“Youth are not the future but the now”

 

“The progressive development of a region (South Asia) is a fundamental goal and thus, there is an imperative need to understand the opinion of the youth” said Mr. Michael Carter, Country Director (India), World Bank in his inaugural speech while he inaugurated the three-day South Asian Conference on Youth Organizations (SACYO) held in New Delhi from 16-18 March 2005. The Conference organized by Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) with the support from World Bank.

 

He further added that three aspects in regards should be look at are: 1. Rights - young people should have education, nutrition, protection etc. It should be made universal; 2. Risk - the problem of HIV/AIDS should be understood and addressed; 3. Opportunities-young people are wonderful assets and they should be given opportunities to employment.

 

He concludes is opening speech by saying “this conference will offer views of the youth and think of ways through which the World Bank can have a dialogue with the young people however, the issues are not to be solved in a day or two.”

 

Ms. Mansoora Rashid, Sector Manager, Social Protection, World Bank, South Asia Region, addressed the participants in opening session. She acknowledged the need of World Bank to work with Youth; she said, “It’s heartening to note that, statistically, in South Asia more than 25% of the populations belong to young people and that the World Bank recognizes its ability to work with the youth. As you know that “the youth’s ability is to realize their potential and the World Bank ability is to shape their potential.”

 

She further informed that World Bank is trying to shape a positive strategy for the youth and the strategies are as follows:

 

·         Deeper understanding of the issue youth face                   

·         Outreach activity to understand youth and

·         For the youth to understand the World Bank.

 

Moreover, The challenges faced by the youths are varied and it ranges from education to HIV/AIDS to lack of opportunities. The economic growth has not been able to catch-up with the youth. Particularly, the World Bank would like to look at the formal and informal opportunity for the youth, bring about employment in the labor market and reduce the mismatch between education and job opportunities. In addition to this, The World Bank understands the problems faced by the youth and would thereby incorporate it into the programmes.

 

Ms. Mansoora Rashid finishes her speech by positive note. She said “the World Bank hopes to develop better information and knowledge for the youth and wants to pilot an interim programme for the youth as the youth can shape the World Bank concern for the youth”.

 

In his welcome speech ICYO Chairman, Dr S. N Subba Rao reminded that youths of the world are very important and the same opinion has been reiterated by the United Nation when they proclaimed 1985 as the year of the youth with its 3 fold motto: Peace; Youth and Development.

 

Mr. Subb Rao further added that the youths are the ones who will succeed in making peace, as the young people are able to present a more different and peaceful world. The youths are in dilemma, today, about their future. He reminded that Mahatma Gandhi’s words “every able body must have an eight hour job for 6 days a week” and no youth should be given time to stay idle. He advice that the youth should focus on seeing how job opportunities can go to the rural areas so that they may not be forced to migrate to the cities.

 

Dr Subba Rao advice, young people should not become slaves to the different vices like smoking, drinking, and drugs. Instead they should master their habits and be their own master. In today’s era corruption have entered the minds and every one has become money-centered. He felt sympathy about the youth and “unfortunately people think that a successful career is about making huge money”. He further added ‘whatever is there in the world is for the youth only and they should consume it and be happy. It is worth mentioning that the only way to be happy and contended is to detach ourselves from whatever we have earned. Mother earth has enough wealth to satisfy all our need but not enough to satisfy our greed. So, it should be taken seriously that the need and greed should not go together’.

 

‘Action have not been taken adequately for the youth’ – Mr. Wolfensohn

 

Talk with World Bank’s President

 

 Mr. James. D. Wolfensohn, President of World Bank, was in London while South Asian Conference of Youth Organizations was in progress, but he was keen to talk the participants of the Conference. The ICYO and World Bank made the arrangement of videoconference so Mr. Wolfensohn address and talk to participants.

 

The Video Conference (VC) started with the welcome note by the Mr. Ravi Narayan, Secretary General of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations. He also thanks to President for spare time to talk to the participants of the conference and active support for organizing this conference.

 

In his address Mr. Wolfensohn pointed out that the regional meeting was taking place as an outcome of Sarajevo and Paris meetings of WB. He further said that “actions have not been taken adequately for the youth and they are not the future but the now”. Mr. President reiterated the World Bank commitment in the meeting held in Sarajevo, which concluded with three things:

 

• To develop more interaction with the bank at the country and regional level.
• To bring about an open house, to see how we can move forward together.
• How the World Bank can invest in the non-formal education.

 

He informed to the audience that a “comprehensive a development plan is coming up shortly and it shall be shared with the youth to understand their opinion”. He stressed all efforts are on to create a dynamic occasion for the youth to continue as young leaders. Talk with World Bank’s President

 

In a question of youth voice in south Asia those who can work in rural areas? Loopholes and how can be strategize it, Mr. President respond “I cannot categorically give you the policy. The issue of the youth is embedded in the organization and the South Asian region is of prior concern. The Bank is not doing it due to some whimsical demand but due to the need. Frankly, we are late in taking the concern and engaging the youth. Intention is to specifically continue the issue”.

 

In a reply of “youth have received lot of promises but not action taken“, Mr. President gives firm commitment by saying “As for the country not been given initiative, be it the women, street children or the laborers I can see an urgent element of what can be done with the youth. We do not need to look from country to country basis but within the country. South Asia is not a homogenous nation. We should conclude with a methodology that will recognize network that will help us to move forward”.

 

In response to another question he asked the youth to take some steps and to prioritize and make the World Bank effort work in order to make their success and achievements.

 

The issue of WB strategy for tribal youth, he suggested the youth to decide the ways in which they want to work and he would link them with the concern persons. “Tribals are the most vulnerable community and the World Bank will be happy to associate themselves with the tribals”.

 

After satisfying the participants by answering their queries the President Mr. Wolfensohn concluded the VC by giving a special thanks to the ICYO for taking further the Sarajevo agenda at national level in South Asian countries.

 

 

From Paris to Delhi, Learning to work together at all levels

 

Mr. Christophe Bas, Development Policy Dialogue Manager, World Bank acknowledges that the youth organization from around the world wants to be heard and contribute and not only engage in conversation. He agreed that the dialogue is a two way street and the youth can share their experiences through a modest approach by the World Bank to open their doors to the youth and hear from each other. There should be learning from each other and not only one-sided.

 

 Mr Bas further said, there is a need for an on-going process of dialogue and interaction otherwise the creativity and initiative of the youth will be lost. The World Bank needs to be close to the youth organization, as 2.9 billion out of the total population in the world comprises of young people. The major World Bank programmes being designed and directed towards the youth and that nothing could be achieved without listening to the youth and their opinion.

 

He reaffirmed the importance of youth organizations by saying ‘the growth of the youth organization at all levels, from the grassroots to the national and to the international level, have been contributed by the youth. The youth development programmes is an aim to bring the youth organization to the global level and “for this there is a need to learn and decide how to structure and organize this network”, and the programmes would include dissemination of information, HIV/AIDS, employment and other broad issues. The aim is to create a platform for direct interaction between the youth and World Bank which should be action oriented.’

 

Mr. Pierre Girardier, Communication Officer and Youth Focal Point, World Bank, Paris gave the brief information on Youth Development and Peace Conference held in Paris and Sarajevo (organized by World Bank) and further development and follow up of the events, Mr. Pierre further adds “The process of strengthening the youth organization dates back to two years and for an institution like the World Bank time goes very fast”. He informed that the bank has invested time in order to understand how the youth organization works and further urged all the participants to bear with the Bank and to provide the Bank with guidance for the proper development of the youth and the youth programmes. 

 

Opening the World Bank door for youth:

 

During the Q&A session speakers informed that there has been a response to create mechanism for joint network and also has provided a network where the frustration of the youth and the World Bank is channeled. The Bank office has limited manpower working day and night and the effort is to open the doors slowly. In addition to this, The World Bank will be successful if the youth brings in value added ideas. The vision of initiating the process of open doors has been of the World Bank itself nonetheless, it is not about one day but one symbolic day to start with. It is felt that the first meeting would generate a flood of new ideas.]]

 

Research on Youth & Development:

 

In response to another quarry they responded ‘we want to bring this to your knowledge that you should know about the appropriate channel to access the bank which can be through publication, research and activities. You should use their channel and blame the public information centre as being inaccessible. The Bank is a 60-year-old organization working with the government and that it is now working with the youth for the first time and hence it would be time consuming initially. We would like to inform that the World Bank has taken up specific issue for research and next year the issue would be youth and development. Besides this, work on youth and development is a concrete example of how the Bank is fully involving the youth and knowing the importance of the youth to share their experiences.’

 

The South Asian Conference of Youth Organizations was organized by ICYO and attended by 76 (mostly youth under 25 year of age) representative of youth organizations across the South Asia and 18 World Bank officials from Washington, Paris, Nepal, Singapore and India offices. (Reporting on SACYO Continue on next issue..)

 

Upcoming Issue:

 

Children's World Summit for the Environment
Organizer: UNEP

Date: 26- 29 July, 2005
Location: Japan
For more detail log on: http://www.children-summit.jp/

 

International Children's and Young Leaders' Festival
Date: 18- 24 July 2005
Location: Greece

For more detail log on: http://www.mijaec.org/en/index.htm

 

The World Youth, Development and ICT Conference
Organizer: One Village Foundation

Date: 11 - 14 August 2005

Location: Arusha, Tanzania

For more detail log on: www.wydi2005.tk

 

Fourth UNESCO Youth Forum

Organizer: UNESCO

Date: 30 September - 2 October 2005

Location: Paris, France
For more detail log on : http://portal.unesco.org/unesco/ev.php?URL_ID=21069&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1105960886

 

TUNZA International Youth Conference
Organizer: UNEP

Date:12 - 18 OCTOBER, 2005

Location: Banglore, India
For more detail log on: http://www.unep.org/Tunza/youthconference2005/

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave

New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyoindia@... / icyo@...

------------------------------------
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. Its family consists of over 354 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

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), ATSECE-DELHI,
Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand.

 

 

 

In this issue

- Regional Dialogue on Cross Border Trafficking.

- UNICEF says Human Trafficking Now a 10-Billion-Dollar Industry.

- Microsoft has introduced a computer system designed to.....

- Sexual Trafficking and Prostitution are Closely Linked.

- Six Asian Nations Act to Stop Human Trafficking.

- Girl-trafficking Hampers AIDS Fight.

- Thousands of Women Sold as Sex Slaves in Israel.

- Many Vietnamese Women, Children Trafficked Abroad.

-  US Threat Fires India to Target Trafficking.

- Youth Leadership Programmes on CSEC

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

Newsletter from Indian Committee of Youth Organizations

ICYO - Youth Information

                                        April 2005 - Special issue on Trafficking
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

ICYO - Platform of 356 Youth Organizations in India.          

ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural youth.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

Regional Dialogue on Cross Border Trafficking

 

STOP will organize a three-day "Experience Sharing Dialogue between the change makers" from 27 to 29 April in New Delhi. The main objective of the Dialogue is to share the concern of NGOs, Policy makers, Judiciary, Law Enforcing Agencies and other stakeholders to eliminate the Sex Trafficking from South Asia Region.

 

The organizer will invite the delegates from India, Bangladesh, and Nepal to attend this event where trafficking is large and complex issue.

 

This event will look forward to strengthen ties and increase international co-operation between the civil society organizations, policy makers, government representatives, judiciary, law enforcing agencies and the survivors of trafficking and HIV/AIDS to combat trafficking in children and women. The organizer believes that this process will also help to identify actual and potential interventions in the region.

 

The challenge of empowerment of survivours/ returnees and the positive people will also be addressed in the meeting.

 

UNICEF says Human Trafficking Now a 10-Billion-Dollar Industry

 

Human trafficking is beginning to rival the drugs and arms trades raking in an estimated 10 billion dollars in revenues for crime gangs every year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.

 

Governments around the world, with the help of legislators, should enact more laws and enforce them in a bid to reverse the trend, UNICEF's executive director Carol Bellamy said on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Manila on April 4, 2005.

 

Bellamy attended the conference to provide IPU delegates with a handbook that would help them in their legislative efforts to counter human trafficking, particularly of children and women.

 

She said statistics of how many children are being smuggled across borders were not available "because this is an issue that is so often not recognized and hidden even though it is actually going on."

