The Blogs and Articles set forth by the Youth Fusion group are aimed at exploring facets of nuclear disarmament and provide the readers with expanded perspectives on the matter. These blogs and articles are the product of our volunteer teams and Youth Fusion’s staff, we remain open to submissions from young writers and academic minds from around the world.
Unless otherwise specified, the views expressed in Youth Fusion articles represent solely their authors – and not Youth Fusion as a whole.
In the summer of 2022, the fifth edition of the annual OSCE-UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security took place. This year, three members of the Youth Fusion team were selected to participate in this prestigious program.
Russell Burrell, a Youth Fusion associate through Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat down with Professor Paul Meyer recently to discuss issues to do with
Following the success of last year’s initiative, #Youth4Disarmament, Youth Fusion and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN are calling on young people to #StepUp4Disarmament by either completing a distance of 8.29 kilometres or tracking 10.9k steps, an approximate equivalent, to raise awareness of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, on 29 August 2022, and its cause to ban nuclear tests.
Michaela Sørenen had the honour of interviewing Dr. Becky Alexis-Martin, who has been involved with nuclear related issues for many years and has an impressive plethora of work on some pretty niche topics.
An intro from Michaela Higgins Sørensen Where to start? The Nuclear Ban Week in Vienna that took place from the 18th – 23rd of June
Ensuring there are youth voices in key UN disarmament meetings is a priority for Youth Fusion. This includes the 10th NPT Review Conference which will take place at the United Nations HQ from August 1-26, 2022 in New York.
In July 2022, Youth Fusion is launching the second cohort of our virtual internship programming.
Not long ago we were hit by some difficult news – the passing of life-long activist and changemaker Bruce Kent, a dear friend to and steadfast supporter of many of the organisations working for peace, climate action and social equity in the UK and beyond.
On June 1st, 2022, Michaela Higgins Sørensen, a Core Member of our Youth Fusion Team, spoke on a panel in the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm on the connections between climate, peace and human security as part of the G100 Women Leaders Seminarium.
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