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Aug 12, 2021 · The year 2021 is the time to start thinking and acting long-term to make intergenerational parity the norm and to design a society, economy and international community that cares for all people. Young people are also the best placed to lead this transformation. In the past 10 years of working with the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers ...
Dec 6, 2023 · UNICEF’s Youth Advocates come from every corner of the world, united in their pursuit of universal goals. From creating a more climate-resilient planet to fighting against gender-based violence to championing the rights of children with disabilities, these young people are speaking out and taking action for childr...
UNICEF x Youth. Working for young people means working with them. Young people have long stood at the forefront of calls for peace, justice and equity. They have an internationally recognized right to be heard on matters that affect them. That’s why UNICEF engages more young people on global issues than any child rights organization on the ...
Nov 26, 2020 · People aged 14 to 29 years represent the largest generation in history. We reached out to several Cuban youngsters to know about their visions, their roles in society as individuals and part of the population. From their individuality’s point of view, these young people look at the society in which they have to live and how to make it their ...
Sep 19, 2019 · We also work with youth to spread the message offline, through initiatives like UNICEF’s first-ever Climate Comic Contest. Sathviga ‘Sona’ Sridhar, a 21-year-old artist from Chennai, India, was the winner of the contest in 2017. Sridhar was inspired to take action on climate change after her community was hit by devastating floods in 2015.
Jan 15, 2020 · In the United States, between 2010 and 2017, mortality rates for working-age people, between 25 to 64, increased from 328.5 deaths per 100,000 people to 348.2 deaths per 100,000. The main causes were drug and alcohol abuse and suicide. The youth unemployment rate as a percentage of youth labour force Image: OECD.
Oct 8, 2024 · Addressing youth unemployment requires a multi-pronged creative approach that fosters entrepreneurship, incentivizes upskilling and rewards positive behaviours. I was recently in South Africa on a partner mission with UNICEF. I met a young man, Keagan, who told me he had two choices in life – “pick up a book or pick up a gun”.
Jul 12, 2023 · The Youth Climate Strike is an environmentalist protest wave ostensibly led by school-age children inspired by the activism of high-school-age Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Isra Hirsi, the co-founder of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike, has been organizing youth-led climate strikes and advocating for environmental justice.
Mar 31, 2022 · 4) Develop skills forums to improve information-sharing among key stakeholders that address trends in the job market and identify skills gaps, skilling programmes, and skills youth need to thrive. Image: PwC. We have the rare chance to chart a new course. If there is one long-held principle that should endure, it is that change is in the hands ...
Aug 20, 2021 · On last week's International Youth Day, the YMCA, together with other key youth organizations, called for this to be redressed and for young people to be given a platform, “They knew all these challenges prior to the pandemic, and then they became its pariahs: largely ignored in policy response and often blamed for the spread.”
