From the SSE perspective, youth are seen as key actors for social transformation and for promoting alternative economic models oriented towards care, solidarity, social justice, environmental sustainability and cooperation. SSE values young people not only as beneficiaries, but as active agents of change, with a central role in the development of more equitable and sustainable societies.
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Sosyal Ekonomi, a Turkish SSE platform
Article by Murat Soysaraç, Sosyal Ekonomi, Turkey Sosyal Ekonomi (“Social Economy” in Turkish) is a non-profit communication platform containing theory, practice, and policy information about all topics related to social and solidarity economy (SSE), as well as other...
Young people voted massively. USA: Overwhelming victory of radicals and socialists
CEDETIM Bulletin, Athens, 9 November 2022, by Yorgos Mitralias The international headlines about the outcome of the US midterm elections are not mistaken: Yes, the long-awaited Republican tsunami did not materialize. And the Democrats held up much better than they had...
“Not without us”: Africa’s youth in the race for climate action
Article from UNDP Climate Extraordinary floods in South Africa. Record-breaking temperatures in Tunisia. An unprecedented drought looming in the Horn of Africa. Despite being responsible for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, African countries are...
