBCUs. “In relation to the history of HBCUs, [students] decide to take […]
The post Kamala Harris pledges to forgive student-loan debt for HBCU graduates appeared first on DefenderNetwork.com.
By Hayley Crandall The Young Workers Committee will be hosting an essential worker rally downtown at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 to express the group’s opposition towards President Donald Trump. The “Essential Workers Rally to Stop Trump” was inspired by the committee’s opposition of how the president has treated essential workers, especially during the […]
The post Young Workers Committee to Hold Essential Workers Rally first appeared on The Madison Times.
Legendary beauty maverick Pat McGrath has become the first makeup artist to receive a damehood by Queen Elizabeth II. McGrath... View Article
The post Pat McGrath becomes first makeup artist to receive damehood by the Queen appeared first on TheGrio.
Young voters have been going to the polls in higher numbers in recent elections. We must do everything in our power to keep that trend rising. If you know a young community-oriented person who ought to run for public office in the future, encourage them. We need their voices and energy to keep turning citizens and activists into voters.
The post The Key To Motivating Young Voters? Young Candidates appeared first on The Seattle Medium.
More than 4.5 million Californians have already cast ballots in the 2020 general election - and there're still 12 days to go. Roughly one-fifth of the 21.5 million ballots mailed to registered voters had been processed as of Tuesday evening, blowing away previous election totals. About three times as many California residents have participated in […]
The post Early voter turnout smashing California election records appeared first on Black Voice News.
Young voters have been going to the polls in higher numbers in recent elections. We must do everything in our power to keep that trend rising.
BECOMING a statistician was never something Amanda Lee had planned on doing.In fact, when the 27-year-old started The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, her career goal was to become an economist.'I did economics in sixth form, which I really enjoyed. Statistics, I kind of picked up along the way,' the St Hugh's High School for Girls past student told JIS News.
A second Jamaican has been selected by Queen Elizabeth II for the Commonwealth Points of Light honour.Jamaican Sophia McKenzie has been selected as the 159th Commonwealth Point of Light for her exceptional voluntary service, supporting her local community and schools during the novel coronavirus pandemic.Points of Light are outstanding individual volunteers who are making a change in their community.
American Family Insurance steps up to celebrate HBCU students and alumni via virtual homecoming sponsorship. On a mission to acquire and support the best talent, American Family Insurance promotes career opportunities to HBCU students MADISON, WI – American Family Insurance announced today it is joining Target to co-sponsor YouTube Originals’ 'HBCU Homecoming 2020: Meet Me … Continued
The post American Family Insurance Supports YouTube HBCU Homecoming 2020 appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
You’re invited to celebrate Running Rebels Community Organization’s 40 years of service to Milwaukee young people at the virtual EPIC Evening presented by BMO Harris Bank on October 27th at 6:00 pm. Registration information will be emailed out in early October. The FREE event will be a joyful celebration to mark four decades of providing guidance, […]
The post Save the Date for Running Rebels Virtual EPIC Evening appeared first on Milwaukee Community Journal.
… The judge himself was African American. And he looks at … though it disproportionately affects Black Americans, is not landing on … of class within the African American community and asked, Well … been hyper-concentrated on African Americans who have not …
By Hayley Crandall Vote. The word and its importance have been the talk of the town since candidates started being announced, but now it’s crunch time. “If Black folks aren’t tired of hearing about voting, then that means you haven’t done the work,” Tiffany Henry, president of Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals, said. Biden for […]
The post ‘Sister to Sister’ Brings Wisconsin Leaders Together To Encourage Voting first appeared on The Madison Times.
UNITED KINGDON, November 16, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The glorious Edit is a carefully curated collection of independent brands online
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The post The new season of 'The Crown' features Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. Here's what you should know about them appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
A 25-YEAR-OLD entrepreneur who transformed her future after landing in £100,000 of debt has today...
The post Entrepreneur launches scheme to support young aspiring business owners appeared first on Voice Online.
THE INNER city area of Aston in Birmingham has a second multi media arts centre...
The post Eloquent Arts Centre opens in Aston, Birmingham appeared first on Voice Online.
By Professor Chris Imafidon - The hashtag generation speak a totally different language, which is difficult to understand if you don’t know the power of a mobile phone. This ignorance tragically gave birth to the fundamentally flawed response that led to the shooting of innocent, unarmed, defenceless and flag waving youths in Lekki, a wealthy suburb […]
The post Which country would kill its future, by shooting its youths? appeared first on African Voice Newspaper.
URBAN SYNERGY has announced that prominentbusiness leaderswill be forming a Corporate Advisory Board to support...
The post Business leaders team up with Urban Synergy to create a more ethnically diverse city appeared first on Voice Online.
AS 10 million children settle back into school following a summer in lockdown, new research...
The post Celebrities back The Big Anti-Bullying Assembly appeared first on Voice Online.
One of the most dramatic claims in Prince Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey was the allegation that their son was denied a royal title, possibly because of his skin color. Harry and Meghan’s son, seventh in line to the British throne, is Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. In contrast, the children of Harry’s older brother, Prince William, are Prince George, Princess […]
YouTube creators Josh Pieters and Archie Manners, best know for their social media prank videos and experiments, wanted to determine... View Article
The post YouTube duo proved royal experts lied prior to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview appeared first on TheGrio.
On September 21, 2020 the ‘SOS Five’ went to the Montgomery Justice Center for arraignment on misdemeanor charges for “defacing public property” writing “Black Lives Matter and Expand Medicaid Now”, on July 16th, in the street in front on the Alabama State capitol in Montgomery. The SOS Five planned to plead “not guilty” at the […]
THE PEOPLE’S National Party’s (PNP’s) Imani Duncan-Price has expressed regret at the death of Anthony Goss, otherwise called ‘Froggy’, one of the party’s loyal supporters and volunteers in the Kingston Central constituency. Superintendent in charge...
