Asia Pacific Young Greens Network (APYGN)
* YOUTHS across the APGF Regions (2000-2018)
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A Glimpse into "Youths" across APGF (2000-2018)
From 2000 to 2018, youth across Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East moved from being treated mainly as “future leaders” to becoming visible political, digital, climate and social actors. In Asia, youth activism centred on democracy, corruption, education, gender justice, disaster response, Indigenous rights and digital mobilisation, with major examples including Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement, Nepal’s earthquake response and South Korea’s candlelight protests. In the Pacific, youth leadership was shaped strongly by climate justice, Indigenous identity, land, language, migration and intergenerational responsibility. In the Middle East, youth politics was shaped by occupation, war, unemployment, Arab Spring mobilisation, displacement and digital resistance. Across all three regions, social media transformed youth organising, while climate change, inequality, gender violence, conflict and Indigenous survival became defining youth issues by 2018.
THANK YOU
CORE TEAM 2021
WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE TIME, ENERGY, IDEAS & ALOHA YOU GAVE TO YOUR ROLES AS APYGN.
WE WISH YOU YOUNG LEADERS WELL.
2021
MaThis has been a long awaited gathering!!
Thanks Federation of Young European Greens - FYEG and Global Young Greens for making this gathering happen!!
Make our voices heard!
Our young representatives are taking part in TWO events! The #COP26 and the #AlterCOP launched by the FYEG.rinol Ubaldo
2021
APYGN recently had its annual AGM election, where we chose a new suite of leaders to lead us through the new year. Today in our #meetapygn series, we introduce the new convenor Akarsh.
“As an informed person, my journey began as a social problem solver. I was involved in solving a complex problem in India called Engineering Education. The quality of education was declining day by day, and graduates lacked the much-needed social, ecological, and political awareness.
2021
2022
Covid -19 is a global epidemic. And this epidemic is increasing day by day in all over the world. In India, covid -19 is a very big challenge for everyone because now there are more than 3.50 million cases and the death rate is more than 65 thousands. As we all know that covid-19 epidemic has effected to the farmers, workers, labours, doctors, students, etc... There has been a large decline in the level of the Indian education and health. But the Indian government wants to organize the exams of NEET and JEE which is completely unfair. There is anger among the students all over the country against the NEET and JEE examinations. Uttarakhand Students Organization (USO) also registered its opposition to the government's decision to hold NEET and JEE exams done. And a notice was also sent to the government in this context.
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POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has"
Margaret Mead * Credit: Green Peace.
History of Youths across APGF Region
ASIA 2000-2018
- Bangladesh: student politics and youth mobilisation around elections, secularism, labour rights and road safety, especially the 2018 student road-safety protests. India: youth mobilisation around anti-corruption protests, campus politics, Dalit student activism, and the 2012 Delhi rape protests. Indonesia: post-Reformasi youth activism continued around democracy, anti-corruption and Papua solidarity. Japan: youth anti-nuclear and peace activism grew after Fukushima. Mongolia: youth civic activism around corruption, mining and democracy. Nepal: youth participation in the 2006 democracy movement and post-conflict constitution debates. Pakistan: youth mobilisation around education, democracy and extremism, including Malala Yousafzai’s global education advocacy. Philippines: youth involvement in anti-corruption, anti-dictatorship memory politics, and disaster response. South Korea: student/youth role in mass candlelight protests leading to President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment. Taiwan: the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement saw students occupy the legislature over a China trade pact.
MIDDLE EAST 2000-2018
- Palestine: youth experienced the Second Intifada, occupation, Gaza wars, checkpoints, imprisonment and student activism. Lebanon: youth mobilised after the 2005 Cedar Revolution, the 2006 war, and later anti-corruption protests. Jordan: youth joined reform debates during the Arab Spring period. Iraq: youth lived through the 2003 invasion, occupation, sectarian violence, ISIS conflict and later protest movements. The Arab Spring period placed youth, dignity, unemployment and political voice at the centre of regional politics.
