Gen Z protests in Asia

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Since the early 2020s, as part of worldwide Gen Z protests, a series of mostly Generation Z–led anti-government protests and uprisings have spread across Asia – most notably in South and Southeast Asia – with several leading to massive reforms and regime change. These protests began in response to widespread corruption, nepotism, economic inequality and financial mismanagement, authoritarianism, and democratic backsliding. The protests in Bangladesh in 2024 are widely cited as the first successful "Gen Z" revolution in the world, which also popularized the term. However, Sri Lanka’s 2022 uprising is considered the first time that Gen Z toppled a national government. Generation Z–led protests in other Asian countries have since followed including Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Maldives, Iran, Mongolia and India. Governments were overthrown in Bangladesh and Nepal; while protests in Indonesia, India and Timor-Leste achieved reversals of unpopular policies.

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