Among the many development programs and projects featuring elements directed toward young people, how many support youth-led activities?
It’s a question Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Division Director Katherine Ellis is keen to raise. As head of a program that has supported young people to become leaders for more than 40 years in 53 countries, she said the global community often does too little to support young people as agents of change.
Instead, she said, international efforts too frequently see young people simply as beneficiaries and recipients.
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Gabriella Jóźwiak@GabriellaJ
Gabriella Jóźwiak is an award-winning journalist based in London. Her work on issues and policies affecting children and young people in developing countries and the U.K. has been published in national newspapers and magazines. Having worked in-house for domestic and international development charities, Jóźwiak has a keen interest in organizational development, and has worked as a journalist in several countries across West Africa and South America.
