"Youth is the Power of the nation - الأمة_بشبابها"
Political marginalization can be observed when people are kept out of the decision-making process, when they are not allowed to vote or to run for public offices, when they are not protected by law in an equal way or when they cannot hope that justice be done if they resort to a court. Total or […]
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Social marginalization has to do with different aspects in human life, not being granted the same right to housing or to living in any neighborhood you would like to, not having the same access to education or other social services, not being able to benefit from welfare services or not being treated with the same
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We talk about economic marginalization when livelihood opportunities are not the same as for other groups in a society, when certain jobs, careers or working fields are restricted. When two people from different societal groups are paid differently for doing the same job, or when certain groups in a society are burdened with disproportionately heightened
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Systemic rape is a war crime, yet it is committed in conflict zones all around the world. Young people are often either raped or forced to prostitution as a source of income. This gives way to the contagion and spreading of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Lots of young people and children end up
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In conventional wars, the aim of the conflict parties was to win the physical control over territory by killing or chasing away all enemy troops. Nowadays, conflict actors are trying to exert or gain political control mostly through undermining the physical control of the enemy. Violent conflicts used to break out between different ideologies, such
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VISION: An Africa where young people are drivers of development, agents of positive change, and leaders of a Peaceful, Prosperous and Integrated continent. MISSION: The Youth Envoy mission is to lead advocacy and champion youth agency in the prioritization of youth issues within continental and other decision-making and governance spaces. In achieving this mission, the
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Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) is an international, non-commercial, non-partisan organization uniting leading umbrella youth organizations from the Member-States of the Organization of Islamic-Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the OIC) as well as international youth organizations, operating in the OIC region and youth organizations representing significant Muslim minorities worldwide. The objectives of the Forum are:
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Launched by UNICEF in 2018, this global partnership aims to ensure that every young person is in education, training, learning, or employment by 2030. Generation Unlimited brings together the private sector, governments, international and local organizations – and young people – to identify and scale up the best solutions for three major challenges: access to
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Vision: A world in which the rights of every young person are realized, that ensures every young person is empowered to achieve their future potential and recognizes young people’s agency, resilience, and their positive contributions as agents of change. Objective: To facilitate increased impact and expanded global, regional, and Country level action to address needs,
In 1995, on the occation of the tenth anniversary of the International Youth Year, the UN strengthened its commitment to young people by directing the international community’s response to the challenges to youth into the next millennium. It did this by adopting an International strategy – the World Programme of Action for Youth to the
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