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The continuous deterioration of the quality of education in the Philippines has prompted the DepEd to push for the implementation of the K to 12 program, which entails the institutionalization of kindergarten and the addition of two more years of high school in the basic education cycle. The...
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India has embarked upon an economic model driven by the free market incorporating processes of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation. Our children today live, in what some describe as “Brand India†which has the tenth highest GDP in the world. Even while the country is...
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The document enlists continued implementation of initiatives and prioritises initiatives to support all round youth … development around the world. While stressing on sectoral and cross-sectoral youth policies, it calls on local, regional and … national governments to create an environment where youth- male and female- are able to address their aspirations and …
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While there is much written on the youth bulge in developing countries, little is being done to address the problems of …
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This is a ready reference for organizations, youth policy practitioners and young people to the World Programme of … Action for Youth (WPAY), its 15 priority areas and their corresponding proposals for action. It also includes the means for …
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where young women are becoming particularly vulnerable. It is youth who will inherit not only the riches of the city but its … the Environmental Youth Alliance, Canada to organise the World Youth Forum (WYF) three days prior to the WUF III in …
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Girls and Girlhoods at the Threshold of Youth and Gender-A Vacha Initiative By Vibhuti Patel (ed.), The women Press …
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The international trade in Afghan drugs is one of the most significant transnational threats emanating from Central Asia. Exacerbated by weak border management, corruption, and lack of income-generating alternatives, the “Northern Route†is a scourge not only for the Central Asian...
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The situation of juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection across India is precarious. Nothing underlines this more than the situation in Karnataka. While the State Human Rights Commission and State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Karnataka have been...
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Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or...
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