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Search by Keywords: Advanced Search Sign-up here! Subscription is free and allows you to receive email newsletters, alerts, and to access a comprehensive member directory and network with other development professionals. Sign-up here About this Report This Special Report provides a forum about the involvement of youth in development activities. Participating in this Special Report are our dgCommunities focused on: Afghanistan Reconstruction Capacity Development Civil Society Culture & Development E-Learning Gender and Development Glocalization Governance HIV/AIDS ICT for Development Knowledge Economy Microfinance Open Educational Resources Population and Reproductive Health Poverty Urban Development Youth for Development     Become a Development Gateway member, and you will be notified of our upcoming reports. Sign-up! See previous Special Reports here. Special Report From Our Members What Steps Help Sustain Health and Well-Being for Youths? Health and well-being for young men and women in developing countries are critical factors for economic growth. The spread of primary school education has opened new opportunities, particularly for girls, while reproductive health issues-and HIV/AIDS--will impact future generations. A Development Gateway survey asked its users: What steps are being taken to sustain health and well-being for youths? The Gambia - YMCA Computer Training Centre I know that my life will not be like the life of my mother and grandmother because people in the olden days thought that girls' education was a waste of time. - Awa Bah I have a better education and can even speak different languages apart from my own local language and can manipulate with figures. I also will not be forced to marry like my mother and grandmother. - Nyima Sanneh I will start a family in three years time, so that I will have very good work and a big salary. I plan to be independent. I don't want to depend on men, mainly because sometimes you meet good men, sometimes very bad ones. I have a choice about health care because it is my health and my right to know about it. - Aminatta Koita I would like to open my own business in the Gambia. Isatou Njie Saidy, the vice president of the Gambia, shows that what a man can do a woman can do too. She is one in a million and has put the name of women into high position. - Mariama Loum Tanzania - Elikana Wallace There are no programmes for youth in my region. Also no education about reproductive health is provided by the government. As a result, many young people are falling in adolescent pregnancy because they have no access to contraceptives. Nigeria - Ayodeji R. Abitogun I have been able to make a positive influence through an organization that deals in the area of youths and women. I organized seminars on HIV/AIDS, workshops on skill acquisition and job creation, and training for young people on how to be self-reliant. Ethiopia - Solomon Bere Despite poor policies and lack of commitment, youths attempt to fight HIV/AIDS through clubs and associations. Kenya - Jeremiah Orinda There's a large array of druggery among the youth so that adults look at them as no-do-gooders or, at best, not yet persons to wait at the lobby of life. Thus, old men are focused on projects that ought to be the sole responsibility of the youth. This way, the youth feel intimidated to act in their own right even on matters that pertain directly to their daily survival. Sierra Leone - Harry Gbetuwa Young people in Sierra Leone are involved in music production and they sing songs about ways that the government is not performing. Part of the campaign was involved with a radio project created under the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone where I produced, reported and presented radio programs on various issues affecting children and young people in the country. Issues like HIV and AIDS, child labour, human rights etc. Lebanon - Hala Kobaisi In my country of origin Lebanon, the top priority issue of interest of the disabled youth is the lack of law enforcement. Others are discrimination and daily living skills. Australia - Kristy Trajcevski A lot of the young people I know with disabilities aren't particularly active when it comes to issues that affect them. They seem to have just enough rights to sustain a relatively normal life. Email this page Sign-up Learn about AMP...   From Our Members What did Development Gateway members have to say in our Youth Survey? Should Youth Try to Influence Policy Change? How Are Countries Promoting Youth Employment? What Steps Sustain Health and Well-Being for Youths? Partners Key Resources 2007 World Development Report "Development and the Next Generation" 2006 Global Employment Trends for Youth: ILO UN World Youth Report 2007 UNICEF Voices of Youth Global Youth Network Glocal Youth Parliament Staying Alive Our Time Is Now: Young People Changing the World Employability, Leadership and Engagement, Health and Education Global Events Sept. 13-16: 3rd Global Youth Employment Summit, Nairobi, Kenya Oct. 29 - 31: UN Global Youth Leadership Summit Nov. 14-20: Youth and ICT Week: Making ICTs Available for African Youth Dec. 2-10: BBC: Generation Next Dec. 4-6: ITU Telecom World Youth Forum, Hong Kong Jan. 21-25, 2007. Brightest Young Minds Annual Conference, Australia Feb. 22-25, 2007: International Youth Volunteerism Summit, Chicago, USA

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