"The problem is not with democracy, but with how the elites are practicing it": our youth newsroom went behind the scenes at this year's World Forum for Democracy.
“Knowledge may not be enough. We may know a lot about democracy, but still be very bad at it.” Our openDemocracy youth reporters deliver their verdict on the first day of the World Forum for Democracy.
Despite the fact that our societies, laws and political climates have changed immensely over the last century, the concept of democratic representation has remained fundamentally the same in most nations.
"There is a ghost that we live with, and it's the ghost of colonialism. The ghost of the conquerors."
I believe that education can be improved through technology, because technology ensures that a student in the smallest village in Africa can get the same education as a student studying in MIT.
We let grades define our children's intelligence and the consequences of that are that many highly talented kids think they're not.
How can children become the bright future of their communities?
“The educational system in my country is deficient on a tragically high level.”
I want to build a new world where high education will be accessible, inclusive, and will teach critical thinking.
"Bargaining away the truth and denying the people their right to know is what erodes and ruins even the most solid democracies."
“But in my own experience of being educated in the Netherlands, that is not currently the case.”
"I think that gender discrimination is the principle reason for the lack of education."
