{"id":11226,"date":"2023-10-05T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.tiu.edu.iq\/international\/?p=11226"},"modified":"2023-10-16T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:14:12","slug":"ird-department-organizes-international-workshop-on-youth-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.tiu.edu.iq\/international\/ird-department-organizes-international-workshop-on-youth-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"IRD Department Organizes International Workshop on Youth Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IRD Department Organizes International Workshop on Youth Politics<\/h4>\n
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On October 4th, 2023, the International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics<\/a>\u00a0(FASE) at\u00a0Tishk International University<\/a> (TIU) organized an International Workshop on Youth Politics, Opportunities and Challenges for Mobilization: Turkey and Algeria<\/b>. The workshop began with a welcome address by the Head of IRD Department, Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa, and the Moderator, Dr. Basiru Musa introduced the two distinguished speakers, Dr. Bahar Baser, Durham University and Dr. Jessica Northey from Coventry University, United Kingdom. The first distinguished speaker, Dr. Bahar Baser made a presentation on “Youth Politics and Activism in Turkey<\/b>“, where she took the audience through the historical trajectory and state of youth politics and activism in Turkey. She stated that in 2018, polls showed that 80% of young people had shown no interest in politics. Another poll by Turkey Report in 2022 showed that 58% of them would not join a political movement or party \u201cas a way to try and build a better society to live in.\u201d However, Turkish youth have played an active and dynamic role in the political landscape of their country since its foundation. Similar to young people worldwide, they have actively engaged in political discussions and joined various social and political movements to express their concerns and work towards bringing about change. She concluded by stating that the democratic space needs to be opened and expanded for the youth, given their potential to contribute to national, regional and\u00a0international development.<\/div>\n
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The second\u00a0distinguished speaker, Dr. Jessica Northey made a presentation on “T<\/strong>he Algerian Hirak: Youth Politics, Opportunities and Challenges for Mobilization<\/b>,” where she explained the state of youth politics and activism in Algeria, and more importantly, the Hirak movement peaceful youth mobilization of 2019, which helped in raising the collective voice of the youth and also impacted positively on changing people\u2019s mindsets towards politics and even environmental protection and sustainability. She concluded by acknowledging the challenges that youth in Algeria face, with a call on them not to relent in their efforts until the democratic space is made to have a level playing\u00a0field.<\/div>\n
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The following recommendations were given by the distinguished speakers:<\/div>\n
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  • Legal reform to amend certain laws or constitutional provisions that limit active youth political participation.<\/li>\n
  • Formulation and implementation of favorable youth empowerment policies and programmes.<\/li>\n
  • Enhancing the role of civil society organizations.<\/li>\n
  • Ensuring democratic equality and freedom of the press.<\/li>\n
  • Promotion and protection of the Rule of Law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    The Q & A session followed, where the speakers answered adequately all the questions that were asked by participants, including TIU academics, international participants and\u00a0students. Finally, certificates of appreciation and gifts from the University were given to the two distinguished speakers by the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Mr. Karwan Sherwani.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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