263 million #children and #youth are out of #school from #primary to upper #secondary

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Some 263 million children and youth are out of school, according to new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). This is equivalent to about a quarter of the population of Europe. The total includes 61 million children of primary school age (6-11 years), 60 million of lower secondary school age (12-14 years), and the first […]

Category: Africa, Asia, Central America, English, Europe, global citizenship education, North America, South America, Universal Education · Tags: Africa, Asia, employment, GEM Report, girls, Global Education Monitoring, Irina Bokova, poverty, Primary, school, secondary, UNESCO

Sustainable Development Goals for 2030: The Land Beyond Borders for our Planetary Youth

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Interconnecting dreams in the land beyond borders. Photo in Vitsa, Greece. Spanish version Around the world, young people of both sexes look to the future, and question current socio-economic models that are based on the irrational exploitation of natural resources. While it is true that capitalist systems have brought enormous material benefits, their functionalist view subordinates […]

International Youth Day 2015 – Youth Civic Engagement

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Ms. Akke M. Draijer-de Jong is initiator and co-founder of the Foundation Kebon Sepatu Indonesia-Netherlands. She leads a team of experts in the field of Educational Projects in Indonesia and is the liaison officer and spokesperson for the Team of Directors in the Netherlands. amdraijerdejong@yahoo.com – http://www.socialpsychology.org/member/draijer-de-jong . . Abstract: The International Youth Day 2015 […]

International Youth Day: Interview with Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

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2014 Peace Nobel Award Kailash Satyarthi during his speech in the World Education Forum 2015 . Javier Collado Ruano: Dear Kailash Satyarthi, my name is Javier Collado-Ruano. I am working in Brazil as a professor in the University, and we have followed an approach with the nattier, indigenous people, and with poor people living in the […]

Category: Africa, Asia, Central America, Child Health, Combat HIV/AIDS, End Poverty and Hunger, English, Environmental Sustainability, Europe, European Union, Gender Equality, global citizenship education, Global Partnership, Interviews, Maternal Health, Middle East, Millennium Development Goals, NGO, North America, Oceania, Private Institution, Public Institution, South America, Transversal Studies, Universal Education, Voluntary Association, Your experiences, Your ideas · Tags: Brazil, democratize knowledge, global citizenship, globalize compassion, India, Irina Bokova, Javier Collado Ruano, Kailash Satyarthy, Korea, Krishna, Krishnamurti, Nobel Peace Prize, peace, peace building, Peace Nobel Award, Republic of Korea, Technology, theosophist, UNESCO, universalize justice, violence, World Education Forum, World Education Forum 2015

Interview with Aya Chebbi, African Youth Movement Founder

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Javier Collado Ruano: Dear readers, it is a pleasure for me to introduce my friend Aya Chebbi, a well-known Pan-African Tunisian blogger and activist. I met her during the Global Citizens Movement of CIVICUS World Alliance, which took place in Johannesburg late in the year 2013, and I am still impressed with all her achievements. […]

Category: Africa, End Poverty and Hunger, English, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, global citizenship education, Global Partnership, Interviews, Middle East, Millennium Development Goals, NGO, Refugee and displaced, Transversal Studies, Voluntary Association, Your experiences, Your ideas · Tags: Africa, Africa Inspire, African Union, African youth, African Youth Movement, agriculture, Arab Spring, Aya Chebbi, Ban Ki-moon, Beijing Declaration, Cameroon, CIVICUS, Culture of Peace, DEEEP, Democratic Republic of Congo, Education, Egypt, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Employment and Entrepreneurship, Environment and Sustainable Development, facebook, future, GCAP, Gender, Global Citizens Movement, global citizenship, global citizenship education, Governance and Transparency, Hillary Clinton, International Youth Day, Johannesburg, Journée Internationale de la Jeunesse, Kenya, Kenya´s conscious transformation, Middle East, Pan-Africanism, Peace and Security, post-2015 Development Agenda, post-colonialism, Proudly Tunisian, Revolution of Dignity, social media, South Africa, Sustainable Development Goals, The Arab Awakening, Tunisia, Ubuntu, UN, UN Women, United Nations, Voice of Women Initiative, VOW, young people, Youth

Youth, Stand up for Economic Citizenship!

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Eva Lestant Child and Youth Finance International e.lestant@outlook.com . Jared Penner Child and Youth Finance International Jared@childfinance.org / web: www.childfinance.org . Abstract: The 2008 economic crisis of 2008 brought awareness to stakeholders around the world that the lack of financial literacy, combined with financial deregulation, has brought many households to bankruptcy and poverty. Over the […]

Youthful – The Mindful Natural Way for Each Life

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Rashmi Chandran Natural Health and Environmental Research rashmichandran@gmail.com / http://drrashminaturallife.blogspot.in . Abstract: Youthful is a blessing for any life. The beauty of youthful is its own innocence to live naturally connected with nature, to grow up with maturity, and to embody our mutual care and share. Youthful works its level best at all ages […]

Category: Asia, English, global citizenship education, Universal Education, Your experiences, Your ideas · Tags: Education, India, life, Lifestyle, Natural Health, nature, society, Youth, Youthful

Capitalism, Desperation and Urgency: How Do Working Class Youth Cope With the Capitalist Present?

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Deniz Yonucu is currently a visiting scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her PhD Degree from the Department of Anthropology at Cornell in May 2014. Funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the Middle East Research Competition of the Ford Foundation, her dissertation, titled, Operations Of Law And Sovereignty From Below: Youth, […]

Category: English, Europe, European Union, global citizenship education, Transversal Studies, Your experiences, Your ideas · Tags: capitalism, Güzeltepe, Hasköy, Istanbul, Turkey, young people

Advocating for Today’s Youth – How Boys & Girls Clubs of America Prepare Young People for Great Futures

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Today’s youth face numerous challenges ranging from poverty to obesity to academic struggles. 11 million kids are left unsupervised after school each day and need a safe haven with caring mentors and program that can change their opportunity equation. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) tackles these issues every day, all year round. As […]

Category: English, North America, Your experiences · Tags: Academic Success, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Good Character & Citizenship, Great Futures, Healthy Lifestyle, Youth Advocate

ERASMUS YOUTH AND EDUCATORS PROGRAMME

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>The NGO – Objectif Sciences International The non-profit association Objectif Sciences International offers high-quality science camps for children and teenagers all over the world. These science camps are organised with the aim of discovering and experimenting new ways of conducting science projects while respecting Nature and the Environment. http://www.science-camps.com/ The aim of the NGO is […]