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…
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Reintegrating Albanian and Serbian Youth
The New Bridge in Mitrovica symbolizes the split of the city into two adversarial sides. On the Albanian side, I stand with uncertainty looking over the river – those on the southern part warn of the dangers of crossing over to the Serbian side. The bridge today is patrolled by KFOR forces. Before the war, Serbs and Albanians used to lived as neighbors, speaking one another’s language, and even intermarrying. However, the conflict brought seemingly irreparable fissures between Serbs and Albanians.
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.
Selfies and “Madam, please”
The children of India won over my heart. Whatever school we went to in whichever village we visited, they greeted us with precious smiles. I felt inspired by their energy, welcome, care, and vitality. However, children in India face terrible labor exploitation. Out of all issues that I have witnessed in India, this one breaks me.
K-squared 