 

However, she said "this is a 10-billion-dollar plus criminal business around the world," by UNICEF estimates.

 

She urged all governments to cooperate to combat human trafficking and called on legislators attending the IPU meet to pass laws against it.

 

"Parliamentarians have a choice," Bellamy said. "They can make decisions that ensure the protection of children, or they can make decisions that leave children vulnerable to being exploited and abused."

 

Those most vulnerable, she said, were women and children in poor countries who are often lured by promises of education or a better job abroad. Once taken out of the country, they are often forced into prostitution, child labor or slavery.

 

Some 1,500 legislators from Asia, Europe and Africa are in Manila for the six-day IPU conference which is discussing issues ranging from rights absues in Myanmar to AIDS and terrorism among others.

 

Microsoft has introduced a computer system designed to let police agencies share information for tracking online child predators.

 

The Child Exploitation Tracking System, or CETS, was fashioned in collaboration with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Toronto Police Service, Microsoft said on Thursday. It has already resulted in the November 2004 arrest of one alleged Toronto child pornographer, who was identified and targeted during beta testing of the database and investigation system, the company said.

 

"Prior to CETS, police forces were manually sorting through files and photos, making it almost impossible to share information," Toronto Police Service Chief Designate William Blair said in a statement. "CETS is shifting the power of the Internet out of the hands of the predators and back to the police."

 

Sexual Trafficking and Prostitution are Closely Linked

 

Sexual trafficking and prostitution are closely linked and growing international problems, an expert on the subject told Union University students. Sexual trafficking exists in order to support prostitution, said Lisa Thompson, a liaison for the abolition of sexual trafficking for the Salvation Army in Washington D.C. Thompson, who spoke on April 19, 2005 during the university's annual Social Justice Symposium, said about 500,000 women from across the world are trafficked annually into Western Europe for sex. Between 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked internationally. She also told the students that prostitution is harmful, despite media images and cultural attitudes that seek to make it acceptable. "There's no limit to the creativity of people to establish fronts for prostitution," she said, mentioning massage parlors, escort services, health clinics and the Internet.

 

Six Asian Nations Act to Stop Human Trafficking

 

Police and governments of six Asian countries (Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ) agreed for closely collaborate to end human trafficking from the Mekong region (Vietnam) where criminals mostly target women and children.

 

"The Mekong region is a hotspot of human trafficking in the world," Jordan Ryan, the U.N. Development Programme representative to Vietnam, told a news conference of the area formed by Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

 

The area's fast-growing economy had widened the gap between rich and poor, adding to crime which often targets "the most vulnerable in a society, such as children and young women, the poor and dispossessed on the margins of society," he said.

 

Girl-trafficking Hampers AIDS Fight 

 

The trafficking of young girls who are forced to work as prostitutes has been identified as a key factor in the steep rise in Aids in India. The country already has about 5.1m people who are HIV-positive - the second highest number in the world after South Africa. Some estimates predict this could rise to 20m in just six years. In big red light districts, such as Sonagachi in Calcutta, where at least 10,000 prostitutes make a living, some men continue to insist on sex without condoms. The trafficked girls are forced to oblige. Many come from rural villages and do not know what Aids is before they are sold to pimps. And as they are moved around the country they can unwittingly spread the disease. In eastern India, Calcutta has emerged as a hub for the trafficking of girls, who also arrive from Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma.

 

Thousands of Women Sold as Sex Slaves in Israel

 

Thousands of foreign women have been smuggled into Israel and sold into prostitution, earning the criminal underworld millions of dollars a year, a parliamentary investigation has found. For the last four years, between 3,000 and 5,000 women have been sold as sex slaves for 8,000 to 10,000 dollars and forced to work up to 18 hours a day, said the head of the inquiry, Zehava Gal-On, of the left-wing opposition Yahad party. London-based rights group Amnesty International and the US State Department have also reported an alarming increase in prostitution rackets in Israel.  (Push Journal)

Push Journal

 

Many Vietnamese Women, Children Trafficked Abroad

 

Tens of thousands Vietnamese women and children have been trafficked abroad, mainly for disadvantaged marriage, child adoption, and labor and sex slavery, over the past decade, local newspaper Pioneer reported recently,

 

According to Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security, some 500 local women and children are annually trafficked to some neighboring countries, especially Cambodia, to work as prostitutes or slaves.

 

US Threat Fires India to Target Trafficking

 

The Home Ministry plans a series of measures to check trafficking of women and children following a US warning that it will impose economic sanctions on India from June for its failure to do so.

 

Ministry sources said US Ambassador to India David Mulford met Home Minister Shivraj Patil over a week ago and conveyed to him that under the US's Victims of Trafficking and Violence Act, India's position could be downgraded for not doing enough to curb trafficking. If this happens, the US will be bound to vote against loans to India from international financial institutions like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank.

 

The Centre seems keen on taking some tough measures to tackle the problem. Patil has convened a meeting of senior officials of the Home Ministry and the Department of Women and Child Welfare on March 28 in this regard.

 

The Home Ministry is also planning ask all states - especially Bihar, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, where the problem is acute -- to initiate strict measures against trafficking.

 

"States where the problem is more acute will be asked to rope in voluntary agencies to launch programmes for rehabilitation for such victims," a senior ministry official said.

 

Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata - which are viewed as "big markets" for the flesh trade will be asked to launch special drives to check trafficking, particularly of minor girls.

 

New Delhi also plans to get security forces manning the porous Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bangladesh borders to step up the vigil since women from Nepal and Bangladesh are regularly smuggled into India and sold.

 

The ministry, which will send a detailed report to the US ambassador on the measures initiated to check human trafficking, will also monitor the use of funds received from US agencies in India for "training and sensitising" people on the issue. (Rajnish Sharma, New Delhi, March 23,2005 Hindustan Times, Delhi edition, 24 March 2005)

 

Youth Leadership Programmes on CSEC

 

Article 15 of the United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child states that children and young people have the right to form and be members of association and take part in the peaceful meetings. This was motivated the P.E.A.C.E. Sri Lank to established the “Pipena Kusum Club.  The club organized the Leadership building training programmes regularly. The training specially targeted to young people from the under privileged family, because such children faced a high risk in getting lured into prosititution, pornography and drug trafficking. Most of these youth are from beach squatter settlement. (The CSEC Newsletter of P.E.A.C.E., Sri Lanka)

 

6th ISPCAN Asian Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect

 

Date:   16 - 18 November 2005

Venue: SINGAPORE

Theme: Protecting Children: Asian Perspectives and Beyond.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

This is electronic newsletter of

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  /Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyoindia@...  / icyo@...   

-----------------------------------------------------------------

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 354 organizations spread in 122 districts
of 22 states from different corners of India.

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;

Working relation with World Youth Foundation, Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD); International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO); Asian Forum on Population and Development (AFPPD)

US threat fires India to target trafficking

Rajnish Sharma, New Delhi, March 23,2005

The Home Ministry plans a series of measures to check trafficking of women and children following a US warning that it will impose economic sanctions on India from June for its failure to do so.

Ministry sources said US Ambassador to India David Mulford met Home Minister Shivraj Patil over a week ago and conveyed to him that under the US's Victims of Trafficking and Violence Act, India's position could be downgraded for not doing enough to curb trafficking. If this happens, the US will be bound to vote against loans to India from international financial institutions like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank.

The Centre seems keen on taking some tough measures to tackle the problem. Patil has convened a meeting of senior officials of the Home Ministry and the Department of Women and Child Welfare on March 28 in this regard.

The Home Ministry is also planning ask all states - especially Bihar, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, where the problem is acute -- to initiate strict measures against trafficking.

"States where the problem is more acute will be asked to rope in voluntary agencies to launch programmes for rehabilitation for such victims," a senior ministry official said.

Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata - which are viewed as "big markets" for the flesh trade will be asked to launch special drives to check trafficking, particularly of minor girls.

New Delhi also plans to get security forces manning the porous Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bangladesh borders to step up the vigil since women from Nepal and Bangladesh are regularly smuggled into India and sold.

The ministry, which will send a detailed report to the US ambassador on the measures initiated to check human trafficking, will also monitor the use of funds received from US agencies in India for "training and sensitising" people on the issue. (Hindustan Times, Delhi edition, 24 March 2005)

Participation in South Asian Conference of Youth Organizations

 

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) with the support from World Bank is organizing the ‘South Asian Conference of Youth Organizations’ from 16-18 March 2005 in New Delhi to discuss and formulate the plan of action for capacity building of organizations serving to youth.

 

The conference will also provide the platform to discuss the outcomes of World Conference held Sarajevo. This conference is one of the event of ICYO towards the capacity building of organizations and involve the youth and youth organizations in development process. ICYO expecting the WB official’s presence and participation.

 

The HIV/AIDS and risky behaviours, Employment, Peace and Conflict Prevention and related issues will also be discussed in the Conference.

 

ICYO invites the nomination (must be under 24 year of age) from youth organizations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Maldev.

 

The lodging boarding (shared accommodation) and travel will be provided all selected participants.

 

Interested youth organization to receive the application form, please send the profile of organization to youthorgconference@...

 

Please note that ICYO member organizations in India and partners in other South Asian Countries will get the preference to attend the Conference.

 

We are pasting more information below. The ICYO secretariat will happy to provide any additional information you may need.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

Announcement:

South Asian Conference of Youth Organizations

 

The Youth organizations has vital role in development of civil society in general and young people in particular, in South Asia. Last few years, it is felt that organization working for youth are has more responsibilities in compare to early days. The HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly and affect mostly young people, globalization affect the employment market thus unemployment is major problem face by youth. And many more issues which need to readdress.  The organizations deal with youth need to reorient themselves to tune according the need of time.

 

Recently, World Bank organized the Second ‘Youth, Development and Peace Conference (YDP 2004) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and conference’s prime recommendation is to capacity building of organizations dealing with young people.  The recent Delhi visit of World Bank’s President Mr. James Wolfensohn and meeting with youth further extended his and WB commitment with and for youth.

 

ICYO with the support of World Bank is organizing the ‘South Asian Conference of Youth Organizations’ from 16-18 March 2005 in New Delhi to discuss and formulate the plan of action for capacity building of organizations serving the youth and other related issues.

 

The conference will also provide the platform to discuss the outcomes of World Conference held Sarajevo. This conference is one of the event of ICYO towards the capacity building of organizations and involve the youth and youth organizations in development process. ICYO expecting the WB official’s presence and participation.

 

The capacity building in issues like HIV/AIDS and risky behaviours, Employment, Peace and Conflict Prevention will be in focus.

 

ICYO invites the nomination from youth organizations/ organizations working for youth to attend this conference. The participants must be under 24, involved in organizational activities, good/communicable knowledge of English language.

 

ICYO will take care of lodging boarding during the conference and travel support to selected participants.

 

Please note this is the information only, after receiving the nominations, selected participants will communicate with invitation letter including the detail of venue and other logistics. Please note that the medium of the conference will be English.

 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
Phone 91 9811729093 Fax: 91 11 26183978
Email: icyo@... / youthorgconference@...
---------------------------------------
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 354 organizations spread in 122 districts
of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

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), ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Partner of AIDS Care
Watch Campaign, Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand.
Close collaboration/working relation with Asian Forum of Parliamentarians
(AFPPD), Int. Medical Parliamentarians Organization (IMPO), World Youth
Foundation, Malaysia.

 

Newsletter from Indian Committee of Youth Organizations

Youth Information

                                        February 2005 (Second issue)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

ICYO - Platform of 350 Youth Organizations in India.          

ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural youth.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

 

Youth participation in Workshop of Academic Parliamentarians

 

The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development has been constantly working to enhance the reach of parliamentarians for their education, motivation and involvement in population and sexual and reproductive health programme.

 

Asia-Pacific Workshop of Academic Parliamentarians is initiative involve parliamentarians with academic background, specifically those who have been teachers and professors to discuss education and population, communication, and population research. The workshop will seek their views about legal and policy changes in population education and communication.

 

The meeting will discuss interlinking education with population and sustainable development. Other issues included are young people and the need for sexual and reproductive health education and counselling, cultural and religious factors, HIV/AIDS, role of media, and the impact of ICT. Around 60 members of parliament with academic background are expected to attend.

