INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 2010

Audio Visual Resource CentreMahatma Gandhi University Library

Priyadarshini Hills, Kottayam

Did You Know ?

• Youth are defined by the UNITED NATIONS as between the ages of 15 and 24.

• Approximately one billion youth live in the world today.

• One person in five is between the age of 15 and 24 years

• 18% of the world’s population are "youth“.

                               

Did You Know ?

• The United Nations proclaimed an International Year of Youth starting on

12 August 2010.

• The theme ‘Dialogue and Mutual Understanding,’

                               

Did You Know ?

                               

YearYouth

Population

Percentage of Total Global

Population

1985 941 million 19.4%

1995 1.019 billion 18.0%

2025 1.222 billion 15.4%

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

• Advocate for the recognition of young people’s contributions to national and community development,

• Institutionalise mechanisms for youth participation in decision-making processes,

• Foster research and knowledge building on youth.

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ...

• Promote youth interactions, networks and partnerships across cultures,

• Empower and support youth as agents of social inclusion and peace,

• Support youth-led organizations and initiatives to enhance their contribution to society.

WORLD PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR

YOUTH

Education

Employment

Hunger and poverty

Health

Environment

Drug abuse

Leisure-time activities

Girls and young women

Globalization

Information and Communication Technologies

HIV/AIDS

Youth and Conflict

Intergenerational Relations

Juvenile delinquency

Participation

Priority Youth Issues

EDUCATION

ISSUES

• Lack of literacy in developing countries,

• Poor local economic and social conditions,

• Poor education facilities for girls, migrants, refugees, street children etc..

EDUCATION

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

• Improving level of basic education and literacy,

• Development of information skills,

• Vocational and professional training

HUNGER AND POVERTY

ISSUES

• Over one million people live in poverty,• Malnutrition

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

• Making farming more rewarding• Skill training for income generation• Land grants for young people

ENVIRONMENT

ISSUES

• Deterioration of the natural environment• Global warming

ENVIRONMENT

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

• Environmental education and training,

• Strengthening participation of youth in the protection, preservation and improvement of the environment.

DRUG ABUSE

ISSUES

• Most alcohol, tobacco and drug use starts when people are still young,

• Violence

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

• Drug abuse prevention initiatives• Treatment and rehabilitation of young people

HIV/AIDS

ISSUES

• There are about one million young people currently living with HIV/AIDS

• 15 million children orphaned due to AIDS

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

• Intervention policies and programmes at national and local levels,

What we Can Do?

Reference

www.un.or/youth

Reference

What we Can Do?