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Women, Youth
28 August 2014 | Women, Youth
Through summer schools and special youth workshops, students and teachers across Kyrgyzstan are learning how to empower girls and become young gender activists in their own schools and communities.
The training workshops are part of a project…
28 August 2014 | Women, Youth
Through summer schools and special youth workshops, students and teachers across Kyrgyzstan are learning how to empower girls and become young gender activists in their own schools and communities.
The training workshops are part of a project…
25 August 2014 | Youth
The young people were participating in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Youth Training on Media and Civic Participation, which ended on 25 Aug in Bali.
The training offered a unique program, exploring issues such as youth leadership, team building, freedom…
22 August 2014 | Youth
The Pre-Conference Forum on youth will focus on identifying opportunities for young people from Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The outcome of this forum will help inform the dialogue process and plenary discussions.
As the host of the 3rd…
19 August 2014 | Women, Youth
On October 11, 2012, two days after then 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai survived an assassination attempt on her way home from school in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world that the abhorrent and cowardly attack…
19 August 2014 | Women, Youth
On October 11, 2012, two days after then 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai survived an assassination attempt on her way home from school in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world that the abhorrent and cowardly attack…
13 August 2014 | Youth
Each year 20 per cent of the world's young people experience a mental health condition. The United Nations reported these findings in a new publication launched to coincide with International Youth Day 2014, which shone a spotlight on the…
08 August 2014 | Youth
UNESCO is partnering with Zain, the Dev School of Kenya, and the College of Computer Science and Information (University of Juba) to launch a YouthMobile Applications Development Initiative in South Sudan.
Held within the framework of the new and…
31 July 2014 | Youth
Despite having good access to education, the number of youth in the labour market in Jordan is very low, especially among young women, a new ILO study finds.
The study – published in June and titled “Labour market transitions of young women and men…
17 July 2014 | Youth
It is increasingly apparent that investing in people is the solution to a thorny demographic problem: Many see the low fertility rates and ageing populations in Eastern Europe as an impending crisis, which will place huge burdens on social systems…
15 July 2014 | Youth
The latest economic trends in the region indicate that the European Union 11 (EU11) is making strong economic headway. According to the latest EU11 Regular Economic Report, economic growth is expected to almost double in the region in 2014.
However…
09 July 2014 | Women, Youth
UN Women is issuing a global call for nominations to enlist two new members as youth representatives on its Global Civil Society Advisory Group (GCSAG).
“(Youth) answers, vision and actions will determine the future of our communities, our nations…