 

The organizer is also inviting the youth from the regions of target age under 24 from youth organization working on issue of the workshop. The “Youth Organization” from Asia Pacific region interested to attend the event send the profile and detail of youth to icyo@...

 

The workshop will be held in from 8-9 March 2005 in Krabi, Thailand. The selected participants will provided the full hospitality including the airfare etc.

 

Vacancies:

 

ICYO looking for Delhi based young people for the following work:

 

1. Communication Associate: having communication skill, prepare the report, document, Knowledge of web designing.

 

2.     Programme support staff:  Having a degree in social work, Skills in coordination and also has good communication skills. Preference would be giving to those who have command over English.

 

Interested youth send the full detail in first mail to indianyouthorgs@...

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

This is electronic newsletter of

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  /Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyo@... / icyo@...   

 

ICYO Youth Information

E – Newsletter of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations February 2005 (First Issue)

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a coordinating body of 354 Youth Organizations in India, working as umbrella organization for Youth.

_{---------- &&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ---------}

World Bank EDs meet Youth group.

The group of Executive Directors of World Bank is traveling South Asia and meet various groups, visit various projects. On 4^th February 2005, these Executive Directors meet the youth group in World Bank office in New Delhi.

 

During the discussion with youth group, WB officials brief about the purpose of the visit and youth and representatives of youth organizations also gave brief detail of their work.
Mr Gopal Jain of SAYEN need to be inclusion sustainable development and youth in main component in all project in future, BYST informed the entrepreneur development programme undertake by them. The students from LSR College, Delhi needs more programme for ‘self help’. Mr Naresh Karmalker, Habitat for Humanity International briefed about their programme in campus and work undertaken of house building in tsunami hit areas.
Mr. Komal Tripathi from STOP brief about the activities of organizations and work going on for survivors in trafficked and sexually exploited girls; HIV/AIDS awareness in these group. Mr. Gaurav Pasricha of AIESEC brief of skill and capacity building of youth through placement and other related activities.

 

Earlier, Ms Gitanjali Chopra, Youth Focal Point in WB, welcomes the guest and gave the background of youth initiatives by WB.  Mr Ravi Narayan, Secretary General, Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) after the introduction of organization, briefed about ICYO’s involvement with WB in Youth field. Mr Narayan informed the visiting Exec. Drictors that ICYO will organize the South Asia level youth conference in coming March to discuss and chalk-out the programme to implement the agenda set in World Bank’s conference held in Sarajevo last year.

 

The member of visiting group includes the Ad MELKERT - Executive Director from the Netherlands, representing also Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, and Ukraine; Tom SCHOLAR - Executive  Director  representing  the  United Kingdom of Great Britain  and  Northern  Ireland  on  the  Boards of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund; Pietro   VEGLIO - Executive  Director  from  Switzerland  representing  also Azerbaijan,   Kyrgyz   Republic,  Poland,  Serbia  and  Montenegro,  Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; Jorge FAMILIAR CALDERON - Alternate Executive Director from Mexico, representing also  Costa  Rica,  El  Salvador,  Guatemala,  Honduras,  Nicaragua,  Spain, and Venezuela; Terrence  O’BRIEN -  Alternate  Executive Director from Australia, representing also   Cambodia,   Kiribati,   Korea,  Marshall  Islands,  Federated  States  of Micronesia,  Mongolia,  New  Zealand,  Palau,  Papua  New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu; Toshio OYA - Alternate Executive Director from Japan; Anthony REQUIN - Alternate Executive Director from France.

 

Mr. Chander Mohan Vasudev, Executive Director from India, representing also Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka also present in meeting.

 

Fertility rate dropped in developing countries

The Fertility rate in developing countries has dropped below three children per women for the first time, said the World Fertility 2003, a U.N. report, released recently. Report said the fertility rate of 2.9 came as people across developing nations are waiting longer to marry and have children, and are using family planning including contraception more often.

 

"Women and men in developing countries are marrying later, having fewer children and having them later," a summary of the report said.

 

Among key findings of the report: In the world's 192 countries, the number of women between the ages of 25 and 29 who are single rose from 15 percent in the 1970s to 24 percent in the 1990s. For men, the increase was from 32 percent to 44 percent.

 

The report, "World Fertility 2003," said government policies had played a central role in changing reproductive behavior. It cited support by 92 percent of all governments for family planning, and widespread backing for the distribution of contraceptives.

 

According to the report, the use of contraceptives rose from 38 percent to 52 percent of women. In the developing world, the numbers also rose, from 27 percent to 40 percent.

 

The report issued by the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population Division.

 

Young people in the service of Tsunami victim

 

We received some reports on the activities undertaken by various organizations, in this issue we reproduce the report from CRED.

 

Centre for Rural Education and Development on 28^th December, to Nagai district and could see the problems like - no man power to remove dead bodies, lack of drinking water, non availability of food, clothes, medicines and requirement for trauma counseling to the individuals and absence of administrative machinery to take control of situation etc. Immediately we could inform our office and mobilize our SHG members with rice, wheat powder, old clothes, medicines, water pockets and reached the spot again on 29th late night and organized the relief work.  Team realized the old clothes were not used properly and in fact there was inconvenience in the distribution. Meanwhile on 30th materials were dumped by many organizations in the HQ and Team also had the problem in distribution, that too remote areas. The CRED - Family Counselling Centres was assisting us by sending counsellors for Truma counselling to the affected people

 

CRED with SHG volunteers were went there and given a lot of dresses and groceries and other rehabilitative things, also collected donations and given to that people.

 

Int. Youth Meeting on Environment and Disaster Management

 

The World Youth Foundation will host an international meeting among young people on Environment and Disaster Management in June 2005.  The discussion will cover related to environment and disaster management like awareness and prevention programmes pertaining to Environment and Disaster Management; problems and solution pertaining to relief and volunteer coordination; role of information technology in disaster management; climate change and environment conservation/management; key message for example of progress made or good programmes that highlight the role of young people in environment and disaster management and many more. 

 

Consultation on Combating CSA – Changing Realities

 

AALI will organize the two Days National Level Consultation on “Combating Child Sexual Abuse – Changing Realities” from March 18 – 19 March 2005 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, supported by SCF (UK), India.

 

The focal issue of the Consultation would be legal protection required by and provided for the children in abusive situation specially those who are in; conflict with law – as witnesses, delinquents or proven delinquents; an abusive situation in need of support, especially if the abuse is placed in the family domain.

 

Youth Forum on Ethics of Science and Technology

 

World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) be held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 23 – 25, 2005. Empowering youth on ethics of science and technology would be of great advantage to create and strengthen awareness of our youth on ethical issues.  Therefore, during the COMEST, a Youth Forum on Ethics of Science and Technology will also be organized in parallel to the Session to provide an opportunity to youth to share and discuss on ethical problems.  This is a good opportunity to provide youth to meet and discuss in order to share and exchange their views on ethical issues on science and technology focusing on the use of information and technology, plagiarism behavior of scientists, and innovative creativity. 

 

Kofi Annan will launch the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

 

The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development will be officially launched on March 1 2005 in New York.

 

The UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and UNESCO's Koïchiro Matsuura will be present at the ceremony. In addition to the international launch, a series of regional and national launches of the Decade will take place during the course of 2005. 

 

Youth Conference on Peace

 

The Association Waslala and Casa de la Juventud de Alcobendas will host this Youth Conference on Peace issues from March 14 – 19, 2005 in Madrid, Spain. Participants will share strategies on peace related programs. Applicants aged 24 to 39 with experience in youth work, peace action or global issues are welcomed. For more information or for an application, log on http://waslala.net/conference/

 

Vacancies:

 

ICYO looking for Delhi based young people for the following work:

 

1.     Communication Associate: Having the capacity to document, Knowledge of computer programme including web designing.

2.     Programme support staff: Having a degree in social work, Skills in coordination and also has good communication skills. Preference would be giving to those who have command over English.

 

Interested youth send the full detail in first mail to indianyouthorgs@...

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

This is electronic newsletter of

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  /Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyo@... / icyo@...   

-----------------------------------------------------------------

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 354 organizations spread in 122 districts
of 22 states from different corners of India.

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;

Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);

International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO); AFPPD.e

In this issue:

- Youth in the service of Tsunami victim.

- Stage set for WAY General Assembly.

- Medical Parliamentarians around the world want RH as MDG

- Trainings.

- National Conference on “Tomorrow’s Youth Today.

- Workshop for Academic Parliamentarians.

- UN Millennium Project Report 2005.

- UN conference adopts 10-year plan to tackle natural hazards.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

 

ICYO –Youth Information

Newsletter from Indian Committee of Youth Organizations

January 2005 - Second Issue.

 

 

Youth in the service of Tsunami victim

 

Tsunami in Tamil Nadu damaged thousands of houses leaving the hundred of thousands homeless, and its now the responsibilities of civil society to put them in permanent shelter, help them to build their home again to return in normal life. To assess the damage and look at the possibilities of ‘youth assistance for rehabilitation’, Dr S. N. Subba Rao visited the area on 12 January 2005.

 

He also visited the Nagapattanum, the worst hit area and find that there is urgent need of help there decided to organize the Youth Camp in this area.

 

The National Youth Project will invites the 200 youth from the network to help in re-building the community living in Nagapattanum and near by areas.

 

There is shortage of medicines for tsunami sufferers therefore organizer appeal to participants attending the camp to collect the medicine. The organizer also released the list of medicines needed, this included MVI Polzhin 30; Dexona 30 vials; Avil 30 Vials; Scalp Vein Set 30; IV Infusion Set30; Micropore/ Streaking; Injection RL/NS/DNS; Cetrinzine Syrup; Amox +Paracetamol Syrup; Cetrizine Tablets; dressing material; antibiotics etc.

 

Stage set for WAY General Assembly

 

The preparation for the fourteen General Assembly (GA) of World Assembly of Youth (WAY) is going on and all set to held in Windhoek, Namibia, from February 20-23, 2005.

 

The secretary general of the WAY, Mr. Donald Charumbira, has said that the large number of national youth councils and number of ministries of youth, confirmed their participation in forthcoming WAY General Assembly. Mr Charumbia speaking at a preparatory meeting recently held in Malaka, Malaysia, for the GA.

 

"We are pleased with the response of National Youth Councils from around the world, as they have not had such an opportunity to gather in such numbers for some time. More pleasing is the response of ministries of youth and other governmental organs that are also attending, thus making the General Assembly an important bridge between civil society and governments.

 

During the General Assembly, World Youth Awards shall be presented to three outstanding National Youth Councils, and an award for exemplary leadership will also be presented to Namibia's President Sam Nujoma.

 

Medical Parliamentarians around the world want RH as MDG

 

The Senate of Malaysia hosted the 6th International Medical Parliamentarians Conference with an Asian Focus on “MDG's – Poverty and Health: Connecting Parliamentarians With Ground Realities” on 13-14 December 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The participants discussed issues such as poverty, MDG's and its impact on health including reproductive health. Roles of medical parliamentarians in promoting these issues were also discussed. Efforts were made to expose medical parliamentarians with some case studies.

 

The conference resulted with a unanimous statement that ‘Population and Reproductive Health’ should be part of the MDGs as stated in Strasbourg Parliamentarians Declaration.

 

The Conference organized by International Medical Parliamentarians Organization (IMPO).

 

Trainings

 

The Centre for Media Studies announce training on various issues including Project Management (15-16 February 2005); Behavioral Change Communication (8-11 February 2005); Financial Management (24-25 February 2005) and training will be held in Delhi, India.  For cost and other details contact chetna@...

 

Correction

 

The last issue of Youth Information, acknowledge the CRIN Annual Report. Please note, this report is published by ‘Child Rights Information Network’ and not by Save the Children as stated in newsletter. The Save the Children is the host of thy network.

 

ICYO would like extending thanks to CRIN staff to bring the mistake in our notice.

 

National Conference on Tomorrow’s Youth Today – reviewing roles of 10-14 years old

 

The Family Planning Association of India announce its National Conference on above theme. The main purpose of the conference is to bring different stakeholders on a common platform and examine the issues of 10-14 years old within the context of development and developing effective program strategies.

