Feb 2010 from ICYO, India
ICYOIndia
In this Issue of ICYO-Youth Information:
Ø UN Proclaims International Year of Youth in 2010
Ø Arya Youth should act to eliminate the orthodox from the society
Ø Reproductive Health & Domestic Violence Workshop for teenagers held
Ø Official launch of WAY Headquarters officially launched
Ø Democracy Walk
Ø UNFPA: Sixth Meeting of the Global Youth Advisory Panel
Up-coming Events:
Ø UN-HABITAT: World Urban Youth Assembly
Ø Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)
Ø 5th Global Youth Employment Summit (YES)
Ø London International Youth Science Forum
Ø The 5th World Youth Congress
Acknowledgement
ICYO – Youth Information Newsletter
Indian Committee of Youth Organizations
Platform of 356 Youth Organizations in India
India’s largest network of urban and rural youth
No. 2010/8
UN Proclaims International Year of Youth in 2010
In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, from enhancing peace to boosting economic development, the United Nations today proclaimed an International Year of Youth starting on 12 August 2010.
“The International Year is about advancing the full and effective participation of youth in all aspects of society,” UN Focal Point on Nicola Shepherd said. “We encourage all sectors of society to work in partnership with youth and youth organizations to better understand their needs and concerns and to recognize the contributions that they can make to society.”
In its resolution proclaiming the Year, the General Assembly called on governments, civil society, individuals and communities worldwide to support activities at local and international levels to mark the event.
Under the theme ‘Dialogue and Mutual Understanding,’ the Year aims to encourage dialogue and understanding across generations and promote the ideals of peace, respect for human rights and freedoms, and solidarity.
It also encourages young people to dedicate themselves to fostering progress, including the attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals, which seek to slash a host of social ills, ranging from extreme poverty and hunger to maternal and infant mortality to lack of access to education and health care, all by 2015.
Several international events are already scheduled throughout the year, including the Fifth World Youth Congress from 31 July to 13 August in Istanbul, and the World Conference for Youth in Mexico City from 24 to 27 August. Both gatherings will focus on youth and sustainable development in the context of the MDGs.
The inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore from 14 to 26 August will seek to inspire youth around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect.
Arya
Youth should act to
eliminate the orthodox from the
society
- Prof. Kiran Walia, Health Mininster, Delhi Govt.
The three day Conference was of Kendriya Arya Yuvak Parishad (Central Arya Youth Council) was held from 29 January to 31 January 2010 at Safdarjung Enclave Ground in New Delhi. The Conference address by many spiritual, religious leaders, politicians and ministers and attended by representatives of various Arya Samaj from all over India, youth and students from various school and gurukuls.
Prof (Ms) Kiran Walia worried that TV channel way the orthodox spreading in society which creating the barriers in developing the healthy society by TV channels. We have to create the society where there no wall of religion, upper- low cast, rich-poor. Arya Youth can work to shape harmonious society.
Earlier, Mr. Anil Arya, President of Council welcome the all the delegates. He stress on oneness in Arya samaj to eliminate the ill will from the society and construct strong, inter-depended society which help in development process of the country.
Mr Devinder Bhagat, Press Secretary told ‘Youth Information’ that KAYP one of the priority to focus on over all development of Arya Young People. To achieve this Council is organizing the regular camps for character building of young people. He informed that KAYP working in direction last many years and organizing the camps for boys and girls apart from massage spread by organizing the cultural and bhajan sandhya.
Reproductive Health & Domestic Violence Workshop for teenagers held
The PGVS-Ekta Parishad organized the three workshops on reproductive health and domestic violence. The workshop held on 16th, 17th and 18th of December 2009 in Patna, Bihar and attended by 30 girls between 12 and 14 years old from villages of the Patna district.
Over
3 days, these girls from poor families were gathered, sharing not only the
classes but also the meals and the bedrooms.
Some of them never got the chance to go to school and most of them will not continue the studies. In the rural area of Bihar, the economic situation is very difficult. In many villages, people are currently suffering from hunger because of the drought. In those conditions, the children and especially the girls are not encouraged to go to school but to stay at home to assume domestic work meanwhile the other members of the family go to work outside.
WAY Headquarters Officially Launched
The office complex of World Assembly
of Youth (WAY) and World Youth Foundation were official launched on 12
December 2009. The complex is situated in Malaka, Malaysia.
Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Bin Mohd Rustam, Chief Minister of Melaka and the President of World Assembly of Youth was the chief guest.
In his speech, Datuk Seri
Ali said that 'The office of WAY is dedicated
to providing services and
support for meetings, planning, forum and
dialogues for youth development
and programs globally. Together, we are
gathered here to not only launch the
office of WAY but also the launching of its effectiveness as the headquarters of
WAY internationally.' He added further 'It is from this office that every youth
leaders and youth organizations around the world can get assistance for their
events and programme.
Mr Ravi Narayan (Secretary General
of ICYO) attended the event.
Democracy Walk
Earlier in the morning, about 2000 youth walk from city centre in Malaka to complex to strengthen the Democracy.
Draft of Maharastra State Youth Policy ready
Mumbai, Dec. 29 - The maiden draft of the Maharashtra State Youth Policy (MSYP) has been finalized by MP Supriya Sule and handed over to Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Bhaskar Jadhav and secretary, education and youth affairs Sanjay Kumar.
