ICYO- Youth Information
No. 2009/32
(E-Newsletter from network of youth organizations in India)
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ICYO - Platform of 358 Youth Organizations in India.
ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural
youth.
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12 August 2009
International Youth Day –
SUSTAINABILITY: Our
Challenge. Our Future.
Message from
Mrs. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive
Director
It
is often said that young people are our future. They are our present, too. It
is today, and not tomorrow, that we must invest in young people and include
them in solving the great challenges of our times.
Today,
more than a billion and a half people are between the ages of 10 and 25—the
largest-ever youth generation—and they are approaching adulthood in a world
their elders could not have imagined. The world has been hit by the food,
financial and climate crises and many young people are eager to help steer our
world into greater balance.
To
ensure their full participation, we must invest in their health, education and
leadership. This is especially true for adolescent girls, many of whom face
discrimination, and are denied opportunities and life choices. Today, more than
half a billion adolescent girls live in the developing world and they represent
a huge untapped potential. If educated, healthy and empowered, they can build a
better life for themselves, and their families and nations.
Fifteen
years ago in Cairo, at the International Conference on Population and
Development, governments agreed that meeting the needs of current generations
should not come at the expense of future generations. And, to achieve
sustainable change, they agreed to invest in education and health for all,
including reproductive health, to promote women’s empowerment and gender
equality, and to involve young people in finding solutions to the issues that
affect their own lives and our common future.
Today, I call on governments and
policymakers to embrace young people as partners, leaders and agents of change.
Now is the time to make greater investments in young people, especially
adolescent girls, so they can reach their full potential. Investing in young
people today is an investment in a sustainable future.
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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave
New Delhi 110029, India
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26198423
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Web: www.icyo.in
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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);
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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