New York City mayor Eric Adams declared August 12 as AFS Youth Assembly Day in the city via an official mayoral proclamation during the opening ceremonies of the Youth Assembly at New York's UN Headquarters.

Although women make up more than half of the college-educated workforce globally, only 28% of STEM fields are represented by women

A program run by a leading youth exchange non-profit has been expanded to provide 5,000 young people with “immersive learning experiences” in a new STEM initiative.

They're basically saying, 'I can't believe that I'm sitting here in New York and there is a peer in India and one in Tunisia and they think in many similar ways to me'

US outbound mobility providers are encouraged by pent up demand and interest in study abroad opportunities from US students, but they predict recovery to be gradual as the pandemic continues to throw up unknowns for the future.

AFS Intercultural Programs and UPenn have launched an online Changemaker program to empower young people to create social impact.

AFS Intercultural Programs has announced that its 2020 study abroad programs are restarting for over 500 high school students in more than 20 countries. 

AFS Intercultural Programs has announced it will fully offset travel emissions of its flagship AFS high school exchange programs from 2021 onwards.