 

The objectives of the conference will be to identify and review the current situation in terms of the sexual and reproductive health concerns and needs of the very young adolescents; recommend appropriate strategies for effective reproductive and sexual health programmes and policies.

 

The conference will be held from February 23-24, 2005 in New Delhi, India and last date for registration is February 15, 2005.India.

 

For cost/registration fee contact: fpaindiatyt@...

 

Workshop for Academic Parliamentarians

 

AFPPD will organize the Asia-Pacific Workshop of Academic Parliamentarians and held from March 8-9, 2005 in Krabi, Thailand. Representatives of National parliamentary Committees of AFPPD in the regions are expected to attend the event.

 

The workshop is important for parliamentarians those belong to teaching profession.  The workshop will also seek their views about legal and policy changes in population education and communication.

 

UN Millennium Project Report 2005

 

The United Nations, Delhi office will released the UN Millennium Project Report 2005 on February 2, 2005.  The report titled ‘Investing in Development: A practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)’.

 

Dr. Rohini Nayyar, Senior Consultant, Planning Commission will be chair the event and Prof. Jeffery D. Sachs, Director, Millennium Project will present the report.

 

UN conference adopts 10-year plan to tackle natural hazards

 

The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction – a long-planned event that gained added importance in the wake of the recent Indian Ocean tsunami – has concluded in Kobe, Japan, with countries pledging to reduce the risks facing millions of people who are exposed to natural calamities.

 

At the final session on January 22,2005 of the conference adopted the “Hyogo Framework for Action: 2005 – 2015,” which calls for putting disaster risk at the center of national policies, strengthening the capacity of disaster-prone countries to address risk, and investing heavily in disaster preparedness.

 

“This new plan will help reduce the gap between what we know and what we do; the critical ingredient is political commitment,” said UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, who has been deeply involved in the tsunami relief effort.

 

Taking place less than one month after that catastrophic event claimed more than 165,000 lives, the conference heard numerous voices from around the globe pledging to foster protection against future calamities.

 

Speaking at the closing meeting, the President of the Conference, Yoshitaka Murata, said “these five days spent in Kobe will make a real difference in the way we look at hazards, at risks and vulnerability, and that we all truly engage on the road for a safer world.”

 

The conference also adopted a declaration recommending that a “culture of disaster prevention and resilience” must be fostered and recognizing the relationship between disaster reduction, sustainable development and poverty reduction.

 

While hailing the progress achieved in Kobe, Mr. Egeland cautioned that success is “contingent on partnerships on working together to meet this global challenge.”

 

At the meeting, an International Early Warning Programme was launched to improve resilience to all types of natural hazards including droughts, wildland fires, floods, typhoons, hurricanes, landslides, volcanic eruption and tsunamis. This UN initiative will emphasize the importance of people-centered early warning systems and community education about disaster preparedness.

 

In response to last month's tsunami disaster, the World Conference held a special session where delegates pledged their support to create a regional tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean. The new warning system will draw from the experience of the Pacific Ocean tsunami early warning systems making use of the existing coordination mechanism of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO.

 

Also launched during the Conference were an international flood initiative, an alliance to support earthquake risk reduction and the earthquake megacities initiative, all geared to helping countries and communities cope with disasters.

 

“The world may not be a safer place next week but that is when we will have to start working together to ensure that commitments made at this event become a reality,” said Mr. Egeland. (UN News Centre)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave,

New Delhi 110029, India.

Phone: 9811729093 Phone/Fax: 26183978

Email: icyo@... / icyo@...

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

 

ICYO is a non -governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth orgs. and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India.  It’s functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. ICYO family consists of 354 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22statesfrom different corners of India.

 

Affiliation: Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;

Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;

Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY);

Full Member status in Asian Youth Council (AYC);

Member of Youth for Habitat International Network;

Member of CRIN;

Member of South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN);

Member of ATSECE - Delhi,

Affiliate group of ECPAT Int., Thailand.

Working relation World Youth Foundation (WYF), Malaysia.

Partner of AIDS Care Watch – Campaign(India)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference of Youth Organizations

Campaign against Trafficking

ATSEC Delhi Meet

New President for European Youth Forum

CSD will review the Youth Report

Input invited on “World Programme of Action for Youth”

Cash incentives for family planning is increased

Upcoming events

Acknowledge

 

 

Conference of Youth Organizations

 

The year 2005 is very important for youth as it’s a time to see back what happened in last ten year since World Programme of Action for Youth was chalk-out. Various programmes already announce worldwide to talk stock of current status of young people.

 

The Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is planning to organize the “Conference of Youth Organizations” in New Delhi to discuss the all the issues related to young people and role of youth organizations to help the young people.

 

In tentative agenda the conference will focus on:

 

HIV/AIDS and risky behaviour – Youth are main target of HIV/AIDS and they are also blame for spreading the disease and not working enough to stop it. Is the need of educating the children to protect their future? Care and support needs of children and youth living with HIV/AIDS.

 

Youth Employment – The India’s youth population is 540 millions and unemployment is major concern for them in “world of open economy’. The conference will look at the problem and discuss possible steps to overcome it.

 

Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of children and youth – The problem of sexual abuse; exploitation and trafficking is the growing concern for civil society but not much work is done to protect the innocent. Unemployment and over-population are adding the problem. Conference will discuss the issue in depth.

 

Population and Family Planning – India has oldest family programme in the world, even than its failed and population is growing fast. At present majority of population is youth in India. The youth organizations sideline in all family programmes lead to no involvement of young people in practicing and promoting the family planning methods.

 

Conflict Prevention – People unrest in the civil society one of growing problem and need of education young people to ensure play role in conflict prevention and resolution.

 

Empower and strengthen of Youth Organizations – The conference will discuss the ways and means to enhance the capacity of youth organizations.

 

The Conference will also discuss other issues like education, peace, culture promotion, ageing, and problem facing by physically challenged young people.

Campaign against Trafficking

 

STOP organized Anti-trafficking Rally in New Seema Puri and Bawana areas of New Delhi on December 5, 2005 on the occasion of Anti-trafficking day. The main purpose of these rallies was to create awareness generation in these two areas, because traffickers always target these localities.

 

A large participation of locals are shows the concern and anger, specially the women and young girls. The messages to combat trafficking and exploitation of children and women spread through street plays and community singing. 

 

Community awareness and vigilance has always been a strong point of STOP's intervention in its effort to fight against trafficking said Ms Debabrata, President of STOP, she added that these rallies were organized to increase the community awarenss.

 

ATSEC Delhi Meet

 

ATSEC Delhi Chapter meeting held on December 20, 2004 and discuss in depth to protect the children and youth of Delhi from sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and trafficking. The Delhi chapter decided in meeting to published the bilingual newsletter to create awareness on the issues that’s ATSEC is working, This is also decided to organize the youth conference in Delhi.

New President for European Youth Forum

 

The European Youth Forum elected Mr. Renaldas Vaisbrodas, its new president in General Assembly held at Madrid on 11-13 November 2005. He holds the Vice President post in past bureau. Mr. James Doorely and Ms Bettina Schwarzmayr are the new Voice Presidents and new Bureau Members are Ms Marta Escribano, Ms. Hiroshima Mandee, Ms Mariana Turcan,  Mr Joao Salviano Carmo,  Mr Lief Holmberg, Mr Jan Kreutz, Mr Peter Torp, Mr Jaakko Weuro,

 

CSD will review the Youth Report

 

The Commission for Social Development (CSD) will meet for its 43rd session in February 9 –18, 2005 at UN headquarters in New York, USA.   One of main agenda is to review of the ‘World Programme of Action for Youth’ and discuss the Secretary-General's World Youth Report 2005.

 

A panel discussion on the global situation of youth will also be held on February 14, 2005.  The panel discussion will focus on linkages between the World Programme of Action for Youth and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), entitled "Working with Young People on Common Goals".

Input invited on “World Programme of Action for Youth”

 

In  2005, the United Nations General Assembly will review the achievements made  in  the  implementation  of  the  World Programme of Action for Youth,  ten  years  after  its  adoption.  UN invited the input from youth and youth organizations. Reviews received from before 30 April 2005 will be summarized into a report that will be submitted to the General Assembly.

 

All youth organisations are invited to submit their WPAY review well before 30 April 2005 to the UN Programme on Youth. 

Cash incentives for family planning increased

 

In a population control drive in Maoist-dominated tribal areas of Chhattisgarh state of India where couples prefer several children, the local has announced cash incentives for men and women opting for family planning methods.

 

State Health Minister of Chhattisgarh said that cash incentives would now be increased for men going in for vasectomy to Rs.250 from the earlier amount of Rs.140. Women going in for tubectomy would get Rs.200 from the earlier Rs.40.

 

"We will try to convince the local population in these areas to adopt the two-child norm and avail of the cash incentives apart from several government schemes and loans reserved for parents with two or less than two kids," he said. These trabals traditionally go for about six children.

 

Upcoming events:

Essay Competition by World Bank

 

The World Bank invite young people to participate in an International Essay Competition ‘share your ideas on development’ and win $5,000.

 

This year's competition focuses on practical solutions for building a secure future for yourself and others.

 

The topic of competition includes world’s current crises e.g. armed conflict, HIV/AIDS, unemployment and environmental risks - young people are on the front lines and are the main victims. For example, in Bangladesh, the regular flooding encountered by poor young people in this water-rich country is life threatening.

 

To learn what the lack of a secure future really means to youth, to understand how you deal with this challenge in your daily life and to enlist their help in finding solutions, the World Bank organize this an international Essay Competition: ‘Building a Secure Future’ - Seeking Practical Solutions; What are the biggest obstacles face in your daily life? - What practical solutions would youth propose to build a secure future for themselves and others?

 

The Participants must be between 18 and 25 years of age, students taking PhD courses are not eligible. The essays should not be longer than 10 pages (4000 words, maximum) and can be submitted in English, French or Spanish only. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2005 and finalists will be announced May 1, 2005. The first prize is US $ 5,000 and runners-up will get the US $1,000.

 

Log on: http://www.essaycompetition.org  or contact ICYO secretariat

Oneworld: Regional Meeting

 

The 4^th annual Regional Meeting of Oneworld, South Asia will be held on March 3-4, 2005 in New Delhi.

 

The theme this year is ‘Towards building Communities of Practice (CoPs) for achieving the MDGs’ and organizer is expecting 400 delegates from the region.

 

Conflict Management and Resolution

 

The Summer Institute on Conflict Management and Resolution is a two-week academic programme for people who recognise that one's ability to manage and resolve conflict is a key to personal effectiveness.  In the international arena - whether one's work is management, policy and program planning, or finance - the cross-cultural dimension complicates the normal challenges of managing conflict, negotiating and mediating.  Through lectures, discussions, opportunities for self-reflection, and many 'hands-on' exercises, the programme integrates theory and practice, allowing participants to develop their levels of both understanding and competence.  Particular emphasis will be placed on negotiation and mediation skills, organizational conflict and the management of change - all with an eye toward cross-cultural differences.

 

The progrmme will be held from Jun 6-17, 2005 in Amsterdam, Netherland.

 

Log on:  http://www.ishss.uva.nl/SIC/

 

Young People taking the lead in Social Change

 

The Government of South Australia and the Australian National Commission to UNESCO will organize the International youth forum 'Young people taking the lead in social change'.

 

This program builds on current UNESCO youth agendas and discussions that have been canvassed in member countries. The event aims to support young people from across the globe making connections, networks and associations through a range of social gatherings and space for discussion.

 

The forum is open for youth aged 18 -25 and will be held in Adelaide, Australia from 1 to 4 March 2005. The SA Government has made a commitment to support and encourage young people to participate in their futures and the life of the State. The event will engage young people who may not normally have the opportunity to attend this kind of event and would thrive and develop from the experience, connections and learning.

 

International Conference on Women in Forestry

 

The 9^th International Conference on  "Women in Forestry" will be held in Lithuania from 22 - 28 May 2005.

 

The conference main purpose is to provide a first hand look at Lithuanian forestry practice. Log on: http://www.forest.lt/?1157196142

 

Roundtable on Environment and the Millennium Development Goals

 

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Millennium Campaign, and the United Nations Foundation will organize the roundtable on "Environment and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Influencing the 2005 Debate".

 

The meeting will take place February 1, 2005 in New York, USA.

