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Governments should prioritise spending money on youth

28 May 2013

Since the financial crisis of 2007-8 there have been warnings of generational conflict, or of a ‘lost generation’ of youth who are unable to find...

This House would allow parents to monitor their children's online and mobile communications.

10 May 2013

I. Introduction This debate has a fairly large scope as it concerns itself with children, as...

This House believes that gender quotas in the EU are advantageous for the economies of member states

12 Apr 2013

Equal rights | Gender | gender discrimination | Work | Society

Despite enhanced access to education and political participation, women remain underrepresented in leadership positions worldwide. The gender...

This House believes that developing nations should place restrictions on rural-urban migration

15 Mar 2013

Urbanisation is what once formed civilisation. When we as a species transitioned from living in small communities that were dedicated to farming and small...

This House believes that the feminist movement should seek a ban on pornography

14 Mar 2013

The feminist movement is difficult to define. In essence, it is composed of people who adhere to an ideology, feminism, which originates from philosophical...

This house believes that there should be a rule that women and children should be evacuated first in the event of a transport disaster

8 Feb 2013

Gender | Family | Society

This House believes that the Reproductive Health Bill will undermine families and values

10 Jan 2013

To describe the political progress of the Reproductive Health Bill through the parliament of the Philippines as tortuous would be an understatement. However,...

This House believes that political parties are currently failing to engage with young people

5 Nov 2012

There is no doubt that, if participation in elections is used as a measure of political engagement, the interest shown by young peoplei has plummeted in recent...

This House would introduce quotas for youth in party candidate lists

5 Nov 2012

There are two standard ways of approaching quotas in the selection of candidates for public office in a first past the post. One is to insist that all...

This house would allow child labor in thirld world countries

28 Oct 2012

Human rights | Youth | Law | Society