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8 Apr, 2016

Youth employment needed, “to pull out the roots of extremism”: World Bank Group President Jim Young Kim

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From World Bank World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim emphasized the importance of youth employment to sustainable development and combating violent extremism in his speech, "Development in a Time of Global Interdependence," delivered at an event in Berlin, Germany.  Read his full remarks here.  Excerpt from Kim's speech: ... But most worrying for us is the slow recovery

8 Apr, 2016

German-funded DAFI scholarships give young refugees hope and an education

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UNHCR Shehab, a 22-year-old Syrian student, poses proudly in front of a statue of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, at the entrance to Haceteppe University in Ankara. A refugee from the city of Aleppo, he is in the second year of a health sciences degree course and is the recipient of a German-funded

26 Sep, 2013

Well-attended side event on International Youth Voices on Post-2015

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On 24 September, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Foreign Ministry of Mexico, the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, and UNICEF gathered in New York to discuss the views, demands and wishes of youth for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. They were joined by youth representatives from Germany, […]