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Uplifting the Young Pedestal of Change-Making | National Youth Day | truCSR

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  Written by: Samreen Saify Compiled and Edited by: Rebecca Shibu Youth comprise the stage of life, involving transition into adulthood. It’s a period of both growth and stagnation in a way that much of it is spent in discovering and making sense of the world around us and ourselves. It is often said that young people are both the future of the country and the drivers of change. Therefore, their voices and adequate representation in socio-political, economic, and cultural spheres are as important as those of an adult. In recent years, young people are increasingly being seen as the most valuable human resource for fostering economic, cultural and political development. They are considered the makers, drivers, and implementers of change as they, in many ways, add value to the processes through enthusiasm and vitality, which, most often than not, leads to new discoveries and developments, benefiting society and countries at large. National Youth Day On January 12th every year, India...

The Critical Role of Human Rights in the Path of Recovery from COVID-19 | truCSR

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Written by: Samreen Saify Compiled and Edited by: Rebecca Shibu 2020 brought with it a crisis of a degree that the world hasn’t been through in a long time. It brought with it the breaking down of the health infrastructure followed by several underlying difficulties. Coping mechanisms introduced and still underway, we delve into the aspect of human rights and how it has been affected given the COVID-19 Pandemic. Its alignment with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and reimagination of a post-COVID world that is built on the foundation of acceptance, regard and space for all people. As we transition to the recovery phase along, economic, social, cultural and ecological realignments in the approach would become a positive nudge in the direction of social change. Human rights along with the objectives under SDGs when coherently implemented keep the capacity for a stronger path to recovery. Evolution of Human Rights and its Governance After the atrocities and destruction caused ...