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Writing is powerful: How this Penarth poet will be helping people across Wales A PENARTH poet has been tasked with bringing to life Wales’ Well-being of Future Generations Act says she wants to bring hope and inspire joy.  Taylor Edmonds is today announced as the Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe’s new poet-in-residence, as the world marks Earth Day 2021.  The Well-being of Future Generations Act puts a responsibility on public bodies, including Welsh Gove...

Over two thirds of Wales is in favour of a basic income trial in the country. The poll, carried out by Survation and commissioned by Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, included over a thousand respondents. Ahead of the country’s general election in early May, Future Generations is pressuring the Welsh government towards implementing more progressive measures destined to protect the economic and labor interests of the younger generations of the country, which have been rem...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a statement after the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin, the man convicted of second and third degree murder as well as manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

Reclaiming the future Climate change Climate change has highlighted the duty of current generations to those who come after us. Philipa Duthie explores some of the lessons we can learn from indigenous cultures and new moves to deliver intergenerational justice. Australia recently witnessed a watershed moment in the campaign for intergenerational justice. Eight teenagers led a landmark class action seeking an injunction against the expansion of a coalmine in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia....

Opposition LMP on Saturday called on the government to withdraw a draft which aims to privatise a stud farm in Mezőhegyes, in southeast Hungary.

Abu Dhabi Festival launches UAE Theatre Circle ABU DHABI, 4 days ago Abu Dhabi Festival has launched its annual UAE Theatre Circle, hosting a series of Arabic interactive panels and discussions led by international theatre leaders and staging three plays in Arabic and English. The event, launched in collaboration with playwright and director Karim Rashid, is part of Abu Dhabi Festival’s strategy and vision to nurture the next generation of emerging theatre makers and equip them with the ne...

Interactive panels, discussions, plays to be held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

One year into the pandemic, we still aren’t addressing the damage being done to young people and their futures

Abu Dhabi: A study of nearly 3,000 Emirati youths has shown that more than nine out of 10 — 91 per cent — believe the UAE is looking at an even brighter future, even as the world undergoes major transformations over the next 50 years. The study, commissioned by the Mohammed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations, was released today following a series of sessions on Sunday that connected the youth with ministers and industry bigwigs. The third MBZ Majlis was also the first time the event wa...

Emirati youth to succeed professionally because of quality higher education, study says File photo Survey finds an overwhelming majority of Emirati university students are satisfied with quality educational resources A new study commissioned by Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations (MBZMFG) has revealed that around nine among 10 (87 per cent) Emirati university students have expressed their satisfaction with the quality of higher education that they are receiving. More than nine out o...