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Nikol Pashinyan won his third term as Prime Minister of Armenia, despite receiving only 20% of the youth vote. This discrepancy can be chalked up to a lack of political trust and minimal hope for progress.
From climate to displacement, Rahman aims to make the UNGA a forum where youth voices truly count.
Voters under 30 went 60% for Vijay's TVK. Voters over 60 went 14%. When a 54-point generational gap decides an election, we are no longer talking about a youth swing. We are watching a realignment.
The UN's next Secretary-General will inherit an institution in crisis. One leading candidate, Rebeca Grynspan, has placed young people at the centre of her vision. Here's why that matters.
Hungary's youth voted out the only leader most of them have ever known. Here is what the polling showed, and what it means.
Nepal swears in its youngest-ever cabinet — average age 38. What this means for youth governance, democratic incorporation, and the generation that refused to wait.
Nepal's Gen Z didn't just protest; they won. How a rapper-turned-engineer became the world's youngest Prime Minister and what it means for youth democracy globally.
The conference worked through the most consequential question in democratic politics today: why are young people systematically excluded from the systems they will inherit, and what will it actually take to change that?
Can young people who topple governments actually win them? As Nepal heads to the polls on March 5th, Bangladesh offers a cautionary tale.
Standing at a fork in a road with nearly 60% of its population under the age of 30, the integration of young voices into the political process is not merely a matter of demographic representation for Jordan but a strategic imperative for national stability and future development. Therefore, at a surface level, the nation's response with reform; entailing the implementation of youth quotas in parliament, lowered the candidacy age, and introduction of pro-youth legal frameworks should receive appraisal. However, beneath this progressive rhetoric lies a complex reality shaped by deep-rooted structural challenges, economic pressures, and social attitudes that raise important questions: Do these reforms genuinely empower young Jordanians, or are they largely symbolic gestures designed to maintain the status quo?
