Global Young Greens
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The Global Young Greens (GYG) is an emerging universal organisation supporting and consolidating the efforts of young people working towards social justice, ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy and peace. GYG is a joint project of over 70 youth organisations and many hundreds of individuals, including the Federation of Young European Greens, Asia Pacific Young Greens Network, Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, Young Volunteers for the Environment and others. GYG is now a non-profit organisation under Belgian law.
The first conference of the Global Young Greens was held in Sydney, Australia prior to the 2001 Global Greens conference, and the big foundation conference will be held in January 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The 5 Goals of the Global Young Greens
Empower young people within the framework of participatory democracy
Create a space for young people to be active without being dominated by older generations Address inequalities in the resources of organisations and activists
Forge strong links between sectors and organisations
Further the Green principles on planet Earth
The 12 Principles of the Global Young Greens
The Global Young Greens are striving for the following principles on all levels
(local, national, regional, global):
Protection and restoration of the environment and respect towards animals.
Sustainable, equitable and just development.
Social Justice .
Grassroots, participatory and global democracy, and in particular empowering young people to participate and build more democratic societies.
Peaceful and non-military conflict resolution, arms control, disarmament.
Gender justice, empowerment of women.
Inter-generational justice, empowerment of youth and children.
Freedom from discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, and equality for all.
Empowerment of marginalised and disadvantaged people.
Just globalisation and fair trade.
Personal freedom on the basis of universal human rights.
The right of all people to self-determination particularly indigenous people.
