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Youth and Just Society
Empowering the next generation to lead, the Youth and Just Society programme transforms passion into systemic change. By equipping young Bangladeshis with the tools to demand climate justice and social equity, we foster a resilient, inclusive future where every young voice drives collective action for a fairer and just world.
Background
Young people make up nearly one-third of Bangladesh’s population, yet they remain disproportionately affected by climate change, marginalisation, and inadequate access to basic rights and services. In this context, the Youth and Just Society Programme of ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) empowers young people by enhancing their skills, knowledge, and agency to demand justice on national and global issues. AAB fosters youth leadership and collective action by connecting, facilitating, and co-convening grassroots initiatives, with a strong focus on inclusion and intersectionality.
Core Areas Include
- Strengthened youth agency and social cohesion through networks and partnerships
- Leadership opportunities for young women and minorities in decision-making spaces
- Access to quality skills development and sustainable livelihoods through decent work
Events
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Thriving Youth-Led Movement for Climate Justice under the "Fund Our Future" Campaign
Since 2022, Global Platform (GP) Bangladesh has cultivated a thriving youth-led movement for climate justice under ActionAid’s "Fund Our Future" Campaign. Arranged twice annually in solidarity with Fridays For Future, these global climate strikes have mobilized over 22,000 young activists over the past three years to ensure that youth-led activism for just transition under climate justice agenda can well resonate with diverse audiences, policy makers, transcending boundaries for systemic socio-economic change. In 2025, the movement expanded significantly, in April and November strike engaged around 5,000 climate activists across 26 districts, engaging 34 youth-led organisations, 9 youth hubs of partner areas. Additionally, the September Week of Actions involved around thousand participants focusing on just energy transition. Through harnessing the power of collective actions through a series of impactful activities like boat rallies in coastal regions, street dramas, folk songs, theatres and graffiti etc. young climate leaders have continued pressurized financial institutions to shift investments away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy and agroecology. This movement has slowly but surely empowered the youths across the country to hold both corporations and governments accountable for their role in climate destruction through advocating for a just and equitable green transition.
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Global Platform Fest 2025
Global Platform Fest 2025 marked a decade of Global Platforms Bangladesh’s journey in youth-led activism, bringing together over 530 young leaders, alumni and representatives from 15 youth-led organisations for a two-day national celebration and learning exchange. Designed as both a reflection and a forward-looking platform, the festival showcased youth-led interventions from 2022–2025 through thematic exhibitions, creative performances and interactive learning spaces. Focusing on key areas such as digital rights and cybersecurity, climate justice, gender-responsive public services, social cohesion and youth-led artivism, the fest highlighted the depth and diversity of youth-driven initiatives across Bangladesh. Beyond celebration, the event strengthened solidarity, built collective capacity and reinforced linkages between local youth hubs and national actors, contributing to a more resilient ecosystem for sustained social, political and economic change.
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Nexus Fest 2025
Nexus Fest 2025, launched by ActionAid Bangladesh, is a first-of-its-kind, multi-district festival designed to bring together communities, youth, civil society and government stakeholders to co-create inclusive and resilient solutions. Held from 26–31 August 2025 across climate-vulnerable regions including Bagerhat, Satkhira, Barguna, Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram, the festival responds to Bangladesh’s overlapping challenges of climate change, humanitarian crises, development gaps and social tensions. Grounded in a nexus approach that integrates climate action, humanitarian response, development and peacebuilding, the festival creates a dynamic platform for dialogue, collaboration and grassroots-led innovation. Through interactive exhibitions, youth-led advocacy, cultural performances and inclusive community engagement activities, Nexus Fest amplifies local voices and fosters collective action. Anchored in ActionAid Bangladesh’s Action for Transformation (A4T) project under the Youth and Just Society Programme, the initiative aims to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, challenge harmful social norms and position youth and communities as key drivers of climate resilience, social justice and sustainable development.
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Objectives of becoming an Activista
- Advancement of full, productive and decent work for young women and men
- Increased access to quality youth and gender responsive public services
- Increased youth participation and expanded democratic spaces at all levels of decision making
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