 

Children and Poverty: Global Trends, Local Solutions.

 

The UNICEF and Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA), New School University will organize Conference on 'Children and Poverty: Global Trends, Local Solutions' from April 25 -27, 2005 in New York, USA

 

The conference will explore issues and trends related to children living in poverty by examining the concepts and measurements of poverty, as well as the actions needed to secure a protective, harmonious and stimulating environment for family upbringing.

 

For more information contact: komarecm@...

Childhoods 2005

 

The University of Oslo, Norwegian Social Research Association, Childwatch International Research Network will organize the conference on Childhoods 2005 from June 29 - July 3, 2005 in Oslo, Norway.

 

For more information contact: childhoods@...

 

Childstreet 2005

 

The International Institute for the Urban Environment will organize the international conference "Childstreet 2005" from August 24 - 26, 2005 in Delft, Netherlands.

 

The conference will bring together parents, politicians, planners, pressure groups, professionals, practitioners and other people to share current thinking and disseminate good practice on one of the most pressing challenges facing local government today: how can we facilitate children's needs for playing and independent (walking and cycling) mobility in ever busier cities?

 

During the conference we will look for solutions providing the on-street child-friendly balance between traffic and social activities like meeting and playing.

 

Log on: http://www.urban.nl/childstreet2005/childstreet2005conference.html

 

Acknowledge:

 

ICYO received the following publications in recent past. We hereby acknowledge the receipt and thanks for sending these valuable printed materials, which is useful for our work.

 

Youth Culture (English & Hindi):

Published by National Youth Project, New Delhi India.

Young Matters (English):

Published by North East Progressive Youth Forum, Guwahati, India

Youth of India:

Published by National Council of YMCAs of India, New Delhi, India.

Sexual Health Exchange: 2004/3-4 – (focused on Girls and young women)

Published by SAfAIDS and KIT, Zimbabwe.

Yuvahit:

Published by Mr Hitendra Somani, Pune,India.

CYP Young Asia

Published by CYP Asia Centre, Chandigarh, India.

AHRNews

Published by AHRN Thailand.

One Country

Published by Baha’I International Community, New York, USA.

Habitat Debate

Published by UN Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya.

Niti Marg (Hindi):

Published by Jayant Verma, Bhopal, India.

UN Newsletter (English):

Published by UN Information Centre, New Delhi. India

The HVP Hearld:

Published by Hindu Vidyapeeth, Nepal.

The World Parliaments

Published by Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland.

AFPPD Newsletter (English):

Published by AFPPD, Bangkok, Thailand.

Go Between (English):

Published by NGLS, Geneva, Switzerland.

Population 2005 (English):

Published by Population 2005, Washington DC, USA.

 

Books:

 

CRIN Annual Report

Published by Save the Children UK, UK.

Achieving Population and Development Goal by 2015

Published by Population 2005, Washington, USA.

Empower Women & Girls Prevent HIV/AIDS

Published by APAC Project, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, T.N., India.

Planner for 2005

Published by APAC Project, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, T.N., India.

Calender for 2005

Published by STOP, New Delhi, India.

 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave

New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyo@... / icyo@...

------------------------------------
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. Its family consists of over 354 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

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), ATSECE-DELHI,
Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand.

ICYO –Youth Information

===================

 

Int. Youth Dialogue focused on employability and entrepreneurship

 

80 young people invited from 37 countries by GTZ in International Youth Dialogue and XV Malente Symposium on ‘youth @ work’ reflecting the growing realization that youth have a central role to play in policies affecting their lives.

 

The Int. Youth Dialogue was held in Lubec on 18 October 2004 and focused on ‘Youth and the Job Market: Prepared for each other.’ The Dialogue was the opportunity for young people to review and evaluate current international youth employment efforts and present ways of achieving successful youth participation in employment policy at country level.

 

The day long discussion was ended with the presentation and question answer session which was attended by high-level officials of GTZ and World Bank. The out come of the Dialogue later presented in XV Malente Symposium held in 19 and 20 October 2004 and attended by more than 350 delegates from all over the world. This Symposium was also the meeting point of Ministers and senior government officials from 7 of the YEN (Youth Employment Network) Lead Countries. The First meeting of first roundtable meeting of YEN Lead Country Ministers also held immediate after of this symposium.

 

Participants focused on two out of four areas of common policy intervention as identified by YEN, employability and entrepreneurship. While employability means investment in education and vocational training, youth entrepreneurship, both social and economic, has to be seen as a viable career option for young people.

 

Apart from attending the above events youth also had the opportunity to visit various youth organizations and youth projects in Germany on 21 to 23 October.

 

ICYO attended the event. 

 

HIV & AIDS Prevention among Youth – Parliament support

 

The Asian Forum in cooperation with UNFPA, IPPF and AIDCOM Malaysia has been involved in a three country project “Advocacy for HIV & AIDS Prevention among young people in Asia and Pacific.” Under this project, “Advocacy intervention package” has been prepared, which deals with issues and goals in HIV prevention, developing an advocacy plan, stakeholders analysis for advocacy, advocacy tools and techniques, and training of advocating; a trainers guide.

 

The meeting of Members of Parliaments of selected countries, youth and experts were convened in Bangkok, Thailand from 22 to 24 September 2004 by Asian Forum for Parliamentarians on Population and Development.

 

Mr. Jagannath Manda, M.P. from India presented the paper ‘Successful policy change in HIV/AIDS and RH.

 

Mr Ravi Narayan, Secretary General of ICYO also invited and attended the event.

 

Youth should take responsibility of nation building

 - Arjun Singh, HRD Minister

 

The time is come when Youth should take responsibility rather look for others for nation building and development of young, said Mr Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource and Development. He was addressing on 2^nd December to 500 youth attending National Youth Peace Camp held in Delhi from 26 November to 3 December 2004. This camp was attended by youth from 22 states of India

 

He presented compliments to young people for taking lead in creating peace and harmony under the leadership of Dr Subba Rao. Mr Sunil Dutt, Minister for Youth and Sports promise for all support from Youth ministry for national integration programmes undertaken by young people.

 

Mr. Arjun Singh on his residence invited all the participants of camp on 2nd December and attended by numbers of ministers and members of parliament. The all religions prayer and musical drama in 18 languages are the main events of the evening.

 

ICYO attended the event.

 

World Bank President discussed youth issues with Indian Youth

 

Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of World Bank committed in World Bank Conference on Youth Development and Peace (YDP) to work with youth organizations worldwide to achieve the goal set in first conference held in 2003 at Paris for poverty reduction. The Conference was held in September 2004 at Sarajevo, Bosnia.

 

To keep his promise and commitment he invited youth leaders from ICYO for meeting during his visit to India. First Country Director for India welcomes every in meeting. Than Mr. Wolfensohn talk about the their commitments to words the youth and share some experiences while visiting the youth project around the world.

 

World Bank work in development sector to bridge the gap, he said. He further clarified that he is not here to be patronizing the youth but work with youth.

 

Pressing on the Youth issues he said “Youth is not the ‘Future’; it is the ‘Now’-unless the youth has hope and opportunity there can be no hope for peace” he told the ICYO delegates. He said that World Bank should reach out and address the questions that the young people face.

 

Mr. Wolfensohn praised the youth delegation for coming ahead with ideas and initiatives to work with the bank on social challenges saying that ‘we should formulate ideas in which we can act rather than just thinking about these issues’.

 

World Bank has opened the door and the channel for social dialogue and initiating a close network with such youth organizations to work he also applauded the youth initiative already in place in India, he said.

 

Mr. Ravi Narayan, Secretary General of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) shared the outcomes of World Bank’s Conference on Youth Peace and Development held in Sarajevo (attend by ICYO member organizations) including the Plan of Action adopted by Conference. Mr Ravi also reminded the commitments made by Mr Wolfensohn during the concluding session.

 

He also gave brief account on development till date in implement of Plan of Action. Mr Ravi inform that ICYO is already disseminating the information to youth organization and soon start working to involved the youth organizations to work on implementation on PoA. He explain to President, about the process and future plan to achieve the concrete result in the field of youth development. The process of formation the loose network to work with WB and its progress also discussed.

 

The students from Delhi Economic Student Forum talk about the problem of child labour and violence against working children. AIESCE, IIT representative informed about their contribution to improve the skill and increase the job opportunity through placement though-out the world. BYST informed the enterpreneour development progarmme. Some young women leaders raise the alarm against the HIV/AIDS and suggested to work on successful case study to replicate. The President shows solidarity but add that news initiative should not be rule out. Mr Prafful Patel, Vice President, South Asia region, WB offer to make available the video conference facilities to share and learn the best practices from other countries to increase the capacity of youth working on specific areas.

 

Representative from people with disabilities raise their concern about margin money while they wanted to start bank, bank is not even open the account.  Mr Wolfensohn encouraged the youth leader and suggested to develop the programme to work on issue raised during the meeting.

 

The main focus of this meeting was to discuss future prospects on how the bank and the youth together can work to solve the existing issues and challenges in the country like HIV/AIDS, poverty, unemployment, peace and disabilities.

 

This initiative opens the door of communication with World Bank for Youth organizations. On the issue of formation of loose network, ICYO further discussed the matter with WB officials and youth organizations of other countries through tele-conference.

 

Draft World Youth Report 2005 released

 

The advance unedited text of the Secretary General's World Youth Report released and is available online. It provides an evaluation of the progress achieved in the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY) since its adoption in 1995. It reviews the global situation of young people with regard to the fifteen priority areas for youth education, employment, poverty, health, environment, drugs, delinquency, leisure, girls and young women, participation, ICT, globalization, HIV/AIDS, conflict and intergenerational issues. The report will be discussed by the 43rd session of Commission for Social Development (CSD) in 9-18 February 2005, before it is submitted to the General Assembly in October 2005.

 

Symposium on Youth Employment and Globalization held in Tokyo

 

On 2 and 3 December 2004, United Nations University (UNU), ILO, and others convened an international symposium on "Globalization and the Future of Youth in Asia - Creating Working Opportunities and Enabling Environment for Young People". During the symposium views and experiences were exchanged among relevant organizations and civil society groups seeking to promote decent work for young people.

 

ATSEC – Delhi Meeting held

 

The meeting of the members of ATSEC –Delhi chapter held in at STOP office on 20 December 2004. The member of the group finalized the various events for next three months. ICYO attended the meeting.

 

Boom in internet cause increase paedophilia  

     -  Carmen Madrinan, Exe. Dir., ECPAT Int.

 

The sexual exploitation of children is becoming increasingly widespread because of the greater reach of the internet, the involvement of organized crime, economic pressures and the impact of HIV/AIDS, are the issues raised in a UN-organized conference in Bangkok.

 

Experts warned that unless governments translate the many recently passed laws on the issue into action, millions more children could end up in sexual slavery. "In most respects it's getting worse as the forces driving sexual exploitation become more powerful," said Gopalan Balagopal, a child protection adviser with the UN's children's body UNICEF.

 

The ILO estimates that 1.2 million children are trafficked annually while the number of children thought to be sexually exploited is much greater than that.

 

The majority of exploited children are young teenagers but Mr Balagopal said it was not uncommon to find children as young as nine years old.

 

Ms Carmen Madrinan, Executive Director of ECPAT International said the boom in internet paedophilia was not restricted to developed nations. "What we're seeing now is that even in places with lower connectivity, such as in Asia, the exploitation is growing very very rapidly," she said.

 

Representatives of 20 Asian countries and the United Nations commenced this conference to examine the problem of child trafficking.

 

National Youth Commission to be close.

 

The Council of Ministers of India recently recommended to dissolve the National Youth Commission.

 

Night shelter for women of Delhi

The Municipal Commissioner, Rakesh Mehta inaugurated the women's night shelter in Delhi. This shelter has an initial capacity of 20 inmates at present.

Another night shelter home also inaugurated by Mr Mehta at Yamuna Pushta. This home has the capacity of 400 inmates.

More than 3,200 missing women are untraced every year in India

 

At least 15,407 children from six Indian cities go missing every year, according to data from the autonomous National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) published recently.

 

More than 3,200 women are untraced every year, a team of experts at NHRC said, confirming the alarming rate of trafficking of women and children in the country.

