Global Questions19 Okt 2020

TRAILBLAZER: How to start a global impact driven career? W/Jacob Thomas

Gen (She/Her) talks with Jacob Thomas (They/Them) about how they started their career path and how it led them into advocacy, equality projects and public speaking. Jacob Thomas is an expert in Mental Health, Human Rights and LGBTIQI+ equality. They have written a chapter on the Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5): Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, focusing on Youth and their role in attaining SDG5. They currently work as the Alliance Education Project Coordinator at Monash Warwick Alliance, and previously have worked as the Coordinator at the Commonwealth Youth and Gender Equality Network. They have met the Queen, been ban from certain countries and have worked on many grass-root equality projects.

In this episode, Gen and Jacob discuss:

- What it means to be an advocate and work in human rights

- How to be the best ally and check your privilege

- How you can make a difference in some difficult spaces of inequality

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Youth and Their Role in Attaining SDG5 by Jacob Thomas

Reform 53, a project Jacob mentioned by the Commonwealth Youth and Gender Equality Network.

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CREDITS: This episode is produced by Young Diplomats Society on the lands of the Wurundjeri/Gadigal people. We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we operate and live.

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