Many are too young to vote, but students around the world are changing the political landscape.
In France, protests over underfunded public schools spiralled into weeks of violent unrest, igniting a wider wave of youth-led demonstrations across Europe.
In Serbia, students cycled around the continent and ran ultramarathons to draw attention to a campaign that ended the 14-year rule of the government.
And in Brazil, millions of young people mobilised online, helping thwart the far-right's return to power in a fiercely contested election.
Now, Australian students are taking their frustrations to the streets, amid what researchers describe as a "resurgence" of activism among gen Z — those currently aged 14 to 29.
On Thursday afternoon, students across several Australian cities are expected to walk out of classrooms to protest Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and its policies.
For 18-year-old Victorian student Odessa Bishop-McMurray, the action is about pushing back against what she sees as the "normalisation" of far-right politics in Australia.
"Pauline Hanson is coming for the rights of immigrants, women and trans people … high schoolers have a responsibility to take this task upon ourselves," she says.
"We want to see racist, fascist politics completely de-legitimised in society."
Odessa is a member of the High School Anti-Capitalists, one of the groups organising the walkouts.