 

Yet, only 60 per cent of missing person's cases are reported to the police and state governments were doing little to stop trafficking, the experts said, adding that 40 per cent of police officers did not have any knowledge about laws to prevent trafficking.

 

Incoming events:

 

CSD will review the World Programme of Action for Youth

 

Event: 43rd session, Commission for Social Development

Place: New York

Date: 9-18 February 05.

Organizer: ECOSOC Commission for Social Development.

The ECOSOC Commission for Social Development will meet to review of the World Programme of Action for Youth in its 43re session, as the Commission will discuss the Secretary-General's World Youth Report 2005, before it is submitted to the General Assembly in the fall of 2005. It is expected that a panel discussion on the global situation of youth will be held on Monday 14 February 2005.

 

Event: World Youth Congress

Place: Scotland.

Date: 30 July to 8 August 2005

Contact: jamie.wakefield@...

 

Event: Int. Women and Health Meeting 2005
Place: New Delhi.

Date: 21-25 September 2005.

Contact: samasaro@...

Event: 4th international disciplinary conference on Gender, Work and Organization.

Place: Keele University, Staffordshire, Central England.

Date:  22-24 June 2005.
Contact: mna23@...

 

Event: 2nd International Forum on Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Advancing Implementation on Water and Energy
Place: Marrakech, Morocco.
Date: 21-23 March 2005.

Organizer: Moroccan Ministry of Territory Planning, Water and Environment.

Contact: forum@...

Event: Gender mainstreaming course (GOAL)
Place: Wageningen, Netherlands
Date: 7-25 February 2005.

Organizer: IAC

Web: www.iac.wur.nl

 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave,

New Delhi 110029, India.

Phone: 0 9811729093

Email: icyo@...

UNEP is organizing the first Children's World Summit for the Environment in Japan from 26 to 29 July 2005 in conjunction with Expo 2005. The Aichi Prefectural Government, the City of Toyota and the City of Toyohashi will host it.

Children's World Summit for the Environment

The Summit is a follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its aim is to discuss how to better involve children in the implementation of the decisions from these summits.

The Children's World Summit for the Environment will bring together 1,000 children, aged between 10 and 14, from over 150 countries, together with their adult chaperones.

The Summit will help to increase children's understanding of environmental issues by letting them share experiences and opinions, give them an opportunity to collectively voice their concerns for the environment and inspire them to initiate and implement community environmental projects.

The application form for the 2005 Summit is available on the UNEP website or visit web http://www.children-summit.jp/eng_g/index.html .

World AIDS Day 2004

From Secretary General, ICYO.

 

Every one blame Youth

Youth: A soft target?

 

The face of HIV/AIDS is primarily young, and all too often female. Almost 12 million young people (aged 15-24) and 3 million children live with HIV or AIDS worldwide. The majority of new infections are among the young - 6,000 young people and almost 2,000 children become HIV-positive every day.

 

For every person living with HIV/AIDS, a family and a community is affected. As the disease start killing, parents and caregivers, it fuels poverty and despair among children and adolescents and stretches family resources to untenable limits.

 

In India, more than 5 million people living with HIV virus, second highest number of infections per country and 62% among are young women or girls.

 

Where we are?

 

The government of India investing million of rupee in prevention programmes but epidemic is spreading by breaking of all barriers. India currently has an overall adult infection rate is little less than one per cent but some states prevalence rate among pregnant women have crossed the one percent threshold and in Gujarat and Goa prevalence among populations with high-risk behaviour is above 5%.  The other state which are not mention in government or agencies record but infection is visual are Bihar, Tamil Nadu and in sex workers of Delhi.

 

Now India is stand on cross road. Mr Peter Piot recently express his views in World Bank Institute’s newly published magazine Development Outreach by saying Asia should ‘act now or pay later’. He clearly wrote ‘Africa learned this lesson the hard way; denial and ignorance do not reverse this epidemic. It is a lesson that the countries of Asia and Pacific must immediately take to heart’.

.

Every one blame Youth

 

According to UNAIDS the latest figure show that HIV infection rate is growing fastest amongst people aged between 15-29 year, irrespective of their profile as migrant laboures, street children, prostitutes, or young mothers. So much so, that it’s report of 2003, the UN Called HIV/AIDS “the disease of young people” (Regional Human Development Report, UNDP, 2003).

 

Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA wrote a letter in August ’04 to Secretary General, ICYO, also turn the table on youth side for not doing youth themselves to prevent. Mrs Obaid wrote “Let me turn to the HIV/AIDS issue, Global efforts against HIV/AIDS prevention have focused on youth, not to blame them as you mentioned in your statement – but because it is in this group, your group of young people, where our biggest hope for a better future lies. Globally, over half of all new HIV infections are in young people, with an estimated 5,000-6000 young people a day becoming infected – and over 60% of these are young women.’

 

On other side Mr Annan, Secretary General of United Nations already accepted that the youth have no information and or incomplete information or no information about HIV/AIDS.

 

Need of cooperation

 

Its look like that youth are most victim of the epidemic but effective programmes for young people still not on card, youth programmes are centred to classroom students, but most vulnerable youth group ’non-students’ including minority groups, are not covered properly. Most of the programmes for these section are executive by the agencies or organizations have no experience to work with urban youth.

 

Youth are a positive force for change. Healthy, educated, engaged, and productive youth can break the cycle of spreading the HIV virus. There is need to make them Healthy, educated and informed. Than they will slow the AIDS epidemic.

 

Here the role Youth Organization, those has experience to work with youth and ensuring the continuation of activities in energetic manner, can play vital and crucial to cater the non-student youth, rural youth. But lack of resources, capacity these are not in forefront in fighting against HIV/AIDS.

 

The institutions, agencies, governments must also take the responsibility to keep informed the youth, youth NGOs can share the responsibilities subjected to provided resource allocation.

 

The World Bank, working and investing on HIV/AIDS programmes including India, realized the importance of Youth Organizations and its capacities and capabilities. They organized the World conferences in Paris and Sarajevo and discuss the progammes and action, with youth organizations, the last one ended in Sarajevo, BiH on 7 September 2004. In closing session, Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of World Bank made commitment from WB to “Empower and strengthen Youth Organizations; to facilitate joint work on selected issues; and to find solutions to operate at national/local.

 

He again focused at youth concern on HIV/AIDS while he invited the ICYO delegation of youth leaders 17 November 2004 during his Delhi visit.

 

The other agencies working on HIV/AIDS prevention should take lesson from World Bank and use the ‘Youth Organizations’ in India to reach-out youth; empower them with information, knowledge and skill.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>^^^^^^^^>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

                 

                  Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

                  194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave

New Delhi 110029 INDIA
Phone:  91 9811729093 / 91 11 26183978
Email: icyo@... / icyo@... / secretarygeneral@...

 

                                               

			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; CRIN, South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN), ATSECE-Delhi, Affiliate group of ECPAT Int., Thailand. Working relation World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.
	ICYO is a non - governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth orgs. and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India.  It’s functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. ICYO family consists of 354 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

 

 

‘Child-protection laws in India require a comprehensive overhaul to remove loopholes and ambiguities if they are to be effective tools for safeguarding children against commercial sexual exploitation.’ This is the key recommendation of a new ECPAT report to be released on Monday 29 November at the Consultation on Legal Reform to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New Delhi, India.

Consultation on
‘Legal Reform to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in India’

Call for overhaul of child-protection laws in India

Child-protection laws in India require a comprehensive overhaul to remove loopholes and ambiguities if they are to be effective tools for safeguarding children against commercial sexual exploitation. This is the key recommendation of a new report to be released at the “Consultation on Legal Reform to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children” in New Delhi on Monday 29 November 2004.

The Report on Laws and Legal Procedures Concerning the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in India will be presented to a meeting of judges, government officials, lawyers, law enforcement personnel and children’s rights advocates.

The report and consultation stem from a joint initiative between children’s rights organisations ECPAT International and Plan International to investigate legal responses to the commercial sexual exploitation of children in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

The report notes a rise in reported cases of commercial sexual exploitation of children in India, including the prostitution of children, child pornography and trafficking of children for sexual purposes. As well, new manifestations of these problems are emerging. Child sex tourism is increasing and spreading to new areas of the country, and the prostitution of children is now also occurring through so-called ‘friendship clubs’. The clubs involve people advertising for ‘friendships’ with the aim of finding a sexual partner. Police say the clubs involve prostitution, and that minors have been found on club premises during police raids.

A major obstacle to protecting children in India stems from piecemeal laws that police and law officers find difficult to implement because of inadequate or inconsistent procedures to support implementation, according to the report.

A key concern is that child victims of commercial sexual exploitation receive poor legal assistance, if any at all. No special provisions ensure they have access to their own legal counsel so that they are fully informed about legal proceedings and their rights, including their rights as witnesses.

The report recommends that India’s child protection laws be clarified so that violations are well defined and clear guidance is offered on procedures to implement the law. Police and legal officers would then be better able to enforce child-protection measures, including guaranteeing that children involved in legal proceedings benefit from formalized child-friendly legal procedures and receive legal assistance and appropriate social services.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave
New Delhi 110029.
Phone 11 26183978 / 9811729093
Email: icyo@...
---------------------------------------
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 354 organizations spread in 122 districts
of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

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), ATSECE-DELHI, Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand.
Close working relation with Asian Forum of Parliamentarians (AFPPD),

Int. Medical Parliamentarians Organization (IMPO), World Youth Foundation (WYF).

News release

World Bank President Discussed Youth Agenda with the Indian Committee of Youth Organizations Delegation

-----------------------------------

Not here to be patronizing the youth but working with Youth

– President, World Bank 

New Delhi, November 17, 2004, Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of World Bank arrived in Delhi on his two days visit and met the youth delegation of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) and other University Students at Hotel Taj Mahal.

 

Pressing on the Youth issues he said “Youth is not the ‘Future’; it is the ‘Now’-unless the youth has hope and opportunity there can be no hope for peace” he told the delegation. ‘We are not here to be patronizing the youth but working with you” he added. He said that World Bank should reach out and address the questions that the young people face.

 

Mr. Wolfensohn praised the youth delegation for coming ahead with ideas and initiatives to work with the bank on social challenges saying that ‘we should formulate ideas in which we can act rather than just thinking about these issues’.

 

Quoting that World Bank has opened the door and the channel for social dialogue and initiating a close network with such youth organizations to work he also applauded the youth initiative already in place in India.

 

Mr. Ravi Narayan, Secretary General of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) shared the outcomes of World Bank’s Conference on Youth Peace and Development held earlier and commitments made. He also gave brief account on the further development to implement the plan of action and future plan to engage the youth organizations to work with World Bank in India as well as in the region.

 

The youth raised the various concern related continuing the motions after this meeting. It was clarified that rather looking for new initiatives; World Bank should focus on good initiatives and strengthen or replicate them.

 

Child labour was another issue raised by students. The high cost of equipments and artificial organs are the main concern raised by youth with disabilities. AIESEC and Bhartiya Yuva Sangathan Trust informed some of the best practices to create the job opportunities. Mr Prafful Patel, Vice President, South Asia region, WB offer to make available the video conference facilities to share and learn the best practices from other countries to increase the capacity of youth working on specific areas.

 

The main focus of this meeting was to discuss future prospects on how the bank and the youth together can work to solve the existing issues and challenges in the country like HIV/AIDS, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, peace and disabilities.

 

The meeting was given a very high praise and it ended with future plans to meet in coming months with World Bank officials and do the follow up of the work done by the participants.

 

END

 

======= ======== ======= ====

News released by Youth Information

------------------------------------------------

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110 029

Phone 91 9811729093

Phone/Fax 91 1126183978

Email: icyo@... / icyo@...

Upcoming event
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

 World Bank President will meet youth in Delhi.

 

The World Bank committed to work for development of young people in the Conference on Youth, Development and Peace held in September last in Sarajevo, Bosnia. This initiative was only possible due to active support of President of World Bank due to his faith on young people.

 

Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of World Bank is coming to India; here also he will first meet young people before start their other appointments. The meeting with youth will be held on 17 November 2004 in Delhi and expected the students from various colleges, representative of youth organizations will attend the meeting.

