IYF Blog - Posts in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Hope For a Better Tomorrow: How Youth Opportunity Ambassadors are Confronting Discrimination

Kelsea Johnson - May 11, 2021 - Posted In Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Youth Agency

In the past year, the United States and countries around the world have had multiple reckonings with widespread discrimination. The need for social justice is not new, but the sense of urgency is arguably historic. We’ve watched as millions of protestors stood up for Black lives, we’ve used #...

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IYF Stands for Dismantling Systemic Racism, Starting with Us

IYF - April 12, 2021 - Posted In Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Over the past year at IYF, as the issue of systemic racism became front page news and decolonizing development was debated across the international development community, IYF looked internally to determine whether we have been silently complicit. We found that we have, and we’re committed to...

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Five Ways to Combat Stereotypes and Advance Gender Equity in TVET Systems

Narmeen Fayyaleh - March 29, 2021 - Posted In Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Economic Opportunity, Employment Education

Unfortunately, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) suffers from negative and inaccurate misperceptions across the globe. Palestinian TVET expert...

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