How do youth policies affect young people? Which conditions for living and learning are guaranteed, which are provided, which are missing? What is the real-life impact of policies on young people and their rights? These are some of the over-arching questions we seek to ask, and answer – in general through youthpolicy.org, and in this section specifically.
Covering the only continent in the world with a significantly growing youth population – ‘in less than three generations, 41% of the world’s youth will be African’ & ‘by 2035,
The latest United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report, ‘Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work’, highlights the importance of investing in the skills of youth. Too often
Ban Ki-Moon announced the appointment of a new special advisor for youth back in January 2012 as part of his attempt to better “address the needs of the largest generation
The Education for All Global Monitoring Report is the prime instrument used to assess and track progress towards achieving the six education goals agreed in the Dakar Framework for Action
Global forums and structures have been producing outcome documents and communiques for decades and little have been curated and analysed. As part of our global resources library BYC will archive
Kyrgyzstan has developed a raft of youth policies over the past decade, but few of these seem to genuinely improve young people’s access to information, rights, and opportunities. Too many
Serbia has made significant strides in developing policies that are cognizant of and responsive to the concerns of Serbia’s youth. But young people continue to face obstacles on the road
Ever pondered what a World Atlas of Youth Policies would look like? Well, ponder no longer, and instead have a look at this fantastic policy mapping resource. Prepared by Plan
A year on from the England riots, we investigated what life was like for children and young people in England and what – if any – impact the riots have
On the 7th of August 2011, a peaceful protest in London became the ignition of four nights of riots and looting. The fires burned through English towns and cities, with
