ICYO-Youth Information:
In this issue of
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Nobel
Cause for 3,000 Youths; Make World Better..
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Young
Villagers to be trained as Peer Educator to Encourage Safe Sex in Indian
Villages
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WDR
2007 Launch
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National Youth Consultation on the MDGs held in
Bangladesh
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New Publication on Young People and Harmful Media Content
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‘A’ is for Achieve, ‘Y’ is for Youth - New LDC Alphabet
Video Produced by UNESCAP
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Children Set Their Own Recommendations for India’s 11th Five Year Plan
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Indigenous
People ‘Walk’ for there LIVELIHOOD RIGHTS in India
News in
brief:
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Indian
health experts linked the country’s maternal death rate to its 5.7 million
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The
venue of the Children Festival has be changed
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World
Bank accepting applications for ‘Winter Internship Programme
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Applications
for the 2006/07 Human Rights Small Grants Scheme
Programme/Event:
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ICYO
- National Youth Consultation
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UN Global Youth Leadership Summit
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ASEM
Youth Dialogue 2006: First Asia-Europe Youth Interfaith Dialogue
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Second
Global Young Greens Meeting
Ø International Youth Conference
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Asia
and Pacific Student Essay Competition on Sustainable Development
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Amsterdam Conference on Sustainability and Reporting
Acknowledgement
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ICYO acknowledge the receipt of publications, reports.
E-Newsletter
from network of youth organizations in India:
Indian
Committee of Youth Organizations
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Platform of 356 Youth
Organizations in India.
India’s largest network of urban and rural youth.
Nobel Cause for 3,000 Youths; Make World
Better, Peace Prize Winners Say
Ten Nobel Peace Prize winners issued an
unprecedented "call to action" to young people on 15 September 2006,
asking them to mobilize against racism and poverty and work to secure the
rights of women and children.
"Action is very important," said the
Dalai Lama, opening a Friday afternoon news conference where the Nobel
laureates outlined their agenda.
"Prayer is not sufficient," he said as
part of the three-day conference here sponsored by PeaceJam, a Colorado
organization that brings together Nobel Peace Prize winners and young people.
At the event, which drew 3,000 students from 31
countries, peace prizewinners called for a decade-long effort to tackle 10
challenges facing the world and said they would work "side by side"
with young people to make a difference.
"We say, go for your dreams and reach for
the stars and help God make this a more compassionate, a more caring, a more
gentle world," Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa told the students.
Friday's session marked the largest gathering to
date of Nobel Peace Prize winners in the United States. The goal was to inspire
young people to hope and work for a better future.
"We all have to be part of the solutions to
the problems of this planet or we will all sink together," said Jody
Williams, the only American on the panel and a peace prizewinner for her
efforts to ban land mines. (Daily news feed)
Young
Villagers to be trained as Peer Educator to Encourage Safe Sex in Indian
Villages
India plans to recruit
one young man and woman from every large village (population of 5000 or more)
in the country to over the next five years teach their peers about safe sex and
HIV.
"They could be weavers, or
agricultural laborers or just be hanging around the village market place,"
said Sujatha Rao, DG, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO).
"But the point is
the distribution of condoms, and messages on radio and TV only go so far. We
need to sit down with young people and make them talk," she told a
conference on sexual equality.
Those taking part in
the scheme, who will be in their early 20s, will be asked to help dispel macho
notions that men should try and have unprotected sex with as many women as they
can, notions that health workers say are common.
WDR 2007 Launch
According to World Development
Report 2007, titled ‘Development and the Next Generation’ world now has the
largest ever youth group in history--young people between the ages 12 and 24
comprise 1.3 billion of the developing world’s population--and developing
countries still has a window of opportunity to invest in the youth to lessen
potential economic headaches in the future.
The Report argues that without
opportunities for productive civic engagement, young people's frustrations may
boil over into economic and social tensions, creating long-simmering disputes.
The Report said that public
spending alone would not do the trick. Policies must stimulate young people,
their parents, and their communities to invest in themselves.
The WDR 2007 was released on released on September 16, 2006
in Singapore in workshop during the IMF/WB annual meeting.
