Monthly Archives: December 2020

9 Dec, 2020

Young Human Rights Defenders Adapting to COVID-19

Celebrating Youth Resilience & Creativity on International Human Rights Day By: The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth & Amnesty International’s Global Youth Collective  Youth-led human rights activism has never been an easy task. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of people everywhere, many young human rights defenders faced multiple challenges to their

4 Dec, 2020

On International Volunteers Day, Meet Our First Class of Fellows 

5 December 2020   Earlier this year, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth said goodbye to unpaid internships, introducing a new fellowship programme — in collaboration with UN Volunteers (UNV) — designed specifically to provide more meaningful, paid employment opportunities for young people at the United Nations.  Through the programme, we received thousands of applications from qualified, passionate candidates around the world, all eager to contribute