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Youth and Their Role in Attaining SDG5

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  1. Monash University, Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network, Queen’s Young Leader (Australia), Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jacob Thomas

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. International Thriving at Work Research Group, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Sandra Hopkins

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Thomas, J. (2020). Youth and Their Role in Attaining SDG5. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_83-1

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