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Youth Peace Governance
Our work became even more important due to COVID-19 – the story of Pasawat Sakulpanich
By Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab Accepting yourself can be a difficult journey. Pasawat Sakulpanich or Tae went through the process as he...
APAC Youth
May 14, 20215 min read
A Bounty Grows from the Idea of a Basket
By Nisha Oswal, Youth Co:Lab A casual conversation with three elderly women would leave Thinles Norboo sleepless that night and set him...
Youth Co:Lab
May 7, 20214 min read
An Incident that Led to an Idea and a Springboard to Success
By Youth Co:Lab, An idea born out of a tragedy triumphed at the Commonwealth Youth Awards, with Faysal Islam of Bangladesh winning the...
Youth Co:Lab
Apr 2, 20214 min read
A guiding light for women’s reproductive and sexual health rights – The story of Laraib Abid
By Peter Bateman, Youth Co:Lab ‘Mashal’ means ‘light’ in Arabic; and that is precisely what Laraib Abid is to many young women and men in...
Youth Co:Lab
Apr 2, 20214 min read
One Year On – How Young Social Entrepreneurs Rose to the Challenge of COVID-19
Joint post by Youth Co:Lab and SDSN Youth, Over the past year, young social entrepreneurs have shown extraordinary leadership on the...
Youth Co:Lab
Mar 31, 20214 min read
The journey of a Climate Mover
Guest post by Sagar Koirala Namaste, everyone! My name is Sagar Koirala. I am a 23-year-old activist from Nepal, passionate about the...
APAC Youth
Mar 18, 20214 min read
Barriers and challenges can be your best friends – the story of Tawhida Shiropa
By Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab When Tawhida Shiropa came to Dhaka from a small town in Northern Bangladesh, she had nothing with her but...
Youth Co:Lab
Feb 24, 20215 min read
Youth Social Entrepreneurship in Food Security and Sustainability: A Chat with Big Idea Ventures
By Youth Co:Lab Singapore as part of the YSE series, Today, Singapore is rated as one of the most prepared countries in terms of food...
Youth Co:Lab
Feb 18, 20214 min read
The SDGs and Youth Social Entrepreneurship: A Perfect Fusion to Achieve a Better World by 2030
By Youth Co:Lab Singapoore What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The SDGs were adopted by all United Nations Member States...
Youth Co:Lab
Feb 18, 20213 min read
Coming Soon! Springboard 2021
By Youth Co:Lab It is an exciting start of the year for the Springboard Programme of Youth Co:Lab, a business incubation platform for...
APAC Youth
Jan 22, 20212 min read
Learning Journey of Youth Co:Lab Thailand 2020
Guest post by Youth Co:Lab Thailand and UNDP Thailand Experienced by youth, Initiated by youth, solutions by youth. This is the story of...
APAC Youth
Dec 10, 20206 min read
The costs and benefits of battling corruption for young people
Joint post by Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab and Marcela Werutsky, UNDP Fair Biz Obtaining decent employment is a tough challenge for young...
APAC Youth
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals as an Indigenous Youth
Guest post by João Baptista Pereira Guterres I am João Baptista Pereira Guterres from the Malayo-Polynesian Indigenous community in...
APAC Youth
Dec 9, 20204 min read
Lessons learnt from running a virtual incubator for startups during a pandemic
By Youth Co:Lab During the best of times, kick starting or running a business is an uphill battle. Now, COVID-19 has added a host of...
APAC Youth
Nov 5, 20205 min read
Thailand’s social entrepreneurs reinvent business-models, learn from mentors, to cope with COVID-19
Guest post by UNDP Thailand The impacts of COVID-19 on the economy have deeply affected the business prospects of micro, small and...
APAC Youth
Oct 23, 20204 min read
INTERVIEW: Chat with iHub Bhutan — How are entrepreneurs innovating in the face of COVID?
Guest post by Bishnu Chettri, UNDP Bhutan iHub Bhutan is a platform that aims to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and...
APAC Youth
Aug 20, 20208 min read
Ethnographic Research on Youth Unemployment in Bhutan: Looking Beyond Statistics, For Stories
Joint post by UNDP Bhutan and Youth Co:Lab Stories, not statistics. This was our mantra as we embarked on three weeks of ethnographic...
APAC Youth
Aug 17, 20205 min read
Moving forward during the COVID crisis – the story of Chandra Tripura
by Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab ‘In beginning, indigenous communities [were] more worried about food crisis rather than spread of virus,...
APAC Youth
Aug 7, 20204 min read
Channeling frustration into Action - The story of Ke Jung
Guest post by David Young, UNESCO Bangkok Office When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to Myanmar, Ke Jung, a thirty-year old graduate...
APAC Youth
Aug 7, 20203 min read
Challenging ourselves to be productive – the story of Barsha Lekhi
By Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab ‘When you stay at home, you don’t have much to do. We are used to going out and being social. They get...
APAC Youth
Aug 7, 20204 min read
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