In collaboration with United Nations Development Programme Accelerator Lab Kenya and the Healthy Internet Project (HIP) incubated at Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED), Busara Center for Behavioral Economics conducted a live behavioral science experimental demonstration of the Healthy Internet Project (HIP) plug-in, an open-source web browser extension that allows users to flag content online anonymously: it is intended to help curb the spread of lies, abuse, and fear-mongering, as well as to uplift useful ideas on the internet.
Policy Interventions And Measures Ahead Of The 2022 General Elections.
The Youth Café, in its mandate to safeguard the public's interest, is investing in different policy interventions that have a direct bearing on the citizens, and accountability of the Kenyan Government. The 2022 elections are viewed as a moment to raise the integrity bar and root corrupt leaders out of office. During the past few years, corruption has increased significantly in the country. The whole idea of corruption has been ethnicized and politicized, allowing leaders and Kenyan citizens today to disregard the question of accountability, and as a result, we have performed poorly in the fight against corruption.
Young People Demand Action To Protect Their Futures At COP26
TYC To Consult With European Union Delegation To Kenya | Connecting, Engaging, And Empowering Youth
The Youth Café appreciates the chance to participate in the consultation with the European Union Delegation To Kenya to provide written input in the project on connecting, engaging and empowering youth in Kenya. Through our Strategic Plan and Theory of Change, we will participate more logically with the youth in Kenya to ensure that the voices of young people are not only heard but also empowered.
The Youth Café Is Supporting The 2021 Nairobi City County Youth Policy
In partnership with the Nairobi County Government, The Youth Café will be organizing Public Participatory Forums targeting the youth in Nairobi in order to integrate their voices and proposals into the Nairobi City County Youth Policy. We believe that these forums will provide an opportunity for the youth who are the major beneficiaries, to give their input and enrich the draft the Youth Policy. The Youth Café is also dedicated to support The Nairobi County Government in the dissemination and distribution of the policy after its completion.
Youth Excel Releases Global Gender and Inclusion Analysis
Youth Excel aims to advance gender equality by using research, learning, and data to change systems and transform norms, shifting power differentials so that diverse youth—including youth of all genders in different age categories—influence development agendas and development decision making. In late 2020, we conducted a Global GESI Analysis through desk research to (1) compile data and identify broad trends in line with Youth Excel’s work; (2) provide recommendations for Youth Excel activities.
Press Release: AU Leaders Challenged By Young People Denied Full Participation In The Future Of Africa
A group of young grassroots movement leaders from around the continent of Africa have called on African Heads of State to urgently work with youth to address the systemic issues that have disempowered an entire generation of young people. The young leaders are calling for African heads of state to allow them to exercise their freedom and creativity, to contribute to African society, by ending the unfair, unjust profiling and targeting of young people in national security operations.