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India, with an average age of 29, will be the youngest country in the world by 2020. But are its youth ready to lead change

Three “changemakers” in the Philippines were inducted as Ashoka fellows in Taguig City on Wednesday night, bringing to nine the number of people in the country who are part of the world’s largest and most prestigious network of social innovators. The newest additions to the elite group are Amina...

“'Something happened',” Amina Evangelista Swanepoel pauses. “It was always how they explained their pregnancy: ‘My parents were away and my boyfriend came over and something happened and now I’m pregnant’.” Amina is talking about the female students of her mother, Susan Evangelista...

On Thursday, February 21, Palawan resident and social entrepreneur Amina Evangelista Swanepoel became one of the three latest inductees into the very prestigious Ashoka Fellowship in an elegant ceremony in the Arts Center of Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Her husband Marcus and...

Seit 1999 wird der internationale Tag der Jugend am 12. August gefeiert. Jedes Jahr wählen die Vereinten Nationen einen anderen Themenschwerpunkt – dieses Jahr steht das Thema „Jugendengagement und Teilhabe“ im Fokus. Ashoka engagiert sich auf vielfältige Art und Weise für mehr Engagement und...

Il programma televisivo spagnolo Para Todos La 2, in onda ogni sabato mattina alle 12.00, ha dedicato diverse puntate ai Fellow italiani di Ashoka. Il 26 Novembre 2016 è andata in onda la puntata su Luciana Delle Donne e il suo progetto Made in Carcere. Guarda qui il video, in spagnolo.

Apply now to the next edition of ChangemakerXchange in Asia! The ChangemakerXchange is a global collaborative community and series of retreats for young social innovators, co-created by Ashoka and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. ChangemakerXchange is back in Asia and is launching a series of 3 retreats -...

We are proud to share that Young Africa, Dutch Fellow’s Dorien Beurskens organization, is been awarded as Promising Practices award from UNESCO-UNEVOC. The Promising Practices database showcases initiatives that are successful in confronting fundamental subjects i.e. Gender equality, Youth...

For information about the Executive in Residence (EIR) program visit the EIR program page, or contact us at [email protected]. BACKGROUND – MEET THE PEOPLE EIR Carolina Ceballos and host Ashoka Fellow Saskia Niño de Rivera Carolina, Vice President of AML-Compliance for Americas and...