One World Week Festival 2025

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This poster has been designed by young people for young people, youth workers, educators and youth leaders to explore the concepts of economic inequality and finanical injustice. We hope that this tool will spark conversations between young people and intergenerationally. It recognises the need to make the conversation of economics accessible to all people. To do this we have created this poster with accessible language and youth voices, as well as visual imagery. 

This tool is for people who are interested in exploring the topic of economic inequality and financial injustice. 

This tool: 

• Invites self-reflection and thought-provoking group dialogue. 

• Emphasises critical questioning as a key skill to engage with how the world works. 

• Puts a focus on how we personally engage with the wider world. 

• Encourages us to look up and look out. 

• Spotlights reducing inequality (SDG 11), climate action (SDG 13), peacebuilding and justice making (SDG 16). 

• Prompts discussion around systemic issues that requires collective action and institutional change to address them, recognising the unique times we are living in. 

This poster was created as part of the work of the NYCI Youth2030 Young People’s Committee (YPC). 

This project was completed with support from the Youth2030 Global Youth Work Team at the National Youth Council of Ireland supported by Irish Aid, in partnership with Financial Justice Ireland (as part of their DEAR-funded project, ‘Connecting the Dots’) and artist Paola Rozo from Kiluteo. 

We opened with Alex Kayee of Naymote (Liberia), who explored how young people’s political participation strengthens democracy when programmes are rooted in local realities. He outlined how Naymote’s leadership training adapts to the needs of rural and marginalised youth rather than expecting them to fit pre-designed models. Their community-driven approach has contributed to growing youth turnout at elections and a stronger sense of civic responsibility. 

We then turned to environmental action with Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo, Executive Director of Plastic Punch (Ghana). He reframed beach clean ups as evidence-gathering and community-building rather than a standalone solution. By collecting data, strengthening coastal stewardship and linking local communities with global innovators, Plastic Punch focuses on long-term reduction of single-use plastics and protection of marine ecosystems. Richmond also reminded us that plastic pollution is not a distant issue; its impact on oceans is shared across West Africa and beyond. 

Finally, young campaigners from Save the Children Zambia’s SHIFT programme shared their work addressing child marriage in Petauke. Through youth-led research, community outreach and rights-based messaging, they unpacked the social and economic pressures behind early marriage, from dependence on dowries to widespread misconceptions about sexual health. Their reflections highlighted how taking the lead on the campaign has shaped their confidence, skills and hopes for the future. 

This event showcased practical, localised approaches to justice, leadership and environmental protection, and the power of youth-led action in shaping fairer and more sustainable communities.