 

For more information contact ICYO.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations

194-A, Arjun Nagar Safdarjung Enclave,

New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 9811729093 Phone/Fax: 26183978

Email: icyo@... / icyo@...

-----------------------------------------------------------------

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. Its family consists of over 354 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

Affiliation:  Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations; Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development; Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Full Member of Asian Youth Council (AYC); Member of Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN); CRIN, South Asian Environment Network (SAYEN), ATSEC-Delhi, Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand. Close working relation with AFPPD, IMPO.

- Over 3,000 students to take part in mock parliament to educate legislators about HIV/AIDS.

-- Six standing committees will prepare a status paper on one of the issues concerning HIV/AIDS

--- At the end of session, draft legislation will be adopted and presented to Union health minister A. Ramdoss

 

  

Mock Parliament (of students) on HIV/AIDS

 

As part of the Centre's commitment to HIV/AIDS prevention, a mock parliament is being held on November 7 to educate legislators on the subject. The effort is spearheaded by Union minister Oscar Fernandes under the aegis of the Parliamentary Forum on HIV/AIDS and Naco. It intends to use youth leaders to sensitize legislators at the national,

state and district levels about HIV/AIDS and its prevention.

 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former PM A.B. Vajpayee, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and senior cabinet ministers will witness 543 student leaders go through Question Hero and Zero Hour on various aspects of HIV/AIDS.

 

About 3,000 student leaders from all over the country will participate. Of these, 543 have been handpicked to play parliamentarians. A dozen MPs have been roped in to train the youth in parliamentary procedure.

 

But the absence of MPs at this forum is worrying organizers. According to a senior Congress leader, as against the expected attendance of 100 MPs, only 30 have confirmed that they will be able to attend the two-day session. "Flying them in when Parliament is not in session is always a difficult task," he said.

 

The mock Parliament will follow proper parliamentary procedure. There will be six standing committees and each will prepare a status paper on one of the issues concerning HIV/AIDS. At the end of the day, they will adopt a draft legislation that will be presented to Union health minister A. Ramdoss.

 

The government is also determined to involve crucial ministries in the effort against HIV/AIDS. The I&B ministry intends to get private channels to provide free airtime for messages on HIV/AIDS. I&B minister Jaipal Reddy has also said that Prasar Bharati will allot a prime time slot to Naco for a daily soap on DD. There is also a move to rework the education policy. Teachers training will include HIV/AIDS education and the subject will also form part of alternate education schemes for young people out of school.

 

(Hindustan times/Delhi edition/3 November 2004/page 7/story by Kumkum Chadha)

*__*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*

ICYO - Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave

New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyo@...

Seminar on Youth for Human Unity

 

The Seminar “Youth for Human Unity: exploration for new values through Inter-cultural and Inter-religious Dialogue” will be held from   21 – 28 February 2005 at Auroville Village in Tamil Nadu, India. The Seminar will be organized by Auroville and supported by UNESCO.

 

The seminar is open for student/youth of age group 18-25 from all SAARC counties.

 

The main aims and objectives of seminar is:

To create an event that will foster interactive dialogue among culturally and religiously diverse participants that will explore the following themes:

 

What values and human qualities are necessary and how might they be transmitted in order to:

Foster the emergence of a deeper sense of human unity and inter-relatedness within culturally and religiously diverse societies

Create the seeds for a sustainable future

Facilitate the conditions for visionary youth to feel confident and capable to make the transition into future community leaders.

 

For more detail and questionnaire contact icyo@...

National Peace and Harmony Youth Camp in Delhi.

 

The youth of India represent about the half of country’s population. It is an overwhelming and forward-looking human resource. Seventy percent of youth population consists of rural youth. The role and contribution of youth has vital importance in country like India.

 

The India, a nation of billion people has many specialties of India, its gave birth to 4 religions: Hindu (Vedic), Jain, Buddhist, Sikh; India has the second biggest Muslim population in the world, after Indonesia; India has three states, Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya with over 75% population Christian; though Zoroiastrian and Bahai religions took birth in Iran, today, over 70% of Zoroastians of the world live in India and the biggest Bahai temple in the world is in India; the Indian constitution has listed 18 languages as official languages.

 

If such a heterogeneous nation has to live in peace, then it is necessary that NOT ONLY TOLERATE ALL RELIGIONS, BUT ACCEPT ALL RELIGIONS AS TRUE.

 

To keep this sprit in mind, National Youth Project will organize the National Integration Youth Camp in Delhi from 26^th November to 3^rd December 2004. The main objective of the camp is trained the Young people to promote the Peace, non-violence and Harmony in civil society.

 

About 500 youth from all over India will be invited in the camp.

 

ICYO invites the application from youth age16-28 year to nominate in camp. The organizer will provide the camping accommodation, simple vegetarian food during the camp. Interested youth may contact with small write-up on him or her self with the photograph, to ICYO secretariat.

 

The organizer also invites youth from SAARC countries; those are interested may also contact ICYO secretariat.

 

Antar Bharati Children’s Festival in Goa

 

Develop the cultural integration and collective work-culture in children is the main objective of Children’s Festival. National Youth Project will organize this event in Madgoa, Goa from 27-31 December 2004.

 

To keep the objective of event, all children will be the guest of local people and stay with local families during the event.

Children from age group of 8-12 are invited to participate in camp. It is necessary that each group should be escorted with one adult person.

 

The railway authority provided the concession on children’s travel through recognized school and child will ravel at 25% of the train fare.

 

For more information, please write with detail (no of children, railway concession, contact address, phone etc) to secretarygeneral@...

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

Phone: 9811729093

Email: secretarygeneral@...

=-=-=-=-=-=-

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 350 organizations spread in 122 districts
of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

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),

ATSECE-DELHI, Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand.

 

 

500,000 women and children are trafficked in Asia, each year.

The United Nations Children's Fund says South Asia is facing a boom in child trafficking, with increasing numbers of minors forced into the sex trade. UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Dr. Sadiq Rasheed made the comment in Colombo, recently.

 

"The situation is nothing short of, I would say, a modern-day slavery," said Rasheed. "It is one of the blights of South Asia. The situation is getting out of hand."

 

The UNICEF official said there should be no hiding place for those selling and trading children for sex. He stressed that the problem could be stopped immediately if men in South Asia simply said "no" to child sex.

 

Around 500,000 women and children are trafficked each year in Asia, with a majority of them in South Asia, Rasheed added. That compares to a worldwide figure of 1.2 million.

 

 

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations Newsletter

Youth Information

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 

Workshop held on Combating Trafficking of Women and Children in Nepal

The Workshop on "Combating Trafficking of Women and Children" from 15^th to 16^th September 2004 was held in Nepal. The program aimed to review past activities in the field of trafficking of women and children.

The workshop began with comprehensive presentations on the program achievements, success indicators depicting its constraints. It was observed that establishment of emergency fund by (Village Task Force) VTF & (District Task Force) DTF in all districts, partnership between five National NGOs against Trafficking were the best efforts viewed during the project period. Mobilization of Women Health Workers through District Public Health Offices against Trafficking, effective dissemination of the information on safe-migration and awareness programs on trafficking were also observed as the achievement of the program. Despite the successful undertakings, lack of cooperation from Ministry to recognize the VTF and the project and lack of cooperation from Government to established counseling booth in Katmandu were observed as the major constraints of the project initiatives.

Based on the accomplishments and constraints future activities and strategies were developed. The discussion focused on the establishment of mechanisms for linkages between local task forces, Ministry and (National Task Force) NTF. The group also worked on the strategic advocacy agenda in Trafficking for changes in policy level.

The program concluded with the development of programs of action. (from KSOL e-bulletin)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 
This is the newsletter of ICYO.

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations

Khare Apart. 194-A, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093 Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyo@...

-----------------------------------------------------------------

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. Its family consists of over 350 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

 

Affiliation:  Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations; Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development; Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Full Member of Asian Youth Council (AYC); Member of Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN); Member of ATSEC, Delhi, Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand

 

ICYO membership for Indian Youth NGOs.

 

ICYO, the Indian Committee of Youth Organizations, has more than three four hundred fifty youth organizations from twenty-two states of India are member. ICYO members include youth clubs; youth managed organizations, youth serving organizations, youth institutions and advocacy organizations.

The main objective of the organization is to strengthen the youth organization movement through capacity building by keeping informed and assist/guide youth and youth organizations to serve better. ICYO also proving the platform to youth and representatives of Youth NGOs to, raise their concern at national and international.

The ICYO is committed to expanding our membership base in all categories and invites the applications from youth organizations from all over India.

Please find the application form in word format as attachment. The detail information for individual membership will be sent on request. 

Please send the application by post with relevant documents to ICYO office as address given below.

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave

New Delhi 110029
Phone 11 26183078 / 9811729093
Email: member@...

icyo@...

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

NGO MEMBERSHIP FORM

 

INDIAN COMMITTEE OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS  (ICYO)

194 – A, (First Floor) Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave,
New Delhi 110 029,

Tele: 098729093/011 2618 3978, Email: icyo@... / member@...

 

NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION (use capital letters)..…………………………………………...

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

ADDRESS: ……………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

CITY: ……………………………………………STATE: ……………………PIN: ……………….

TELEPHONE (with STD code) ………………………………MOBIL NO. ……………………….

E-MAILs:  1.…………………………………………………………………………………………….

2.  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

REGISTRATION NO. (if any): ……………………………………date……………………………

CONTACT PERSON: …………………………………………………………………………………

ORGANIZATION MANAGED BY: ELECTED BODY/APPOINTED PERSONS

NATURE OF ORGANIZATION:      YOUTH NGO (    )

                                                              VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION (    )

We agree to abide by the rules and regulation of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations.

 

 

 

Date: ………/………/2004                      (Seal)                          Name & Sign. of Authorized Person.

 

Page break =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

 

Part - II

Membership detail of org.            

Total Membership             …………..

                                                Break-up:       Below 18 years of age.            …………..

                                                                        Between 18-35                     …………..

                                                                        Above 35 years                     …………..

            NGO/Youth group (if any)            …………..

 

Your organization needs, In brief:

 

Current activities of organization:

 

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Attachment: 1. Copy of Registration.

2. List of office bearers.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

 

Individual  Membership

INDIAN COMMITTEE OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS

194 – A, (First Floor) Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi 110 029,

Tele: 098729093/011 2618 3978, Email: icyo@...

 

NAME (use capital letters): Mr/Miss/ Mrs      …………………….…………………….………….

Father’s Name: . ………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………….…………………………………………………………

Address: …………………..………………..…………………………………………………………

……………………………………………….…………………………………………………………

City: ………………………………State: ………………………………Pin: ……………………….                                                                      

Telephone (with STD code) …………………………………Mobile: …. …………………………

E-MAILs:  1.…………………………………………………………………………………………….

2.  ……………………………………………………………………………..………………………..

Date of birth/age ……………………………………………………………..…..……………………

Qualification: …………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Hobbies: …………………………………………………………………………………………………

Experience in Social field: ……………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

If you are associated with any organization give name. Address and email:

 

Give reason/justification, why you want to became member of ICYO: (use back side if necessary)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

We agree to abide by the rules and regulation of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations.

 

 

                                                                                                Signature of Applicant

Date: ………/………/2004                                                          Name: ……………………………………

-- --- -- --

Note: To get the id card of membership, contact ICYO office for further detail.

YI Up-date

=-=-=-=-

Access for All: Fighting HIV/AIDS

 

A Global Dialogue on "Access for All: Fighting HIV/AIDS." is being organized by the World Bank Institute on September 15, 20 04 through videoconferencing. 

 

The Development OUTREACH Global Dialogue will be based on the special report, “Access for All; Fighting HIVV/AIDS.”  Possible panel participants will be: Debrework Zewdie, Peter Piot, Keith Hansen, Mean Chhi Vun, Patricio Marquez,  Anya Sarang, Joseph Valadez,  Thomas Scalway, Waafas Ofusu-Ammah, and Rolake Nwagwu. The moderators will be Joan Macneil and Phil Hay,

 

The audiences will include government officials, city officials, policy makers, business leaders, academics, researchers, as well as NGO representatives and practitioners in the field. The average size will be 20-25 participants in each country from South and East Asia and ECA countries..

 

The second session will be held on September 22, 2004 and connect with Africa and LAC.

