What is the relation between responsible leadership, social change and creativity? How can society tackle the growing trend of populism, polarization and hate speeches while still keeping a pluralistic society based on freedom of expression and openness? How can we protect and develop values such as diversity and human rights? And how can cross-border dialogue contribute to innovative solutions to these common challenges?
These are some of the questions that were discussed during the interactive networking event with the local change makers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Swedish Institute's Young Connectors of the Future (YCF) is a leadership programme for those who want to work for positive change in society – and in themselves. The aim is to lay a platform for dialogue and collaboration between young leaders in the South Asia region. The YCF 2016 comprises a group of youth leaders and human rights advocates: journalists, lawyers, social workers, teachers and social entrepreneurs from South Asia.