The Youth report (WDR 2007) was
launched in small workshop in Singapore during the IMF/WB annual meeting on
September 16, 2006.
Total 23 youths were participated in the CSO/youth events among them 12 from Singapore National University, one-one from Bangladesh, China, Combodia, Thailand, Timor Least, Vietnum, Nepal, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. ( No youth participant from India!). Unfortunately other regions were not attended the event except youth from some Asia Pacific countries.
National Youth Consultation on the MDGs held in Bangladesh
Over 55 youth
organizations across Bangladesh came together on July 19th for the National
Youth Consultation on the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) and discussed how
to promote the Goals and ensure governments listen to the voices of young
people in Bangladesh.
The Consultation
concluded with the establishment of a new youth network called "Youth for
MDGs,"
The multitude of the
ideas that emerged from the consultation clearly reflects the great desire from
the young people to make lasting changes in their communities.
New Publication on Young People and Harmful
Media Content
UNESCO has produced a publication on "Regulation, Awareness,
Empowerment, Young People and harmful Media Content in the Digital Age" in
collaboration with International Clearing house on Children, Youth and Media,
NORDICOM/Goteborg University. This book presents a comprehensive review of the
field, current knowledge and recent trends on the subject of offensive and
harmful media content and the protection of minors, evaluative research on
different measures, examples of resources and projects from many parts of the
world. The publication reflects more on protective measures, media and
information literacy with a view to create a better future for young.
‘A’ is for Achieve, ‘Y’ is for Youth - New LDC Alphabet Video
Produced by UNESCAP
A new DVD production by the Least Developed Countries (LDC)
Coordination Unit, with funding from UNDP and assistance from the UN
Information Services Bangkok (UNIS), will be released this September. “The
Least Developed Countries Alphabet: The A to Z of Asia-Pacific LDCs” is a 12
minute video which explains the major hurdles affecting the 14 LDCs in the
Asia-Pacific region. The DVD is aimed at government officials, development
practitioners, and students across the region. It will be shown as part of the
UNIS visitors program, at LDC conferences around the world, and by request. It
will also be distributed to regional UN Information Centres for local
screening, and to NGOs and schools.
Children
Set Their Own Recommendations for India’s 11th Five Year Plan
Children’s Consultation was
organized on 5th July 2006 in Delhi to draw recommendations and suggestions for
the 11th Five Year Plan process.
In the Consultation, which was
attended by 75 children, gave very valuable suggestions, which they would want
to be incorporated in the next Five Year Plan.
The children during group
discussions came out with a suggestion that all the States where children are
vulnerable to abuse and exploitation should formulate and implement separate
child protection policies and programs which are socially and culturally
effective in tackling the problems of child abuse, neglect and exploitation in
the respective state.
Some of the important
recommendations came-up from the consultation include, making children's
participation possible in the process of policy formulation and programming,
they suggested that the Police, hospitals and schools must be made sensitive
towards the issues of children in difficult circumstances and the government
should implement strict legislatures to stop trafficking and sale of children,
feticide and infanticide, early child marriage and commercial exploitation of
children. Delhi Child Rights Club,
Butterflies and Prayas organized the consultation.
Indigenous
People ‘Walk’ for there LIVELIHOOD RIGHTS in India
On December 10, 2005, Assembly of Deprived was organized in
Gwalior, (M.P.), India and which was attend by thousands of Indigenous people
and decided to launch the “Janadesh 2007” (People’s Verdict). The main purpose
of the call of agitation to fight for livelihood rights for deprived community.
They decided the 25,000 deprived people from them will reach Gwalior on 2nd
October 2007 and walk to-ward Delhi and seized the Delhi until their demands
not fulfilled.
Ten month already passed and no
visible progress from government side to deliver the ‘Livelihood Rights’ to
them (deprived people). According the press release of Mahatma Gandhi Seva
Ashram, the CHETWANI YATRA (Walk to Warn) to be launched from 2nd
October 2006 for reminding the concern authorities that count- down already
started and only 365 days left to fulfill their demand or ready for consequence
generated by Janadesh 2007.