The draft includes suggestions like establishing state youth commission on the lines of state women's commission and setting up youth resource centres at district level.
The team involved in preparing the policy draft included Mathew Mattam,chief executive office of Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA), Vishwas Thakur, Kaustubh Devle, Anand Bang of Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health,Gadchiroli, under the leadership of Ms Supriya Sule, MP.
"Other than forming the state youth commission, the final draft also talks of setting up district youth development centres or resource centres with one-window scheme that will provide information on employment opportunities, various career-oriented courses, health facilities and others," said Datta Balasaraf, one of the committee members.
The policy also recommends special focus on girls, tribal youth, dropouts and handicapped youth.
UNFPA: Sixth Meeting of the Global Youth Advisory Panel
The Global Youth Advisory Panel of UNFPA, which consists of twenty two young people from all over the world met in New York from 4-6 November 2009 to advise UNFPA on its youth programme and activities for the year 2010. The panel acts as a mechanism to promote dialogue between UNFPA and young people and as a way for UNFPA to seek advice from young people on the strategic areas it works on.
Highlights of the meeting included discussions on Climate Change, as that is the theme of the 2009 UNFPA State of the World Population Report, the UN Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education and the proposal of the Mexican Government to host a World Youth Conference in August, 2010. The recommendations of the panel address a wide range of issues and will guide the work of UNFPA's youth programme in the coming year.
Up-coming Events:
UN-HABITAT: World Urban Youth Assembly
The World Urban youth Assembly will be held on 19-20 March 2010 prior to the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Young people will meet to discuss and debate issues of concern among themselves focused on urbanization, unemployment, human settlements and good governance. The youth assembly assists youth to make meaningful contributions into the discussions of the World Urban Forum.
The World Urban Youth Assembly will have the following strategic goals: to become the premier platform for youth to discuss lessons learned from UN-HABITAT and partners' programmes in the area of urban youth led development; to profile and disseminate models of urban youth le! d development developed by UN-HABITAT and its partners; and to become a platform for experts and practitioners to deliberate on research, policy and practice as well as lessons learned on urban youth issues.
For more information log on http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?typeid=19&catid=584&cid=6829
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)-23-25 of April 2010
The Global Youth Service Day is a time in the year to come together to focus the world's attention on what young people are contributing every single day.
During Global Youth Service Day, millions of youth around the world organize community service projects to address the needs of their local communities through service, to be recognized for their contributions, and to be a part of a global youth service movement.
For more information log on http://gysd.org/
5th Global Youth Employment Summit (YES)
5th Global Youth Employment Summit (YES) is organized by YES together with Tällberg Foundation and the Swedish Government as the official host. The theme of the Summit is to be "Youth, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability". The Summit will be held from June 13-19, 2010 in Dalarna, Sweden.
For more information log on http://www.yesweb.org/sweden.html
London International Youth Science Forum
The London International Youth Science Forum will be held from July 28- August 11, 2010 in London.
For more information log on http://www.liysf.org.uk/
The 5th World Youth Congress
The 5th World Youth Congresses on Youth and Development will be held from July 31-August 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
For more information log on http://www.turkiye2010.org/en.html
Acknowledgement
The ICYO received following publications in March to June 2008, which are very useful for our documentation, research work and for planning of activities. We extended thanks on behalf of ICYO network to all the organizations those provide us these valuable newsletters/publications/ reports etc.
Yuva
Udghosh – Various issues (fortnightly, Hindi
language newspaper); Published by Kendriya Arya Yuvak Parishad, New Delhi,
India.
Neeti
Marg – various issues
(fortnightly, language - Hindi) published by Samvad, Bhopal, MP, India.
Beyond Borders
– Issue 15, Fall
-2009; Published by Beyond Borders, Canada.
UNews – Vol. 64,
No. 11, November 2009; No 12, December 2009; January 2010 No 1; Published by: UN
Information Centre, New Delhi, India.
One
Country
– Vol. 20, Issue 1, Oct.- Nov. 2008; January – June 2009, Vol 20, Issue -3;
Published by Bahai International Community, USA.
Youth Culture/Yuva
Sanskar – No. 3, 2009; Published by National
Youth Project Trust, New Delhi.
India Project
Portffolio 2009- September 2009; Published by World Bank, New
Delhi.
Report- The
44th Youth in Community Action – ‘Vision, Value and Action for
Sustainable Community!” (Report of Int. Camp held from 22 July- 22 August 2009
in South Korea); Published by Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Republic of
Korea.
Young
Asia – April-October 2009;
Published by Commonwealth Youth Programme, Asia Centre, Chandigarh,
India.
Yuva
Samvad – Issue
81, December2009; Issue 82, January 2010; Published by Dr A.K. Arun, New Delhi,
India.
World
Bank in India- Vol. 8, No. 3 November 2009; Published by World Bank, New Delhi,
India;
Go
Between Issue 119, September –October 2009;
Published by NGLS United Nations
NGLS Roundup – No.
137, September 2009; Published by NGLS United
Nations.
Asian Forum
Newsletters – No. 5 October 2009;
Published by Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population & Development
(AFPPD), Bangkok, Thailand.
One India One People
– Vol 13/6 January 2010
(issue focus on Young India); Published by One India One People Founation,
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
CASA
in Action Newsletter; Magazine published by CASA New Delhi
Beyond
Borders – various Issue published by Beyond Borders Inc Canada.
Youth Horizons
– various issues,
published by Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi.
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