Akbayan Youth
| Akbayan! Youth Kabataang Akbayan | |
|---|---|
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| Chairperson | Rafaela David |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Ideology |
Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Socialist Feminism |
| Mother party | Akbayan Citizens' Action Party |
| International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), |
| Asian affiliation | Young Progressives of Southeast Asia (YPSEA) |
| Website | |
|
akbayanyouth | |
Akbayan! Youth (Filipino: Kabataang Akbayan), or A!Y is a democratic socialist youth formation in the Philippines. It is the youth wing of Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, a progressive and democratically left political party.
Akbayan Youth, as a collective of youth activists and different youth organizations, has been in existence since 1998. In 2007, it held its founding congress where its first set of national officers were elected, a general program of action was approved and its constitution and by laws was ratified.
Akbayan Youth accounts approximately 8,000 members present in most cities and provinces across the Philippines.
Ideology
A!Y believes in:
- Democracy (the right of every young Filipino to meaningful participation in political processes; pluralism, equality, and empowerment of the marginalized)
- Equity (the right of every Filipino to accessible, quality and relevant education, decent employment and adequate health services; free association; belief on the strength of the people to end all forms of exploitation and achieve social change)
- Humanism (fullest dignity due to all men and women across and within generations, families, clans, ethnicity, gender, nations, attendant cultures, spirituality; relationship with Mother Earth; self-expression and self-realization against social alienation)
- Internationalism (end to violent conflicts among nation-states all over the globe; international cooperation towards peace, development and justice; solidarity among the world’s peoples especially the young people, social movements and toilers’ parties; partaking in broad actions to end all forms of colonial, imperial adventures and unilateralism of the most powerful nation-states)
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