Dr. Ran Singh
Parmar, Secretary, Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram, further give the detail while talking to ‘ICYO-Youth Information’
that the more than 400 deprived people those suffered most, will march from
Gwalior to Delhi.
The marchers, majority the young people will start their peaceful satyagrah on 2nd October (birth day of Mahatma Gandhi) 2006 and reach Delhi on 21 October. On-the-way marchers will address the public rallies in villages, establish the mass contact to get their support.
Brief
News:
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ndian health experts linked the
country’s maternal death rate to its 5.7 million annual illegal abortions and
the fact that over 80 percent of pregnant women do not get hygienic antenatal
care, according to an Indo-Asian News Service July 16 story. Puneet Bedi, a
leading fetal medicine expert, urged strong action to curb illegal abortions
especially of female fetuses in order to maintain the male-female sex ratio.
According to UNICEF, only 15
percent of mothers receive complete antenatal care. In rural areas, 75 percent
of births still take place at home, mostly without any skilled help to ensure a
safe delivery.
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he venue of the Children Festival
has be changed. Children Festival location shifted from Babina to Jhansi. The
date is un-changed and will be held from September 29 to October 3, 2006.
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orld Bank accepting applications
for ‘Winter Internship Programme. The Internship Programme is open to students
who are nationals of the World Bank's member countries and attracts a large
number of highly qualified candidates. The goal of this Internship Programme is
to offer successful candidates an opportunity to improve their skills as well
as the experience of working in an international environment. Interns generally
find the experience to be rewarding and interesting.
For more Information log on
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pplications for the 2006/07 Human
Rights Small Grants Scheme are currently open. This initiative provides small
grants to in-country organizations (primarily non-government) for activities
aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in a direct and tangible way.
The scheme's geographic focus is the Asia-Pacific region.
The guidelines for applications
are available on the AusAID website:
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/business/other_opps/humanrights_scheme.cfm
Programmes/Events
National Youth Consultation
Indian
Committee of Youth announced the ‘NATIONAL YOUTH CONSULTATION’. The
Consultation will be held in New Delhi in second half of the November 2006.
HIVA/AIDS; Population/Family
Planning; Employment/ Entrepreneur Development; Environment; Trafficking/
Commercial Sexual Abuse of Children (CSA), Corruption and youth concern, are
the issues for discussion in upcoming
‘Consultation’.
Young people aged 15 - 22 years will
participate in the meeting.
ICYO is expecting the clear
strategic direction of further course of action from the young people. Formation of advocacy groups on issues
discussed, are also planned.
UN Global Youth Leadership Summit
UN
Office for Sport for Development and Peace will organize the UN Global Youth
Leadership Summit with the aims to link youth with the MDGs, using sport,
peacebuilding, and culture as entry points. The event will include two youth
delegates - one male, one female - from each of the 191 Member States of the UN
and event will be held from October 31 - November 1, 2006 in New York.
For more information, consult the document on: http://www.un.org/youthsummit/pdfs/gyls_conceptpaper_18-07-06.pdf#search=%22UN%20Global%20Youth%20Leadership%20Summit%20%20UNDP%22
ASEM Youth
Dialogue 2006: First Asia-Europe Youth Interfaith Dialogue
Asia-Europe Foundation and Casa
Asia from November 19-26, 2006 in Navarra, Spain, will organize ASEM Youth
Dialogue 2006.
The ASEM Youth Dialogues have
been conceived to provide an opportunity for Youth in Asia and Europe to
exchange perspectives on themes of Youth Interfaith
During this 4-day event, the
young representatives of Churches, Faiths and youth religious organizations and
networks, together with experts in inter-religious dialogue from the 38 ASEM
countries , will be exchanging views and experiences based on their respective
religions and spiritual traditions. The dialogue will also reflect on how
religions can assist in facing critical issues that concern our societies, and
will try to discover and create new pathways to peace through interfaith
cooperation. These objectives will be captured in the ASEM Youth Declaration
adopted by the participants at the conclusion of the dialogue, which is
transmitted to the ASEM partners as a part of the youth contribution to the
ASEM process.
