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December 2012 Blog Posts (4)

Learning crisis hits Asia-Pacific: Teens miss out on vital skills for future employment

Regional Launch of the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, 20 December 2012, 8:15-15:30, Thammasat University, Tha Prachan Campus, Thailand

Bangkok, 14 December 2012 – The number of people aged 15 to 24 reached 1 billion in developing countries alone in 2010. Jobs are not being created fast enough to meet the needs of this group. As a result, youth unemployment is on the…

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Added by Saji Prelis on December 18, 2012 at 8:45am — No Comments

Who are you?

The audience at the awards ceremony for the “Shoot Your Identity” short film competition.

We’ve all been there. You’re out having a drink and you meet someone and they ask you what you do. You tell them and turn the question back on them. A conversation progresses based on the assumption that this fact says something about your character, who you are, where your passion lies. Sometimes you…

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Added by Saji Prelis on December 17, 2012 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Youth at the Forefront of Anti-Corruption Movement

SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH MANSILLA, CO-AUTHORS: BORIS WEBER ON TUE, 12/11/2012 - 10:01

Jiwo Damar Anarkie from Indonesia is a young co-founder of the …

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Added by Saji Prelis on December 13, 2012 at 11:25pm — No Comments

Global Youth Forum: Connecting Youth with a New Vision for Development

Over 2,000 youth delegates from around the world will connect in person and by web to consider UN priorities for the next 20 years. Photo: UNFPA

PRESS RELEASE: UNFPA: 29 November 2012

BALI – Six hundred youth leaders, representatives of governments, UN agencies, non-governmental and private sector organizations will convene in Bali from 4-6 December…

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Added by Saji Prelis on December 2, 2012 at 7:57pm — No Comments