Overview

The Commonwealth Plan of Action on Youth Empowerment, endorsed by Heads of Government in 1999, states that young people are themselves the best resource for their development. We are currently witnessing a change in the status of young people - from being the mere recipients of adult-led programmes, to being active decision-makers. But while many organisations want to be part of this change, they do not know how. This book therefore could not have come at a better time. The decision to involve the young cannot be postponed. In Africa, HI V/AIDS is succeeding where malaria, slavery and civil strife have failed - it is threatening a continent of young people Perhaps the question to older generations is: what do you plan to do without us?

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Author:   Jane Foster ,  Kumi Naidoo
Publisher:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Imprint:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9780850926811

ISBN 10:   0850926815
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword Rt Hon Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary General Mulako Mwanamwalye, Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Caucus Introduction Chapter 1 Framing Youth Participation in the Twenty-first Century Jane Foster Chapter 2 Deepening Democracy: Meeting the Challenge of Youth Citizenship Steve Mokwena Chapter 3 Institutional Pathways to Empowerment Indira Ravindran and Laila Duggan Case Study 1: Drik: Out of Focus Case Study 2: Collective Echoes Case Study 3: A Study Visit to Malawi Case Study 4: On the EDGE Case Study 5: Youth Participation in the International Planned Parenthood Federation Case Study 6: Bluepeace: Conservation in the Maldives Case Study 7: Pachen Village Water Supply Project Case Study 8: World Assembly of Youth: Development of Youth and Population Handbook Case Study 9: Young Ambassadors of Positive Living Case Study 10: Population Control through the Empowerment of Adolescent Girls in Mewat, India Chapter 4 Pathways to Personal Empowerment Charlotte Barran Chapter 5 The Challenge of Youth Citizenship: From the Margins to the Centre Kumi Naidoo Further Reading on Youth Participation Contributors

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Jane Foster is a former Head of Youth Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat. She is now Chief Operating Officer of CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation). Kumi Naidoo is Secretary General and CEO of CIVICUS.

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