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International Youth Day: Trust Your Voice!

Today, August 12th, is International Youth Day, observed by the United Nations to raise awareness and share knowledge on the issues that young people face around the globe. This year’s observance focuses on youth migratio...
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Human Rights

Watch: Egypt’s Epidemic of Sexual Violence

Egyptian anti-sexual harassment groups confirmed that mobs sexually assaulted and in some cases raped at least 91 women in Tahrir Square over four days of protests beginning on June 30, 2013 amid a climate of impunity. Human Ri...
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We’re Looking for an Intern!

The International Political Forum is a platform for young people around the world to make their voices heard. We are rapidly gaining international recognition as the go-to place for politically engaged, globally minded young pe...
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China

WATCH: China Builds a Replica of Paris…Now it’s a Ghost Town

If you took a one day trip from from Shanghai to Tianducheng in China’s Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot mini replica of the Eiffel tower. Development on this Paris replica in China began in 2007, at ...
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Human Rights

WATCH: 11-Year-Old Yemeni Girl “would rather die than get married at this age”

A video uploaded to YouTube of 11 year old Nada Al-Ahdal from Yemen has been doing the rounds the last few days. In the video Nada talks about how she has to run away from home in order to avoid being married off by her parents...
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Human Rights

WATCH: This is What Torture Really Looks Like

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for fo...
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Blog

One of the Best Defences of Journalism We’ve Seen

Evolving technology has done great things for journalism. It has changed the way in which we receive and disseminate news. However, with evolving technology, undoubtedly, comes problems. Today, the journalism profession, especi...
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North America

A Tribe Fights to Move Beyond Coal to Clean Energy

Southern Nevada’s Moapa Band of Paiutes called for the closure of the Reid Gardner coal plant and a transition to clean renewable energy future for Nevada. The tribe has successfully managed to close most of the Reid Gard...
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Educating Women

WATCH: Because I am a Girl

Girls born in some of the most poorest regions in the world will be one of the most disadvantaged people on earth. Globally 1 in 5 girls (that’s 66 million) are denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, viole...
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