by Agnieszka Napierala Joceline, almost 25, lives with her two children (8 and 6) and their father. She abandoned school at the age of 17, after the birth of her first child. Quite often she has nothing to eat during the day. She is considering going to Port-au-Prince to try her luck at a
From 25 to 26 July 2013, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Mr Ahmad Alhendawi, together with experts invited by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, took part in a discussion in Geneva on Youth Rights and possible mechanisms to protect the rights of young people. During the meeting he also met […]
On 24-26 June 2013, Mr Ahmad Alhendawi – the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth visited Cairo, where he delivered a keynote speech at the Arab Youth Coalition Meeting’s Regional Conference on Population and Development Beyond 2014 (Cairo +20). He also met the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Egypt, as well as youth organizations in […]
Mr Ahmad Alhendawi, the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth attended the World Economic Forum, which took place from 24-26 April 2013, under the theme” Advancing Conditions for Growth and Resilience.” His participation was an opportunity to interact with political and business leaders and to discuss the strategies for youth economic empowerment. Mr. Alhendawi met […]
The International Labor Organization (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a development agency on the ground in 177 countries and territories, seeks to help empower lives and build resilient nations. Achieving sustainable human development will be little more than an aspirational notion without the full involvement of young men and women who currently constitute the majority of the world’s […]
Wash and return of pesticide packaging, Brazil The project aims to advise small farmers on the procedures for washing and returning pesticide packaging. Within two years we could observe a big amount of packaging thrown on the ground and mainly in the river Suzana, near the place where we develop the scouting activities.
Oslo, Norway: Last week Richard Dictus, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, joined distinguished guests such as the Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Norwegian Minister of International Development, in speaking at Fredskorpset’s Youth Leadership Conference in Oslo. Speaking to a crowd of around 300 youth leaders, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) […]
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, UNDP offers global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient […]
On 5 August 2013, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held an interactive dialogue with young people across the world and launched an online United Nations Platform for Youth in conjunction with his Special Envoy on this issue. “Your generation is the largest the world has ever known,” the Secretary General told young people taking part in the
