YPulse’s WE Causes/ Charity & Activism report shows 97% of European teens (13-17-year-olds) and 96% of young adults (18-24-year-olds) are passionate about at least one social issue. Gen Z has grown up witnessing the effects of climate change, economic instability, and social inequalities firsthand—and it fueled their willingness to change the world. And when we ask Europeans Gen Z about the issues and social causes they’re most passionate about each year, some issues stay near the top, but many of their responses change year to year depending on the world’s current affairs. To understand what issues matter the most right now to European Gen Z, we analyze the top social issues for 13-17-year-olds and 18-24-year-olds are passionate about, across five countries in Western Europe; the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, and Italy: Human rights is a top social issue for European Gen Z Human rights is a top social issue that European Gen Z is the most passionate about, ranking first for 13-17-year-olds, and second for 18-24-year-olds. It took a major jump...
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