about us

WHO WE ARE

Ronahî – Youth Building Bridges is an international youth initiative. We are an institution consisting of young people from different backgrounds who are committed to strengthening connection and exchange between young social movements from below, via networking.

Ronahî means “light” in Kurdish. The name resembles our roots in the Kurdish movement, yet we define ourselves as part of a broader internationalist Movement of Democratic Modernity.

Initiated in 2023, Ronahî organized its first World Youth Conference, consisting of 93 participating organizations from 49 countries, with the goal of uniting different struggles and visions, learning collectively and embracing solidarity – the “tenderness of the peoples.”

WHAT WE WANT

Our mission is to bring back internationalism on the agenda of democratic and social movements and organizations and to serve the development of a new internationalism of the 21st century.

As young people, we are an important force in social change. If we want to achieve a change in the world, we need to unify our strength. We believe in the necessity of youth movements around the world to come together in common actions, discussions and campaigns.

We try to learn from the experiences and achievements of other struggles in order to build up common grounds and strengthen unity in diversity.

WHAT WE DO

We achieve our goal through networking, using different approaches:

1. Exchange

We organize and take part in events, seminars, education, and gatherings.

2. Publications

With publications we share our analysis on the current state of the world to contribute to the

discussion about what practice the times we are living in require from us.

3. Delegations

We organize and take part in delegations to different places known for dynamic grass-root social

and democratic organizing.

LET’S BECOME ACTIVE TOGETHER!