Full Coverage: Youth

30.05.2008 Short interviews with Addis Bekalu, 18, from Ethiopia, Sanchita Rani Das, 17, from Bangladesh, and several other young women illustrate how empowering an adolescent girl can make the world a better place.
From: The Girl Effect

27.05.2008 Sexual abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers goes widely unreported as victims decline to speak out for fear of negative repercussions, says report released today by Save the Children.

27.05.2008 A center for street children in Pattaya, Thailand serves as the first caring community setting that many of these exploited youth have ever experienced.

27.05.2008 A social initiative undertaken in a rural district in western India has made it easier for young girls to pursue their studies and be empowered. A 'bicycle bank' helps them go to schools and colleges situated far from their homes.

23.05.2008 Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) invites applications for the Delhi Youth Summit on Climate to be held on May 28-29, 2008. The event aims to bring together the youth of Delhi, to begin dialogue on the city’s fate in the wake of climate change.

22.05.2008 "Strenuous" international efforts have failed to protect tens of thousands of children from being recruited to fight in armed conflicts around the world, says a new report from the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.
From: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

15.05.2008 Indian Committee of Youth Organisations will be holding a national convention in partnership with UNICEF from May 28-30, 2008 in Bangalore, India. The event will provide a platform for various youth groups and networks across the country to take up issues concerning the fight against AIDS.

01.05.2008 For N.Nandadevi, a dedicated health activist in Manipur in north-eastern India, mere counseling on HIV/AIDS is not enough to tackle the fatal disease. A believer in pragmatic solutions, she distributes disposable syringes among drug users to prevent transmission through shared needles.