‘Your attitudes and leadership consistency will be pivotal’ — Deputy Secretary-General It was a day for ceremony and celebration in Chandigarh yesterday (weds) as the Commonwealth’s newly-elected youth leadership took their oaths in an hour-long Installation Ceremony Presided over by the Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba. On Tuesday, at a special Youth Leaders’ Conference in the …
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Forum Boss Calls for increased participation of Young People in decision making
March 4A call for the increased participation of young people in decision making has been made by the Secre …
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Read moreCommonwealth Ambassador, Shellecia Brooks attends Youth Leadership Conference in India
January 5Ms. Shellecia Brooks, the Commonwealth Youth Representative for Anguilla, recently attended The Comm …
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Read more2010 is the United Nations’ Year of Youth and to honour the occasion, the Commonwealth Youth Programme in Honiara is giving Pacific youth a voice by actively seeking young people’s ideas. click to listen to the interview
2010 is the United Nations’ Year of Youth and to honour the occasion, the Commonwealth Youth Programme in Honiara is giving Pacific youth a voice by actively seeking young people’s ideas. click to listen to the interview
Representatives of the country’s Youths to the Commonwealth Youth Conference in India departed the country this afternoon. On Monday next week, 9 young people from Commonwealth Pacific Countries will unite with other youths from the Africa, Asia and the Caribbean regions. Click to watch the video interview with the Regional Director of the Commonwealth Youth …
Ms. Shellecia Brooks, the Commonwealth Youth Representative for Anguilla, recently attended The Commonwealth Youth Leaders’ Conference in Chandigarh, India from December 13th to 17th, 2010. The Conference which was held under the theme ‘Our Year, Our Voice’ was attended by youth representatives from a number of Commonwealth countries spanning the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Pacific …
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By Samantha Khan One of the most brilliant literary minds, Oscar Wilde, once wrote, “The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.” Although written in 1895 it perhaps holds more truth today than it did then. The United Nations has declared 12 August 2010 to 12 August 2011 “International Year of Youth” in …
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The Commonwealth Youth Programme Caribbean Centre facilitated a Caribbean Youth Leadership Summit during March 29 to 31st in Bridgetown, Barbados. For three days Youth leaders from 21 countries, together with the President of the European Youth Forum and members of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, looked at practical ways to strengthen youth governance networks at …
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A call for the increased participation of young people in decision making has been made by the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuiloma Neroni Slade. He was speaking at the launch of the United Nations Children’s’ Fund (UNICEF) report ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012’ held at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, …
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Last week Kingston, Jamaica was the proud host of the Commonwealth Caribbean Youth Leadership Summit. The resumed Summit took place from July 23 to 26 and was the second phase of a process initiated in March 2011 by the CYP Caribbean Centre. The Summit was strongly youth-designed and -led, and comprised nineteen (19) delegates representing …
The Environmental Management Authority’s (EMA) Youth Ambassadors received the National Youth/Community Organisation Award along with Helping Hands at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Sunday. The National Youth Awards, hosted by the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development, applauded young people who have excelled in various backgrounds and provide an avenue for talented youth to …