PACIFIC 2000-2018
- Australia: youth activism around asylum seekers, climate justice, First Nations justice and marriage equality. Aotearoa New Zealand: rangatahi Māori activism around Te Tiriti, language, land and environmental protection. Papua New Guinea: youth concerns around corruption, unemployment, urban violence and extractive industries. Solomon Islands: youth were affected by and involved in peacebuilding after the ethnic tensions and RAMSI period from 2003 onward.
Young India Adhikar * UKKKP Uttarakhand Student Organization.
Young India Adhikar March
2019 February
The Young India Adhikar March was against unemployment. The demand was to spend at least 10% of the GDP in education, govt was spending 2-3%. Also to fill all the vacant post which are there in the government departments ASAP.
This rally was in national capital (#Delhi) where approximately 25,000 people joined from different Organization.
A "Young India National Coordination Committee" was formed and its founding member is the Uttarakhand Student Organization.
From modest beginnings, we've grown through unwavering dedication and a commitment to continuous improvement. Each step has reinforced our core belief in the power of collaboration and the importance of integrity. We're passionate about what we do, and we're excited to share our story with you.
The Young India Adhikar March was against unemployment. The demand was to spend at least 10% of the GDP in education, govt was spending 2-3%. Also to fill all the vacant post which are there in the government departments ASAP.
This rally was in national capital (#Delhi) where approximately 25,000 people joined from different Organization.
A "Young India National Coordination Committee" was formed and its founding member is the Uttarakhand Student Organization.
Last day of elections campaign for Lok Sabha in 2019 of #UttarakhandParivartanParty, with the candidate being Advocate Vimla Arya.
#India #Uttarakhand #IndianElections2019 #VimlaArya #LokSabha
Taiwan Young Greens
2020
2020 General Assembly Congress of Taiwan Young Greens on Nov 21th in Taipei.
All participants in the annual gathering of Taiwan Young Greens.
— with 台灣青年綠人 Taiwan Young Greens.
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2018
2018 * Asia Facific Young Greens representative Riwa Fahed-Ghawi live from the General Assembly of the Federation of Young European Greens.
2021
Marinol Ubaldo
2021
Advocacy, social movements and community empowerment for the environment is a long and often difficult journey for many in Asia-Pacific regions. However, they often bear the consequences of climate change and environmental disasters. Marinel Ubaldo, a young climate activist in the Philippines will join us to share her insights and experience on climate strikes, legal actions against multinational corporations and advocacy through the international community!
2022
How does the youth of Asia-Pacific bring political change in the region in the era of populism, climate emergency and rising inequality?
Join us in a panel discussion with activists and researchers from India, Lebanon and Australia to discuss this on April 3rd at 6am UTC
Merci Beaucoup (Frensh), APYGN versatile resource developers
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT LANDSCAPE
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Arundhati Roy
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.”
Terimah Kasih (Indonesia), APYGN versatile resource developers
History of Youths across APGF Region
ASIA 2004-2018
- Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia: youth were highly visible in disaster response after floods, cyclones, earthquakes and typhoons. Nepal 2015 earthquake: young tech volunteers helped map needs and coordinate relief through open data and social media. Japan: youth anti-nuclear/environmental organising after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Philippines: youth climate advocacy intensified after Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in 2013.
MIDDLE EAST 2000-2018
- Iraq and Jordan: water scarcity, drought, heat and displacement affected youth futures. Palestine: environmental harm was linked to occupation, water access, land restrictions and conflict. Lebanon: youth faced pollution, waste crises and environmental degradation, including the 2015 garbage crisis.
PACIFIC 2000-2018
- Pacific youth increasingly became climate justice voices because sea-level rise, cyclones, coastal erosion and relocation directly affected their futures. Australia: school climate strikes began in 2018, inspired by Greta Thunberg, with thousands of students walking out of school. PNG and Solomon Islands: youth were affected by coastal flooding, food security pressures, logging, mining and disaster risk.
