Children often grow up believing they are supposed to get beaten and that bullying and other forms of violence are part of their education. But when you talk to a primary school child, who as a consequence of this violence, starts considering suicide, then you must know the situation nuh normal. So, we need to break it down by having a… Read more →←
Author: Charles Young
Imagine having a friend who goes home to an environment where they are constantly shot at (with actual guns and bullets), sometimes the bullets hit, other times they do not. An environment where they are also exposed to physical violence, because it’s necessary to alter their behavior in a ‘more acceptable fashion’. An environment… Read more →←
I recently returned from South Africa, where I represented Jamaican youth along with more than one million youth around the world who shared their voices. Our goal together? To create a Youth Manifesto to #ENDviolence in schools to be presented to education ministers from across the world in January and demand their action. I helped… Read more →←
Charles Young is a Jamaican Youth Ambassador for the UN General Assembly. He is travelling to South Africa this week to participate in the drafting of an #ENDviolence Youth Manifesto, along with hundreds of other young people from across the world. The Manifesto is the result of a global effort by UNICEF, conducted between July-November,… Read more →←
