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28 November 2014 | Disabilities, Youth
For generations, the pastorialists of Samburu, a nomadic county 400 kilometers north of Nairobi, have roamed from place to place in search of water and pasture for their animals.
“In such nomadic communities, it is sometimes common for children born…
28 November 2014 | Disabilities, Youth
For generations, the pastorialists of Samburu, a nomadic county 400 kilometers north of Nairobi, have roamed from place to place in search of water and pasture for their animals.
“In such nomadic communities, it is sometimes common for children born…
24 November 2014 | Youth
A total of ten young entrepreneurs in Cameroon are going into business this week thanks to collateral-free loans they won at the end of an entrepreneurship event that received the technical support of the Economic Commission for Africa.
The ten were…
19 November 2014 | Youth
ITU Telecom has announced the winners of its fourth annual Young Innovators’ Competition. Open to young social entrepreneurs between ages 18 and 30 from around the world, the competition sought innovative digital solutions with positive social…
19 November 2014 | Youth
Sports are indisputably the most popular leisure activities among youths in Zambia. In the lead-up to the 2011 elections, UNDP supported the capacity development of national institutions including civil society organizations to strengthen a…
18 November 2014 | Youth
Developing countries with large youth populations could see their economies soar, provided they invest heavily in young people’s education and health and protect their rights, according to The State of World Population 2014, published today by UNFPA…
03 November 2014 | Youth
The safe use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by children and adolescents in the region can help ensure the fulfillment of their rights, according to two documents released today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and…
31 October 2014 | Youth
ITU is strengthening its commitment to including young people in its policy-setting processes with a special Youth Programme underway at its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) currently underway in Busan, Republic of Korea. The programme is designed…
30 October 2014 | Youth
More than 80 million young people of working age in the Asia-Pacific region are unemployed and in several countries youth are as much as seven times more likely to be unemployed than adults. Lacking sufficient economic and social opportunities,…
29 October 2014 | Youth
When Tebang Motaung, a 26 year-old South African, attended a wedding a couple of years ago, he did not know yet that he would become an entrepreneur.
“I was simply taken aback when I saw the guests passing a hand towel along the buffet line. I…
28 October 2014 | Youth
Young people around the world must “raise your voices” so they are heard loud and clear, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a packed audience of youth Ministers, experts, activists and volunteers this morning, kicking off the First…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…