Factors such as war, social injustice, corruption and the abandonment of the State have contributed to the decline and lack of opportunities for better social development and decent living conditions in Colombia…
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The conflict and forced recruitment: The tragedy of children and youth in Colombia
For more than 50 years Colombia has been submerged in an armed conflict that has brought various consequences, among them the forced recruitment of children and adolescents, who are kidnapped by both guerrillas and paramilitaries to be able to continue the fight almost indefinitely…
“My First Salary”: Combating Youth Unemployment in Serbia
In our analysis we will reflect on the efficiency of the most recent government measures combating youth unemployment in Serbia through its programme “My First Salary”…
Access to education in Honduras, a right or privilege?
The youth situation in Honduras is hard and complicated due to poverty, corruption, no opportunities, and the access to education is considered a privilege…
Social networks and Mexican youth
The web has become a vital technological tool for the development of society, since all the activities carried out as part of its structure are developed through this technology…
Economy without healthy society is not enough
Many of the young people you meet on the streets of Belgrade consider going abroad as either a temporary or permanent solution for their problems. How many of them actually go, where to and why…
Kony 2012: The power of Media Activism
The organisation Invisible Children was founded in 2004 by three filmmakers Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Lauren Poole to raise awareness and bring to justice Kony who was the leader of the Lords Resistance Army…
Youth Study Southeast Europe Launch: Belgrade
On April 11th 2019, together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung office in Serbia, the regional office of the FES officially presented the Youth Study Southeast Europe to regional stakeholders…
European Youth Together calls for proposals
Active citizenship, network-building, European values and European citizenship, social inclusion related to young people… Built on the experience from the ‘New Narrative for Europe’ initiative…
Southeast European Youth wants a decent future
Ethno-nationalism still features prominently among young people’s worldviews, for different reasons in each country. Leading the list are Albania and Bulgaria, where 58% or 65% respectively believe that it would be best to live in a mono-ethnic society…
European Youth Week celebrations
On 29-30 April the European Youth Week celebrations will bring together young people and youth stakeholders in a European event held in Brussels at the European Parliament…
Restless Youth exhibition coming up
In the past 70 years, young people in Europe have gone from being a group to whom history happened, to a group that actually makes history…