Youth demand power-sharing at International Civil Society Week

Young activists at International Civil Society Week demanded genuine power-sharing, asserting their role as present partners in shaping the future, not just the future themselves. Participants expressed frustration over elders offering words of empowerment but practicing exclusion, highlighting issues like nepotism, inequality, and suppression of dissent across South Asia. The conference explored intergenerational collaboration, emphasizing that established activists must recognize and make space for youth power rather than solely aiming to empower them.