Youth research, as a specialist area of social scientific inquiry, covers the life-phase ‘youth’ in all its facets. We try to mirror it’s growing diversity, its multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach and the various theoretical traditions, epistemological perspectives and methodological approaches in our selected introductions to research findings.
Between the 28-30 October, the First Global Forum on Youth Policies will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, bringing together 700 youth policy experts—from governments and parliaments, youth networks and movements,
Creating our Youth Policy Fact Sheets was an exercise in information excavation: to dig into the deep, dark and dusty corners of youth research, data and statistics, and to bring
The Global Youth Wellbeing Index from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) gathers and connects youth-related data to assess and compare the
The Commonwealth Youth Development Index (YDI) measures the status of young people in 170 countries around the world. It is a measure of 15 indicators that include health, nutrition, education,
On 1 November 2013, we launched our youth policy profiles, releasing “200 Fact Sheets in 200 Days”. Today we have over 70 online. By May 2014 every UN country will
Did you know that the majority age in Bahrain is 21 years, or that In Comoros homosexual acts are illegal? Did you know that the minimum age of criminal responsibility
“I realized in Warsaw, however, that the official delegations are not the enemy, and these “actions” often run counter-productive to official activities.” Civil society walked out of the COP19 climate
Did you know that 43 countries have no youth policy to speak of? Or that Kyrgyzstan has no national youth council, but does have a youth policy law? What about
The establishment of this section of the youthpolicy.org website was in many ways inspired by the In Defence of Youth Work movement, who are now looking at the possibility of
Youth in the News | May 2013 Edition. More than 90 articles showcase which youth issues are reported and which are ignored, and paint an intricate picture of how young
