Aim

The aim of this study session is to empower young political activists and youth leaders with the skills and knowledge necessary to promote ethical leadership, foster inclusive political dialogue, and navigate conflict in ways that contribute to democratic resilience, foster inclusion, and social transformation.

Objectives

1. Enhance ethical political engagement: Equip participants with the skills to foster ethical relationships through techniques like Active Listening and Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

2. Develop intersectional awareness: Foster understanding of how positionality, identity, and intersectionality shape political experiences and vernacular politics, helping participants become more inclusive leaders.

3. Encourage critical and inclusive thinking for social change: Challenge participants to apply critical thinking to political and social issues, including analysing neoliberalism, and break down binary thinking by promoting "Queer Thinking" as a way of embracing difference, multiplicity, and flexibility in political engagement.

4. Foster transformative conflict management skills: Provide elective conflict work modules to explore practical tools for understanding and navigating political and social conflicts constructively.

5. Strengthen and enhance the Peace Thematic Network (PTN): Bolster the capacity and impact of IUSY’s Peace Thematic Network by equipping participants with the skills to lead initiatives that promote peace, conflict transformation, and inclusive political dialogue within their local and global contexts. 

 About the organisation

 The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is the biggest political youth organization in the world, representing about 136 member organizations from more than 100 countries. This umbrella organization brings together the socialist, social democratic and labour political youth organizations from around the world. The main fields of IUSY’s work are Democracy, Human Rights and Youth Policy from the perspective of Freedom, Solidarity and Equality. Every year IUSY organizes meetings, seminars, trainings, study visits and world festivals for young political leaders and activists.

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