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Beth Mackay MSYP: My experience on the UK Youth Select Committee 2024

Between September 2024 and March 2025, Beth Mackay MSYP (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) represented Scotland on the UK Youth Select…

#Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Fashion is costing our Earth

    Fast Fashion Panel at SYP78

    What images pop into your head when someone mentions pollution? Perhaps plastic, cars, power stations? But it probably won’t be…

    #Climate Change, #Environment
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    One year on from the Conference of Youth (COY16)

    Ahead of COP26 last year, Mollie McGoran MSYP, SYP’s Vice Chair, attended the Conference of Youth – the young person’s…

    #COP26, #COP27, #Environment
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    SYP’s stance on Gender Recognition Reform

    SYP has engaged with the discussion on changes to Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act over the past several years and we’re…

    #Equality, #Human Rights
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    Let’s talk about tax: young people’s view on the future of our tax system

    Ellie Craig MSYP speaking at a lecturn at SYP77

    Tax can be confusing and complicated, but there is no denying that it has a significant impact on the lives…

    #Economy, #UNCRC
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    Anti-racist education: breaking the mould

    SYP77 Board Member Crisantos Ike on stage at SYP77

    My name is Crisantos Ike. Before I became a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, I never would have believed…

    #Education, #Equality, #Human Rights
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    My Story: Omar Taher MSYP

    Omar Taher MSYP on stage giving his speech at SYP77

    My story begins in Lebanon, a once-beautiful Mediterranean country that wasn’t always at war. With beautiful landscapes infused with Levantine…

    #My Story
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    Statement from SYP Board

    This is an update to share the outcome of the review that the Board announced earlier this month, in response…

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    Scotland’s Urgent Need for Rent Controls

    Gavin Stewart MSYP proposing ‘Improvements to the Rented Housing Sector’ at SYP77

    The inaccessibility of housing, especially to young people, is at a point of crisis. Action must be taken to ensure…

    #Cost of living, #Housing
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    Holocaust Education – Is Scotland falling behind?

    Daisy Stewart Henderson MSYP proposing her motion on stage at SYP77

    Unlike in England and much of Europe, there is no formal requirement for teachers to educate their pupils about the…

    #Education
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    Buffer Zones: Our Reproductive Right

    Blue patterned background with hand holding placard that reads:

    When trying to access abortion services, people are being met with harsh protests and distressing intimidation – sometimes even trying…

    #Health and Wellbeing, #Human Rights, #Justice
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    MSYPs collaborate to work on mental health improvements

    Mental Health Joint Delivery Board (

    In May 2022, three MSYPs – Abbie, Eilidh and Crisantos – led a workshop with leads and members from the…

    #Mental Health
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    Young people need to know when their rights will be protected

    A selfie taken by Josh Kennedy of him in front a laptop with a the Cabinet meeting being hosted on Teams

    I was delighted to have the opportunity to speak to the Scottish cabinet alongside members of the Scottish Youth Parliament…

    #Cabinet, #Human Rights, #UNCRC
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