For more information log on http://www.asef.org
Second Global
Young Greens Meeting
In Nairobi, Kenya, in January
2007, a Global Greens meeting and the World Social Forum will be held. This is
the ideal time for Young Green activists from every continent to come together
and decide on how to organize our growing numbers and influence globally.
For more detail contact caroline@...
International Youth Conference
World Spirit Youth Council (Switzerland) and Children of the Earth (USA) will organize the conference on
‘“Deepening Our Spirituality – Turning Inspiration into Action’ will be held in
Nepal from September 23-28, 2006. The event is hosted by Hindu Vidya Peeth – Nepal,
The conference will focus on
deepening our spirituality, exploring aspects of consciousness through
different religions, faiths and ways of life and discovering how spiritual
values, through daily action, can transform our world into a more harmonious
place.
At the “Deepening Our
Spirituality” meeting youth will join forces with the current work that the
World Spirit Youth Council is undertaking. Youth will also have the opportunity
of formulating strategies to take inspiration into action.
Asia and Pacific Student Essay Competition on
Sustainable Development
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and
ROAD, with support of the Japan Special Fund, financed by the Government of
Japan, invite university students to participate from the ADB member countries
(only from developing countries) in the Asia and Pacific Student Essay
Competition on Sustainable Development.
The eligible age to participate in the competition is between 18 to 29
years. The last date is October 31, 2006.
The rules are simple: just submit
an essay on one of the designated themes via this http://mms.adb.org:8000/adb-essay/register.php
The 25 winners will be awarded a
certificate and be expected to join and participate actively in the Asian and
Pacific Youth Forum on Sustainable Development to be held in Japan in March
2007. The costs of the winning essayists' participation in the Youth Forum will
be covered by ADB.
Amsterdam
Conference on Sustainability and Reporting
Over 120 speakers from business,
civil society, labour and government, from both developed and developing
countries, will tackle the challenge of sustainable development and reporting,
in the ‘Amsterdam Conference on
Sustainability and Reporting’ to be held in Amsterdam from October 4-6, 2006. For more information, log on www.grig3.org/index.html
Acknowledgement
The ICYO secretariat has received following
publications which is very useful for our documentation, research work and
planning of activities. We extended thanks ICYO network to all the
organizations those provide us these valuable publications/reports etc.
1.
AHRNews –
Published by: Asian Harm Reduction Network, Chiag Mai, Thailand
2.
Asian
Forum Newsletters – Published by: Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population
and Development, Bangkok, Thailand
3.
CASA in
Action –Published by: Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA), New Delhi,
India.
4.
Catalyst
(Newsletter)- Published by: Cyriac Voluntary Association (CEVA), Kochi, Kerela,
India.
5.
Chennai
Judicial Exchange on Access to Justice-Published by: Common Wealth Human Rights
Initiative (CHARD New Delhi, India
6.
CRIN
Newsletter - Published by: Child Rights Information Network, UK
7.
CSEC
published by Peace, Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka
8.
Disability
Tribune – Published by: International disability & human rights information
Network, United Kingdom
9.
Gender and
Education for All The Leap To Equality (EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4) –
Published by : UNESCO, Paris, France
10.
Go Between
– Published by : United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS),
Geneva, Switzerland
11.
Habitat
Debate – Published by UN Human Settlement Program, (UN Habitat), Nairobi,
(Kenya)
12.
hiv &
aids services worldwide –Published by: nam, London, UK
13.
Human
Rights and Policing –Published by: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New
Delhi, India
14.
IAPPD
Newsletter – Published by : Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population
and development, New Delhi, India
15.
Jaggo on
HIV/AIDS Awareness – Published by : The NAZ Foundation (INDIA) Trust, New Delhi
16.
Masculinity
for Boys (Resource Guide for Peer Educators)- Published by UNESCO, New Delhi,
India.
17.
Nari
Raksha Samiti, Annual Report, New Delhi, India
18.
Neeti Marg
– Published by : Samvad, Bhopal, India
19.
