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De: "Vidar Ekehaug" [ Profil ]
Sujet: Contribute to United Nations Commissions!
Envoyé: Jan 11th, 2007 - 20:23:09
  Dear Friends,



There are two important events taking place at the UN Headquarters in the
next couple of months that are relevant to the issue of migration, and I
want to encourage you to contribute. Lack of employment opportunities is one
of the biggest reasons for youth migration, and employment is the theme of
Commission for Social Development. The Commission on the Status of Women
will focus on the situation of girls, and empowerment of young girls can go
a long way to reduce forced migration and human trafficking. Please read
more below.



The United Nations Commission for Social Development will take place on
February 7-16, and the theme this year is “Promoting full employment and
decent work for all." Governments are looking for case studies and good
practices on employment contributing to poverty eradication, and the NGO
Committee for Social Development has developed a survey that aims to capture
the great initiatives out there. Young people constitute more than half of
the world’s unemployed, but there are still not enough employment
initiatives out there that address the situation of young people. Also, the
value of non-formal education is still not sufficiently recognized. Do you
have a good case study of a youth employment initiative in your
community/country? Please fill out the survey below and send it to
csocdsurvey (at) gmail.com (the deadline is rolling, but the sooner the better):

English:
http://events.takingitglobal.org/11413/docs/641/SurveyEnglishTranslati
on.doc

Spanish:
http://events.takingitglobal.org/11413/docs/643/SurveySpanishTranslati
on.doc

French:
http://events.takingitglobal.org/11413/docs/645/SurveyFrenchTranslatio
n.doc

Russian:
http://events.takingitglobal.org/11413/docs/647/SurveyRussianTranslati
on.doc



The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women takes place on February
26 – March 9, and the theme is “The elimination of all forms of
discrimination and violence against the girl child”. UNICEF, the Working
Group on Girls and the Global Youth Action Network have developed a
child-friendly version of an Expert Group Meeting report that will feed into
the Commission. The idea is to encourage young girls that are affected by
discrimination and violence to give their response and feedback to
governments and civil society before and during the Commission. The report
and more information are available in several languages here:
http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_3295.html.



Please send this information to other networks as you see appropriate.



Best regards,



Vidar Ekehaug
Program Manager

Global Youth Action Network
211 East 43rd Street. Suite 905.

New York, NY 10017 USA
Tel: 1-212-661-6111; Fax: 1-212-661-1933


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