Full Coverage: Youth

28.11.2006 The SEE Youth Network annual assembly, held earlier this month in Montenegro, decided, by unanimous decision, to accept the Croatian Youth Network for associate membership. CYN may become full member of SEEYN in a yearÂ’s time, if it proves, through its activities and engagement, itself worthy of it.

28.11.2006 Des élèves du Lycée Toussaint Louverture ont investi les rues de Port-au-Prince, ce 22 novembre 2006, pour exiger « la désoccupation du pays » par les militaires étrangers déployés dans le cadre de la Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti (MINUSTAH).

28.11.2006 O Selo Unicef é um reconhecimento aos municípios que obtiveram resultados positivos nos seus esforços de melhoria da qualidade de vida de crianças e adolescentes. A iniciativa é desenvolvida em parceria com os governo federal, estaduais, municipais e entidades da sociedade civil integrantes do pacto Um mundo para a criança e o adolescente do semi-árido brasileiro.

24.11.2006 While the number of young unemployed increased from 74 million to 85 million, or by 14.8 per cent between 1995 and 2005, more than 300 million youth, or approximately 25 per cent of the youth population, were living below the US $2 per day poverty line, says a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO)

23.11.2006 Easy access to concrete, accurate and, above all, needed information contributes to improved quality of life, increased perspectives for the youth and greater inclusion of the youth in society.

16.11.2006 www.siliconindia.com

15.11.2006 The Youth Information Agency (OIA) published its manual on development of local youth policies, “Local Governance and Youth”. The Manual aims to assist the bodies and institutions of local government to create effective youth policies and develop successful cooperation with the youth and youth organizations, in order to improve the status of youth on local level.

10.11.2006 The Autonomous Women Centre started the Start with Yourself series of workshops for university students, on the topics of violence in the family, partnership relationships and society.

10.11.2006 Rahul Kumar writes about the opening plenary of the India Social Forum which took off on Thursday in Indian capital New Delhi to the sound of drums, cries against globalisation and cheers for the setback that US President George Bush received in the recent elections.

09.11.2006 Save the Children has worked in El Salvador since 1979, responding to the needs of children and communities affected by poverty.

09.11.2006 AEGEE-Skopje, JEF Macedonija, the Union of High-School Students of Macedonia, the Youth Education Forum, Balkan IDEA and the Association of Scouts organized street action against the visa regime for citizens of Macedonia, under the motto “Visa, No Thanks!”

09.11.2006 from ItÂ’s Getting Hot In Here blog:
As far as the youth are concerned, notes Adam Scott, CanadaÂ’s new tack in their stance on climate was a tremendous effort in stalling action against climate change.

01.11.2006 Last Thursday, October 26, 2006, the ACT association organized a public debate in Cakovec, to discuss the financing of independent and youth culture from local and regional budgets. This was the second of a series of debates implemented by ACT under Clubture’s “Kultura aktiva” project.