Bohat Shukriya (Pakistan), APYGN versatile resource developers
INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPE
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Suad Amiry (Palestine)
“We live under occupation, but we refuse to let it define our humanity.”
History of Youths across APGF Region
ASIA 2000-2018
- Bangladesh: Indigenous Jumma youth in the Chittagong Hill Tracts raised land, militarisation and cultural survival issues. India: Adivasi youth mobilised around land, mining, forests and displacement. Indonesia: Indigenous Papuan and adat youth raised rights, land and resource extraction concerns. Nepal: Janajati youth advocated federalism, language rights and constitutional recognition. Philippines: Lumad and Cordillera youth defended schools, ancestral domains and anti-mining struggles. Taiwan: Indigenous youth strengthened language, land and cultural revitalisation activism.
MIDDLE EAST 2000-2018
- Iraq and Jordan: water scarcity, drought, heat and displacement affected youth futures. Palestine: environmental harm was linked to occupation, water access, land restrictions and conflict. Lebanon: youth faced pollution, waste crises and environmental degradation, including the 2015 garbage crisis.
PACIFIC 2000-2018
- Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth activism focused on deaths in custody, land rights, language, child removal and constitutional recognition. Aotearoa NZ: rangatahi Māori advanced te reo Māori, kapa haka, iwi development and Treaty justice. PNG and Solomon Islands: Indigenous youth issues centred on customary land, resource extraction, cultural continuity and rural–urban migration.
"Shukran jazilan" (Iraq), APYGN versatile resource developers
Technologies and Social Media
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Manal al-Sharif (regional influence)
“A woman is not a half of a society. She is the foundation of it.”
History of Youths across APGF Region
ASIA 2008-2018
- Youth activism increasingly moved through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and smartphones. Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement used online mobilisation and livestreaming. Nepal 2015 used platforms such as Quakemap and social media for disaster coordination. South Korea’s candlelight protests spread through digital networks. Pakistan and India: youth used social media for education, gender justice and protest coordination.
MIDDLE EAST 2010-2018
- Youth used Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and mobile phones to document protests, war, occupation, police violence and humanitarian crises. Social media was especially important during Arab Spring mobilisation, Palestinian digital advocacy, Lebanese anti-corruption campaigns and Iraqi youth protest networks.
PACIFIC 2008-2018
- Pacific youth used Facebook, mobile phones and online networks for climate campaigns, music, identity, diaspora connection, election discussion and disaster communication. Social media also helped Pacific youth link local struggles to global debates on climate justice and Indigenous rights.
"Tanggio Tumas" (Solomon Islands), APYGN versatile resource developers
Other Cross-Sectoral Agenda / Issues
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Rokhaya Diallo (used widely in Asian feminist spaces)
“Feminism is not a Western import, it is a universal demand for justice.”
"Баярлалаа (Bayarlalaa" (Mongolia), APYGN versatile resource developers
History of Youths across APGF Region
ASIA 2000-2018
- Youth issues included unemployment, migration, education access, gender-based violence, mental health, urban precarity, online freedom, disaster displacement and democratic participation. By 2018, youth were increasingly framed globally as civic actors, not only beneficiaries, through the UN Youth2030 strategy.
MIDDLE EAST 2000-2018
- Major youth issues included war trauma, unemployment, refugee displacement, education disruption, militarisation, surveillance, gender restrictions, migration, sectarian politics, and shrinking civic space. Youth were often framed simultaneously as security risks, protest actors, humanitarian victims and peacebuilders.
PACIFIC 2000-2018
- Key youth concerns included education access, unemployment, rural–urban migration, mental health, gender-based violence, alcohol/drug harm, sport, church/community leadership, and diaspora identity. Pacific youth were increasingly seen as both vulnerable to climate change and central to climate solutions.
