Since its conception in 2006, the Global Engagement Summit has hosted undergraduates and recent graduates from over 40 counties and 50 universities, with more than 35 global nonprofits for five days of exchange and capacity building at Northwestern University, in Chicago, IL. Through workshops, direct mentorships with nonprofit leaders, and outcome opportunities, GES delegates develop projects in microfinance, community development, global health, sustainable engineering, and many other change-b more...

Vision:
YALDA envisions an international network of inspired, empowered and proactive young African leaders who hold influential decision-making positions, are running their own organizations or companies, culminating in a prosperous and developed African continent.

Mission:
YALDA provides a forum for youth on the African continent and those abroad with a commitment to the welfare of Africa. By networking with professionals, mentors and each other, members will increase their capacity to t more...

This is a campaign of Roots and Shoots, the youth program of the Jane Goodall Institute. Campaign Concept - This campaign will help Roots & Shoots members in Tanzania start five new tree nurseries while encouraging groups in the United States and other countries to take action by planting native trees in their own communities. Groups in the United States will seek sponsorships for every tree they plant. This sponsorship money will support the establishment of Roots & Shoots tree nurseries in Tan more...

'Roots creep underground everywhere and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem very weak, but to reach the light, they can break open brick walls. Imagine that the brick walls are all the problems we have inflicted on our planet. Hundreds of thousands of roots & shoots, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world, can break through these walls. We CAN change the world. ' Jane Goodall.
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Nokia firmly believes in supporting youth development programs. For several years, Nokia has cooperated with the International Youth Foundation (IYF), and we recently signed an agreement to join forces with the international children's organization, Plan, to work with youth in Africa. As a global company, we recognize that young people everywhere can benefit from developing essential 'life skills' that help them to succeed within today’s fast-changing world. Such skills – including confidenc more...

By: Sheila Kinkade. Foreword by Rick Little
Youth In Action: Profiles of Youth Leading Change Around the World highlights the stories of the first 16 young activists to be awarded grants through YouthActionNet a youth-led website launched by IYF and Nokia in 2001 as part of Nokia’s global Make a Connection program. In this publication you’ll read of a 22-year-old’s efforts in Nepal to reach out to children hospitalized with cancer, of a young Peruvian’s work to teach poor children to more...

Edited by Silvia Golombeck, Ph.D. Foreword by Rick Little. As critical as youth participation is to the notion of positive youth development, it remains a subject that defies easy description. What does it mean in different cultures? What inhibits and encourages youth participation? What lessons have we learned? What Works in Youth Participation: Case Studies from Around the World explores some of these critical questions in nine case essays, written by authors of diverse ages, nationalities, an more...

Gender refers to socially constructed roles and learned behaviors and expectations associated with females and males. When talking about gender, people usually talk about gender inequality—women and girls having fewer opportunities in life simply because they are female. The term gender, however, also refers to boys and men, who are equally defined by the rights and roles 'assigned' to them. Giving equal rights and consideration to girls and women should not take the same away from males. Whil more...

Violence against women, especially domestic violence—violence, physical and sexual, committed by the male partner—is still pervasive around the world. At least one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused by an intimate partner in the course of her lifetime, according to the UN. Gender violence often serves to enforce gender discrimination: Men often use violence to punish perceived transgressions of gender roles, to show authority, and to save honor. Violence against more...

Over 160 young people from different communities, who have limited opportunity and access to basic services as well as those who live their lives as street youth around Vientiane Capital, participated in a two-day Open Space Forum which was held for two days started on September 9-10, 2006. The Open Space Forum was a joint initiative of Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare through Peuan Mit Project (a project in collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and Friends-Interna more...