UN Commission on the Status of Women 2017

CSW 61 Parallel Event On its fifth anniversary of hosting Side and Parallel Events at the United Nations, Commission on the Status of Women, Montage Initiative celebrated the role of youth leadership in advancing gender equality by showcasing its student immersion trip to India. Youth speakers from the Student Advisory Board discussed how the inclusion…

“Crossing Borders” Youth Leaders

In a Ted-ex-like format, Sciences Po students captivated the audience by showcasing how they traversed limitations through travel and exposure to different cultures. Piroshin, a member of the Indian community in South Africa detailed racial abuses in South Africa. Marianna started her own NGO at age 18 to assist victims of human trafficking in Latin America. Originally, from India, Nikita got the courage to cross to Pakistan, against all warnings from family. Indeed, some of the greatest borders are the psychological ones that we place on ourselves.

In Defense of Millennials

This generation is tasked with fixing the massive issues previously created – ongoing conflicts and wars, social security insolvency, an underway environmental disaster, economic crisis, and rigidification of social mobility. Millennials can be better generalized as a generation that thinks critically, is unafraid to challenge the status-quo, and is the most educated, travelled, and connected group. In the workforce, they defy business as usual by preferring to work under their own rules, use freedom and flexibility for innovation, and take risks for the greatest gains.