06 June 2011
This panel will explore key employment, social and political challenges faced by youth in different regions of the world through the voices of a diverse group of panellists engaged in the advancement of young people’s position in society. Particular emphasis will be placed on young people’s role in promoting social justice in today’s world.
06 June 2011
This panel will review recent developments in the region through the perspective of young people who made these changes happen by tackling the challenges of exclusion, poverty and inequality. Five young activists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, who were influential in profiling key issues, participating in protests and mobilizing peers into action on the streets of several cities of North Africa and the Middle East, will shed light on the socio-economic factors that drove them to become “agents of history”.
01 February 2011
A briefing session is being held to address youth employment on Tuesday 8 February 2011 (United Nations Headquarters)
14 October 2010