#NoToAgeGating! 🙅🏽‍♀️ When states say they want to “protect children” by banning them online, which children do they mean? 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧: 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧! 🙃 Freedom has never been granted from above. It has been seized, again and again, by the people most determined to be free, and most often by the young. In Manushya Foundation's submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, “𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯:

From Zohran Mamdani to Kaohly Her — youth, women, people of colour, diaspora, and people in exile are decolonising power and reimagining democracy for all! As Decolonial Intersectional Feminists, we celebrate the rise of leaders who reflect the richness, power, and possibilities of our communities. 🗳️ From Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest mayor-elect of New York City to Kaohly Her, the first Hmong American and first woman mayor of Saint Paul