===================

Information disseminate by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave

New Delhi 110029, India.

Email: icyo@...

 

=-=-=

Youth unemployment rate is highest in history

 

With youth unemployment worldwide skyrocketing to an all-time high, world governments need to step up efforts of tackling the problem in order to meet the UN millennium development goals, the United Nations labor agency said.

 

"We are wasting an important part of the energy and talent of the most educated youth generation the world has ever had," International Labor Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia said in an ILO report, "Enlarging the chances of young people to find and keep decent work is absolutely critical to achieving the UN millennium development goals."

 

Young people aged 15 to 24 represent nearly half the world's jobless although they are only 25 percent of the working age population, and halving world youth unemployment rate would add at least 2.2 trillion US dollars to global gross domestic product (GDP), around 4 percent of the 2003 value, the report said.

 

Eighty-five percent of the world's youth live in developing countries where they are 3.8 times more likely to be unemployed than adults, as compared with 2.3 times in industrialized economies.

 

Not only do young people suffer from lower chances of finding employment but also there are significant differences in unemployment rates based on age, sex, and socio-economic background within the youth labour force. In all developing regions except East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa the regional female youth unemployment rate exceeded that of the male rate. The regions of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa showed the greatest difference between the unemployment rates for young women and young men. It is worrying that in regions where female unemployment rates are considerably higher than male unemployment rates the trend also holds for young people. This is likely to indicate that the gender gap will persist for the next generation.

 

In the wage sector, report acknowledge that youth gets lower wage, reason less skilled or less experience, but it is unfortunate, young people might lack experience but on the other hand they might be more motivated, more energy, more sprit and offer new ideas or insights. Ignoring this potential signifies an economic waste.

 

Unsafe abortions kill 10.5 million women every year in Asia alone: ICPD+10

 

Nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year despite government pledges made a decade ago to improve human rights and reproductive health, researchers said in meeting at London to gauge progress made during last 10 years after ICPD held in 1994.

 

The presented report said Cairo (ICPD 1994) showed only small gains have been made to prevent maternal deaths from abortions.

 

Unsafe abortion was recognized as a major public health concern at the ICPD IN 1994 when 179 members of the United Nations set goals to improve women's reproductive health, education and rights and to increase family planning services to reduce unsafe abortions by 2015. But not much achieved till date.

 

According to the report, Asia accounts for 55 percent of the world's unsafe abortions, the highest of any region, with about 10.5 million in year 2000.

Children court in Goa, India to tackle Paedophilia

 

The Chief Minister of Goa, India, Mr Manohar Parrikar said his government would expedite the process for setting up of a children’s court and complete all necessary procedures by October 2994 to put an end to paedophilic activities in the state. He observed that paedophiles in Goa were of foreign origin particularly from Europe.

 

Reacting sharply to an expose by a private television news channel in association with a Delhi-based national news weekly on rampant paedophilic activities in the state, Chief Minister (CM) said the effort appeared to be an “advertisement campaign” for attracting paedophile clientele to Goa rather than exposing the heinous crimes.

 

Speaking about tightening of legal noose around paedophilic activities in the state, the CM said the additional sessions judge had already been appointed as the president of the children’s court in consultation with the High Court and three jury members would be appointed soon.

 

Who are the Condom users!

 

The Millions of the condoms distributed free in India to combat AIDS and a soaring population are being used for other purposes, such as waterproofing roofs, reinforcing roads and even polishing saris, say health workers.

 

In fact, only one-quarter of the more than one billion condoms manufactured annually in India were being "properly utilized,'' said a report by doctors at King George's Medical University in Lucknow.

 

Health workers said millions of condoms were also melted down and made into toys, or sold as balloons to children after being dyed. According the report, villagers have used them as disposable water containers to wash, after relieving themselves in the fields. A large number of condoms was also used as waterproofing for roofs.

 

Weavers in Varanasi used about 200,000 condoms daily to lubricate their looms and to polish the gold and silver thread used to embroider the saris they produced, and to impart a gossamer-like sheen to them.

 

Sari manufacturers in bulk purchased the condoms from agents, who in turn reportedly acquired them from agencies involved in family planning and AIDS prevention.

 

New chief for U.N. Population Fund in India 

 

Hendrik van der Pol from the Netherlands has been appointed the new Representative in India of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). He has come here - to serve his first professional tenure in an Asian country - after working as the UNFPA Representative in Guatemala.

 

Youth, Development and Peace Conference of World Bank end with new commitment

 

The World Bank agreed and committed to work with youth organizations worldwide to achieve the goal set in first conference held in 2003 at Paris for poverty reduction. This is the outcome of the 2^nd World Bank’s conference on Youth, Development and Peace ended on 7 September 2004 in Sarajevo, BiH, The conference was attended about 180 representatives of Youth Organizations, World Bank including the President, President, officers from Vice Presidency and officers from many country offices.

 

ICYO attended the event and represented by Mr. Ravi Narayan, Ms Madhuri Manohar and Ms Komal Tripathi. (Detail report in coming issue of Youth Information.)

 

Up-Coming Events:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Int. Conf. on Drugs and Young People

The World Youth Foundation (WYF) in cooperation with the ESCAP, Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia and others will organizing the International Conference on Drugs and Young People. The theme of this conference will be “Providing an enabling environment for young people to make choices”. The conference will be held from September 27-30, 2004 at Malaka, Malaysia.

 

In the conference, India will represented by Mr. Sunil Mahonty, Care India, Bikaner, Rajasthan; Ms Devika Grover, Salaam Bombay Foundation, Mumbai, Maharastra; Ms Mannmeet Kaur, FXB Rajasthan Society, Ahemdabad, Gujarat and Mr. Vikas Shamrao, Nagpur, Maharastra. There are many speakers from India also present the paper.

 

Conference on Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs

The Conference on “Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs: Progress, Achievements and Ways Forward” will address the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people and organized by CORT from December 2-4, 2004 in New Delhi, India.

 

The registration fee is US $ 150 (for overseas  participants) and Rs. 600/- (for Indian participants). Log on www.cortindia.com.

 

XIV WAY General Assembly in Namibia

The Fourteen General Assembly (GA) of World Assembly of Youth (WAY) will be held in Windhoek, Namibia, from October 28 - 31, 2004 and hosted by the National Youth Council of Namibia, in collaboration with the Government of Namibia.

 

The theme of the General Assembly shall be Youth Rise to Meet the HIV/AIDS
Challenge! This is in the realization of the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS is bearing on young people today, who make up more than half of new HIV/AIDS infections.

 

»STOP« Child Trafficking Conference

The International Conference against Child Trafficking will be held in Osnabrück, Germany from November 2 –4, 2004 and jointly organized by terre des hommes, the aid agency focusing on children and development policy.

 

The conference ‘STOP Child Trafficking’ will mark another stage in the International Campaign against Child Trafficking, launched by the organizer in October 2001.

 

The aim of the Conference is to facilitate an action-oriented dialogue between national and international specialists. This will also serve as a forum for knowledge exchange and further development in the existing activities. The conference should close with a common final document that includes precise recommendations for an effective fight against child trafficking. Log on http://www.stopchildtrafficking.org.

 

HIV & AIDS Prevention among Youth

The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population & Development (AFPPD) will be organized the “HIV & AIDS Prevention among Youth” in Bali, Indonesia from September 22-24, 2994.

 

The AFPPD in cooperation with UNFPA, IPPF and AIDCOM Malaysia developed the “Advocacy intervention package” for “Advocacy for HIV & AIDS Prevention among young people in Asia and Pacific.”   The package which deals with issues and goals in HIV prevention, developing an advocacy plan, stakeholders analysis for advocacy, advocacy tools and techniques, and training of advocating; a trainers guide.

 

The parliamentarians from the three-targeted countries with parliamentarians from other countries will discuss the package in this meeting.  ICYO also invited in the Meeting.

 

National Integration Youth Camp in Kannur, Kerala

Karayil Yuvajana Kalasamithi in Association with National Youth Project and others will host the National Integration Youth Camp in Kannur, Kerala from October 12- 19, 2004. More than 200 youth form various part of India are invited to participate in Camp.

 

The main purpose of the Camp is to promote the nationalism amongs the youth; create the harmony amongs the various cast and religions.

 

For railway concession and invitation (India youth only) contact phone 04985 2022157 / 09447482816

 

National Integration Youth Camp in Roper, Punjab

The NYP unit in Punjab will host this youth camp from September 24-30, 2004 in Roper. The youth group of five and age of under of 35 are invited in the camp. The main purpose of the Camp is promote the nationalism amongs the youth; create the harmony in civil society. More detail is available in ICYO secretariat.

 

On-Spot-Painting competition for children

NYP Delhi unit will host the On-Spot-Painting competition for children in Delhi on October 2. 2004. For detail contact ICYO.

 

National Children Festival

National Children Festival will be held in Delhi in November 2004 and participated by 1000 children from all over India. This is annual venture of NYP. More detail will available soon from ICYO secretariat.

 

International Conference on Education for a Sustainable Future

Centre for Environment Education (CEE India), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment & Forests and the Ministry of Human Resource Development is organizing the conference to mark the beginning of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and to share CEE's twenty years experience in Environment Education and Education for Sustainable Development. Log on http://www.ceeindia.org/esf/

 

First Asia Pacific Women, Girls & HIV/AIDS Best Practices Conference

The above conference will be held from October 4-6, 2004 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Email: http://www.amal-hdn.org/happenings.htm

 

International Symposium on Gender in Sustainable Development

The above Symposium will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from September 22-25, 2004. The theme of the symposium is Women make the world different through science. Email: info@...

 

Int. Conference on Gender and Activism

This conference will be held in Lausanne, Swizerland from November 26-27, 2004. Email: olivier.fillieule@...

 

24th International Fundraising Congress

This Conference will be held in Netherlands from October 12-15, 2004. More information available at  www.resource-alliance.org

 

Scholarships for Higher study

Those interested in and committed to working for peace, and at least an undergraduate degree and some working experience, and would you like to complete an MA in International Relations, Peace and Conflict Resolution may apply for Rotary Foundation award. The Rotary Foundation awards 70 scholarships each year to people who have demonstrated an interest in humanitarian work, social justice, peace and international understanding. The Scholarship consists of a full stipend, covering all tuition fees and living costs over two years.

Log on: http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/index.html

 

Acknowledgment:

ICYO received the following publications in recent past. We hereby acknowledge the receipt and thanks for sending these valuable printed materials, which is useful for our work.

 

Youth Culture (English & Hindi):

Published by National Youth Project, New Delhi India.

Young Matters (English):

Published by North East Progressive Youth Forum, Guwahati, India

Youth of India:

Published by National Council of YMCAs of India, New Delhi, India.

X-press (English):

Published by IPPF, London, UK.

Newsletter (English):

Published by International Youth Centre, New Delhi, India.

Niti Marg (Hindi):

Published by Jayant Verma, Bhopal, India.

Ekam Lokam (English):

Published by Oneworld South Asia, New Delhi, India.

UN Newsletter (English):

Published by UN Information Centre, New Delhi. India

Innovation (English):

Published by International Bureau of Education, Geneva, Switzerland.

AFPPD Newsletter (English):

Published by AFPPD, Bangkok, Thailand.

Positive (English):

Published by Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, Mumbai, India.

Population Reports (English):

Published by Jain Communications & Electronic Pvt Ltd. New Delhi, India

ECPAT Newsletter (English):

Published by ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand.

Defenders’ (English):

Published by The Organization for Defending Victim of Voilence, Tehran, Iran

Go Between (English):

Published by NGLS, Geneva, Switzerland.

IAPPD Newsletter (English):

Published by IAPPD, New Delhi, India.

Population 2005 (English):

Published by Population 2005, Washington DC, USA.

Sexual Health Exchange:

Published by SAfAIDS and KIT, Zimbabwe.

Books:

Youth Entrepreneurship Everywhere: To Turn Job-Seekers into Job-Creators.

Book written by Dr A. Peter, Executive Director YRDO, Chennai, India.

Email: peteryedo@...

------------------------------------

Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave

New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  Phone/Fax: 91 11 26183978

Email: icyo@...

------------------------------------

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. Its family consists of over 354 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

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), ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Consortium
on Anti -Trafficking, Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand.