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.

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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...

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline: 19 January 2009

The Fund for Global Human Rights seeks to increase the flow of financial resources to on-the-ground human rights organizations and to strengthen human rights movements and communities in countries around the world. This RFP invites proposals from human rights organizations based in Burundi, Guinea, Pakistan, and Uganda only. Please look at the Request for Proposals (application packet) located on http://www.globalhumanrights.org/for-grantees f more...

November 20, 2008 -- In a first-ever joint statement, more than thirty winners of the Nobel Peace Prize today called for urgent action to implement quality education and build peace in conflict-affected countries. The Nobel Laureates, including President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, urged world leaders to pay more attention to the educational needs of more the 37 million children who live in fragile states and are unable to go to school.

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The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children paints a detailed picture of the nature, extent and causes of violence against children and proposes recommendations on how to prevent and respond to it. The study was developed under the leadership of Prof. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, the independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General and with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), an more...

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and partners are requesting funding proposals from women’s rights and HIV/AIDS coalitions in southern and eastern Africa with the aim of developing submissions to the Global Fund that address the vulnerabilities of women and girls.

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...

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...

International Youth Foundation and USAID sign Agreement to Expand Cooperation Worldwide. The International Youth Foundation (IYF) announced today that it has signed an agreement with USAID that will greatly expand its ability to roll out youth employment programs worldwide. Called Youth:Work, this “Leader with Associates” Global Development Alliance (GDA) mechanism is structured to allow USAID missions and bureaus to directly support IYF’s youth employability programs and services.

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International Youth Foundation participates in New Global Partnership Promoting Youth Employment. Building on the 2007 World Development Report’s call to invest in more than a billion young people living in developing countries, the International Youth Foundation will help lead a new global initiative, supported by the World Bank, to better understand the problems facing young people in their transition to work. The program will also identify effective programs and approaches to help address more...