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Yngva frá Færeyjum
I do feel like I can affect the politics in my country, in multiple ways in fact. The Faroe
Islands is a small community and because of that everybody knows each other so people
often know the politicians or are related to them, so it's easy to get “access” to the political
system. The Faroe Islands is a very equal country with status and also economically, and
everybody knows each other, so people often know politicians or are related to them.
Because it is such a small community people see their politicians at the shopping centers
or birthday parties and can tell them about subjects that are bothering them. It´s also easy
to affect society debate because one can easily contact the radio station and be a part of a
radio report. With that, it also reaches the politicians and they have to make up their
minds about it and sometimes the pressure makes the politicians take action.
Winifred frá Úganda
To some extent yes! I have all it takes to serve as any political leader. I have had the
privilege to empower women and girls to take up leadership roles, to challenge themselves
and contribute to the growth of their communities and country in general. In regards to
women taking up political spaces, I see no problem with it, it shouldn’t be a privilege
seeing women in power! However, if you do not belong to a certain or prominent political
party, or apply force and violence, you will not compete well in a certain political position.
Corruption and inequality makes it difficult for women especially to compete in politics.
If there was anything I could change about my country’s politics, it would be the existing
systems of governance. Discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and social class heavily
impacts participation in politics in my country which violates fundamental human rights
like freedom of speech and participation.
Dimitris frá Grikklandi
Every vote counts and obviously you should be voicing your own opinion for what is right
for you however there are only 2 political parties that are going back and forth governing
and so since one of them has 36% and the other 30% you can see how it doesn't really
matter what anybody else has to say. I still feel like the government listens.
Lucia frá Slóvakíu
I think people in Slovakia do have the chance to affect politics as we are a rather small
country and events organized by civilians to address certain political topics do resonate in
our society when planned carefully or on the other hand, executed terribly. In 2018 there
was a set of protests because an investigative journalist was murdered along with his fiancé
who did his research on the people (and politicians) who investigated mafia activities in
Slovakia. The protests organized by people (mostly civilians who were enraged by this
atrocity) were attended by ten thousands of people, me and my mom came too to support
the change of the corrupt government. It brought many positive changes (the corrupt
politicians had to leave due to the public pressure) and also challenges (it took some time)
but I think this event is proof that we do have the potential to affect the politics in our
country if we have got one and same goal.
Natalia frá Mexíkó
Yes, we can, but because of corruption, there is only so much we can do. I think I can
affect the politics in Mexico by inviting my friends to vote or to get people involved in
what the different parties are promoting.
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