Above Photo: Brendan McDermid / Reuters A new clinic has opened its doors in Shanghai, hoping to provide affirmative care for transgender children and adolescents. While several court cases have been ruled in favor of trans plaintiffs in recent years, trans visibility in Chinese society remains small. The Children’s Hospital of Fudan University in the eastern city of Shanghai recently inaugurated a new multidisciplinary clinic to provide support for transgender children, including safely managing their transition needs, the Global Times, a newspaper operated by the Communist Party of China-owned People’s Daily, reported on Friday. According to the paper, the clinic was formed […]
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Above Photo: Climate activist Lauren (far right) takes Shell CEO Ben van Beurden (second from left) to task over Cambo oil field and climate impact. Youth activists disrupted a TED panel in Edinburgh with the CEO of Shell dubbing him “one of the most evil people in the world”. Environmental campaigners took over the stage at the TED Countdown conference in Edinburgh which was hosting a panel discussion with Royal Dutch Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden. The activists say they raised concerns with TED Countdown organisers that a fossil fuel company, like Shell, has no place speaking at an event that […]
Above Photo: Anti-fascist demonstration at the Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece. (902.gr) On anniversary of ban on Golden Dawn The neo-Nazi Greek fascist party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organization by a Greek court last year, which convicted its leadership for involvement in multiple hate crimes, including the murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas On the occasion of the first anniversary of the banning of Greek fascist party Golden Dawn, progressive sections organized massive mobilizations across the country on Thursday, October 7, resolving to strengthen the fight against fascism and the system that gives birth to it. The demonstrations, mainly […]
Above Photo: Pupils at the Co-op Academy Walkden in Greater Manchester. Children as young as 10 are afraid the Covid-19 pandemic will set them back for the rest of their lives, a new study from the Co-op Group reveals. The report, the Ghosted Generation, is one of the largest post-pandemic studies of its kind, asking more than 5,000 10-25-year olds about their attitudes, life chances and aspirations. It finds that almost two thirds (60%) 13-25-year olds feel their generation will be permanently disadvantaged by the pandemic, starting with a devastating impact on their education. The Group is urging more support for young people […]
Nigerian Government Revealing Its True Character In Response To Youth Protests By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. November 16, 2020 Nigerian Government Revealing Its True Character In Response To Youth Protests2020-11-162020-11-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/fuel-protesters-e1605553320154.jpg200px200px Youth protests against police violence in Nigeria, the #EndSARS movement, gained international attention with solidarity protests around the world. To understand those protests and the context of the political, economic and social environment in Nigeria, I speak with Comrade Abiodun Aremu, the general secretary of the Joint Action Front and the co-coordinator of the Amil Cabral Ideological School Movement. Aremu speaks about the failure of the government to fulfill the […]
Peru’s Youth Have Mobilized In Indignation November 16, 2020 Peru’s Youth Have Mobilized In Indignation2020-11-162020-11-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/peru-e1605542772286.jpg200px200px Above photo: Leftist presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza participates in a protest in Cusco. November 11, 2020. @Vero_Mendoza_F. Interview with Veronika Mendoza. Leader of the ‘New Peru Movement’ party and the only leftist presidential candidate, explained what’s behind the current unrest. In an interview with Nodal, Veronika Mendoza, leader of the ‘New Peru Movement’ party and the only leftist presidential candidate, explained what’s behind the current unrest in her country. Mass protests broke out after Peru’s parliament voted to impeach former president Martin Vizcarra on November 9th, […]
Exemplifying the overrepresentation of immigrant youth, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stressed that every fifth young man with a non-Western background born in 1997 had broken the law before he turned 21 years old. Following a speech by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in which she specifically addressed the problem of “anti-social behaviour” by youths with an immigrant background, the Danish government has outlined a plan to tackle this issue. A 2019 report by the Danish Centre for Social Science Research (VIVE) found that children and young people from underprivileged housing areas commit crimes more often than their peers. The police had […]
Church of England forgave pedophiles en masse, allowed them to continue working with children, inquiry finds [ Editor’s Note: This is a doubly sickening story. First, we have the continuing epidemic of the ‘unholy’ church leadership allowing this to go for so long, and then the failure of the British legal and political systems to hold them to account. By all I mean from the Bishops on down to the priests who should have been sent of to some horrid windswept island as a cold hell on earth, leaving them to experience the warmer version post death. Even this current report […]
