The Voice of Youth

The Voice of Youth

Type of site	Blog
Founded	June 26, 2010 (2010-06-26)
Founder(s)	Momal Mushtaq
URL	www.thevoiceofyouth.com

The Voice of Youth (tVoY) is a Pakistani youth network spread across 151 countries.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

tVoY was initiated by a student of National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) in June, 2010^{[ citation needed ]} to cultivate relations with youth across different strata of life. Its deeper visionary objective is to create a forum where the youth of Pakistan could mingle and enrich each other's perceptions and views.

Social media brought the conflict zones of the world into view. With the vision of a peaceful society, one of the goals of tVoY is to speak to millions about resolution of conflicts, their nature and root causes.^{[ citation needed ]}

Considering the swift spread of online journalism and online information, tVoY aims to connect through the use of digital technology and by granting the right to express heterogeneous views. ^[1]

Mission

To cultivate relations with youth belonging to different strata of life, providing all with a platform to freely pursue their individuality for collective progression.^{[ citation needed ]}

Goals

• Lend youth a voice to express their ideas, opinions and aspirations for themselves and their community
• Help groom youth’s perspective by presenting many views on social issues, thus enhancing acceptance, tolerance and broad-mindedness
• Highlight youth voices from conflict zones
• Digitally preserve Urdu and regional languages for future generations
• Connect young people around the world

Blog

tVoY started out as a blog for Palestinians on June 26, 2010. It expanded for the student community at large in August, 2010. ^[2]

Network

tVoY has a core team of 11 young contributors. It has approximately 1000 representatives from about 75 educational institutes in Pakistan. The first batch of interns was recruited in August 2011.^{[ citation needed ]}

Acclaim

tVoY has received acclaim from Pakistani newspapers, journals and online publications. Prominent among them are Pakistan Observer , The Nation, ^[3] The News ^[4] and Dawn. ^{[5] [6]}

Partners

tVoY has partnered with many national and international youth-led events, organizations and societies.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "About Us". the Voice of Youth. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
2. "the Voice of Youth timeline". TimeRime.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
3. "YoungNation Magazine 25 June 2011". Issuu.com. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
4. "TheNews Weekly Magazine - US". E.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
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6. "E-journalism and the youth | Newspaper". Dawn.Com. 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2012-01-08.

External links

• the Voice of Youth on Facebook