Network
Newsletter – Published by: Family Health International, USA
20.
Niti Marg,
(fortnightly), Published by: Samvad, Bhopal, India
21.
One
Country, Newsletter, Published by: Baha’i
International Community, New York, USA
22.
Panorama
of Parliamentary Elections 2005- Published by: Inter- Parliamentry Union,
Geneva, Switzerland.
23.
Parliament
Digest (Bridging the gap between Parliament and People) Budget
Session 2005 – Published by : National Centre for Advocacy Studies,
Pune, Maharashtra, India
24.
Peace
Newsletter- Published by: Peace, Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka
25.
Pop Times,
The Population & Development Newsletter of UNFOPA-India, - Published by:
United Nations Population fund-India, New Delhi, India
26.
Popline
(March-April 2005)- Published by: Population Institute,
27.
Population
2005 Newsletter – last issue.
28.
Positive
Dialogue- Published by: Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, Mumbai, India.
29.
Rebuilding
Lives: CASA’S response to Tsunami- Published by: Church’s Auxiliary for Social
Action (CASA), New Delhi, India.
30.
Round Up –
Published by : United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), Geneva,
Switzerland
31.
Sankalp
Newsletter –Published by: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in India, New
Delhi, India
32.
Say ‘No’
to Violence against women – Published by: Society for Women’s Action and
Training Initiative (SWATI), Gujarat, India
33.
Sexual
Health Exchange, published by Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherland.
34.
The Bhutan
Today- Published by: Druk National Cngress (DNC), Boudha, Katmandu, Nepal.
35.
The Right
to Peace (Defenders Newsletter) –Published by: The Organization for Defending
Victims of Violence (ODVV), Tehran, Iran.
36.
The State
of World’s Children 2006 (Executive Summary)- Published by: UNICEF, New York.
37.
The World
of Parliaments- Published by: Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland.
38.
UN System
Engagement with NGOs, Civil Society, The Private Sector, and the others –
Published by : UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), Geneva, Switzerland.
39.
UNews –
Published by : UN Information Centre, New Delhi, India
40.
V.Y.K
Newsletter – Published by : V.Y.K
International Youth Centre, New Delhi, India
41.
World Bank
In India – Magazine Published by : WORLD BANK, New Delhi, India
42.
Young Asia
–Published by: Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre (CYP), Commonwealth
Secretariat, Chandigarh, India.
43.
Youth of
India (Newsletter) – Published by: National Council of YMCAs of India, New
Delhi, India
44.
Yuva
Awaaz, published by Youth Initiative, Nepal.
45.
Yuva
Bharat Samachar, New Delhi.
46.
Yuva
Samvad- Published by: Yuva Samvad, New Delhi, India.
47.
Yuvahit - Published by: Print Impression, Pune,
India
48.
Youth
Culture Published by National Youth Project, New Delhi.
49.
Amrai (Bal
Masik Patrika)- Published by: Lok Vikas & Anusandhan Trust, Indor, India.
50.
Our Voice-
Published by: STOP, New Delhi, India.
51.
Annual
Report (2004-2005)- Published by: National Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS),
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
52.
Community
Learning Movement (An Experience of People Centered Advocacy) - Published by:
National Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
53.
ADVOCACY
INTERNET (Urban Displacement The India Battlefront) - Published by: National
Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
54.
ADVOCACY
INTERNET (Reservation Debate) - Published by: National Centre for Advocacy
Studies (NCAS), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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Indian
Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit,
non-governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual
cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth
groups, clubs and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in
India.
ICYO
functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family
consists of
over 356 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different
corners of India.
Our goal:
To improve and extend the youth work
and services through Youth Organizations;
To enhance and demonstrate youth work in the society;
To promote effective youth programmmes;
To organize network of civil society organizations working towards the
development of youth work;
To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, trainings;
To maintain international relation with organizations promoting young people in
their programmes and activities
Affiliation:
Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC);
Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN); CRIN, South Asia Youth
Environment Network (SAYEN), Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand;
ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Partner of AIDS Care Watch Campaign;
Steering Committee member of World Bank's
YDP Network;
Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO);
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.
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