Protests continued in Madagascar for a third week in a row, led by Generation Z—people born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s—inspired by protests and demonstrations elsewhere throughout the Global South, including in Nepal and Kenya, which are also plagued by political instability and economic fragility. One of the drivers of protest throughout the Global South is rising socio-economic disparity and the concept of relative deprivation, which has been exacerbated by emerging technologies, higher levels of connectivity, and other trappings of globalization. Like Madagascar, the protests in Morocco are driven largely by a youth movement animated by deeply entrenched inequality, high levels of corruption, rampant youth unemployment, and what Gen Z Moroccans view as misplaced government spending priorities. Gen-Z-led protestors in Nepal railed against censorship, but were also motivated by socio-economic inequality, corruption, nepotism, political dysfunction, a lack of government accountability, and unfulfilled promises.
Generation Z Protests Sweeping the Globe, Motivated by Rising Inequality – The Soufan Center