Australia: Youth Sue To Stop Coal Mine Expansion By Michael Slezak and Penny Timms, ABC.au. September 11, 2020 Australia: Youth Sue To Stop Coal Mine Expansion2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/aus-e1599858660920.jpg200px200px Above photo: Avav Princi, Izzy Raj-Seppings, Veronica Hester, Laura Kirwan and Ambrose Hayes are all part of the action. ABC News: Brendan Esposito. A class action launched on behalf of young people everywhere seeks an injunction to stop the Australian Government approving an extension to Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine, arguing it will harm young people by exacerbating climate change. The injunction, filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday, is a first for Australia. An expert […]
Harry Dunn’s alleged killer Anne Sacoolas who left England after ‘causing his death by driving on the wrong side of the road’ DID NOT have diplomatic immunity, his family is told Harry Dunn, 19, died when his motorcycle was struck by car near RAF Croughton Anne Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity after the collision in August 2019 Director of Public Prosecutions concluded suspect should not have left the UK It comes as Mr Dunn’s family filed a lawsuit against Mrs Sacoolas in Virginia UK Daily Mail: Harry Dunn’s family have been told that his alleged killer did not have diplomatic immunity, according to the Director of […]
The Arab Spring uprising led to a transition to democracy in Tunisia, but young people decry widespread corruption and a lack of job opportunities. It’s led to protests, including self-immolation. (Image credit: Nicole Tung) Source link
Forty percent of young LGBTQ people have considered suicide in the last year; that rises to more than half for trans and non-binary youth. That’s according to the second annual survey on LGBTQ youth mental health by The Trevor Project. The non-profit organization provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ people under the age of 25. Two years of data isn’t enough to show trends, says clinical psychologist Amy Green, who is also the director of research at The Trevor Project. But what they do show, she says, is that “the numbers are high and staying high, in terms […]
Youth in Nepal hold a socially distant protest demanding a more effective government response to the novel coronavirus. A new UNICEF report highlights issues faced by young people in South Asia during the pandemic Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Youth in Nepal hold a socially distant protest demanding a more effective government response to the novel coronavirus. A new UNICEF report highlights issues faced by young people in South Asia during the pandemic Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters A pandemic is hard on everyone. And even though older people face greater risks from the novel coronavirus, a UNICEF report released on […]
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks to a group gathered for a vigil in memory of Breonna Taylor on June 6. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks to a group gathered for a vigil in memory of Breonna Taylor on June 6. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Louisville youth confronted Mayor Greg Fischer on Sunday, pressing for answers about whether he values Black lives and why he waited so long to speak out on the police killing of Breonna Taylor. A Facebook Live video posted by Lavel White, a filmmaker and city employee, captured about […]
The Chinese Football Association has slapped six members of the country’s under-19 squad with a six-month suspension after they broke a strict Covid-19 curfew to go drinking. The players reportedly slipped away from a 35-man training camp in Shanghai at midnight to go boozing, only to be rumbled by officials. The six footballers will now be forced to sit out national team matches until the end of November, and could face further sanction from their club teams. “It was a severe violation of the team’s epidemic control regulations, and caused negative impacts on the whole team,” the Chinese FA said, according […]
New York will be shifting funds from the police to youth groups as part of reforms, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, saying the Big Apple’s citizens “need to be reached, not policed.” “We committed to move resources from the NYPD to youth and social services as part of our City’s budget,” de Blasio wrote on Twitter amid ongoing violent protests in New York and many other US cities, provoked by the death of African American man George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late May. “Our people need to be reached, not policed,” the mayor said, insisting that it […]
Car Caravan: Free Our Youth! By Joe Piette, Workers World. May 25, 2020 Car Caravan: Free Our Youth!2020-05-252020-05-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/free-our-youth-prison-protest-in-philadelphia-workers-world.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Free Our Youth prison protest. Zekiya Cherif, whose son was previously incarcerated at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center, speaks to protesters on May 18. By Joe Piette for Workers World. As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 — closing schools and workplaces, canceling events and shifting to supporting children in their homes and communities — one group of young people is being left behind: the nearly 50,000 youth locked up across the country. Releasing young people […]