Education was a human right, the cornerstone of critical thinking and the bedrock of a sustainable future, youth representatives told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today as it concluded its general discussion on social development.   Young people from around the world spoke candidly about the obstacles that they ...

Focus: This issue of Youth Flash features the article “Why education needs more than just lip service and public speeches” written by Anshul Tewari, an Ashoka Fellow and the founder and editor-in-chief of Youth ki Awaaz. He describes the importance of education in creating a sustainable future for youth and ...

This issue of Youth Flash features the article “Encouraging Youth to Vote, and For the Right Reasons” written by Adrian Alfred, a youth advocate for youth empowerment and a Founding and Steering Committee member of the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC), a non-governmental youth lead organization which is a network ...

The 2015 International Youth Day theme is Youth Civic Engagement. Youth Civic Engagement, a main goal of the United Nations System-Wide Action Plan on Youth (Youth-SWAP), seeks to promote young people’s effective inclusive civic engagement at all levels. There has been recent increasing attention and policy and programming focus on ...

This issue of Youth Flash features the article “Reflections on World Environment Day” written by David Collste, a Focal Point for the UN Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) to the 10YFP. David states that while the percentage of impoverished people in the world has significantly declined, the absolute ...

This issue of Youth Flash features the article "Pine Nuts Are The People: Indigenous Youths’ Protection of Traditional Foods” written by E'Sha Hoferer, a member of the Agai Diccutta Numu (Trout Eater People), also known as the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Schurz, Nevada.    His goal is to raise awareness for ...

This issue of Youth Flash features the article "Achieving Gender Equality by 2030 Is Possible!" written by Vivian Onano, a youth representative at UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, an External Relations Fellow with African Leadership Academy and a spokesperson for Education for Moremi Africa. She describes her experiences ...

UNDESA DSPD Focal Point on Youth and the Technical Cooperation Unit carried out a regional training workshop on “Evidence-informed youth policies in Africa”. The workshop was held from 3 to 5 December in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting brought together United Nations entities, representatives of youth organizations, representatives of Member States ...

This issue of Youth Flash features the article “Giving a young perspective on the 2014 UNESCO ESD World Conference” written by Emily Grabo, a young journalist attended the 2014 UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).   The current article reflects on her experience as a young person at the ...

The biggest problem facing young people around the world — in developing and developed countries — was unemployment and underemployment, youth representatives told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) as it concluded its general discussion on social development, with lively contributions from a number of delegates, many of whom ...