Youths are increasingly having an impact on policy within areas such as women’s education, climate concerns and systemic racism. Previously, youth participation was embodied by high profile activists such as Malala Yousafzai’s advocacy for girls’ education and Greta Thunberg’s environmental advocacy. Now however, collective movements such as Nepal’s 2025 Gen Z protests about government corruption have shown youths’ capacity to organize for causes such as the right to criticise authority and shake the political system…

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Within the last six months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released multiple reports about Vietnam’s refusal to uphold workers’ rights and other governments’ reluctance to hold Vietnam accountable. HRW’s Asia Director, Elaine Person, noted that western governments have been keen to build economic partnerships with Vietnam due to its rapid growth and potential as an alternative to China…

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