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Ritu Sharma Joins IYF & CSIS Initiative
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) are pleased to announce the appointment of Ritu Sharma, a leading global women’s rights and...
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Got Compassion? Turn it into a Career
For IYF Director of Social Innovation Ashok Regmi, empowering young social entrepreneurs around the globe to realize their visions of a better world isn’t just a job. It’s a reflection of his passion...
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CountriesArgentinaBelgiumBrazilCanadaChileChinaColombiaCzech RepublicGermanyHungaryItalyMexicoNetherlandsNigeriaPeruPhilippinesPolandRomaniaRussiaSouth KoreaTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited...
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4 Things the World’s Youth Want Most of All
Happy International Youth Day to half the world’s population! Yes, one of every two people on the planet right now is under 30.Given what a difficult time those of us in the other seven decades of a...
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In the Dirt & On the Farm for Youth Day
Wednesday, August 12th, 10:30 a.m. Not a typical Wednesday, at least not in my book. No, normally I would be nursing my first—possibly second—cup of coffee, batting away the emails flooding my inbox...
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Young Women Leaders Share Challenges Beyond Glass Ceiling
A wealth of data compiled by the No Ceilings campaign reflects significant gains—and gaps—in the status of women and girls over the last two decades. One of the persistent challenges cited is a dearth...
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Generation Now: Young Voices of Change
“We need to acknowledge and recognize the contributions of young people,” affirmed UN Secretary-General Envoy for Youth Ahmad Alhendawi in addressing over 120 public, private, civil society, and youth...
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4 Lessons from 15 Years of Investing in Youth Social Innovation
What will it take to end the scourge of gender-based violence that is tearing apart so many lives and communities? How do we more effectively prepare our youth for success in the 21st Century...
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Dina Buchbinder Auron: How Your Board Can Benefit from Youth Voices
Dina Buchbinder Auron is Founder and President of Educación para Compartir (formerly Deport-es para Compartir), which works in multiple countries to “form better citizens from childhood through the...
View ArticlePTS at Hilton: Creating Shared Value
Video of PTS at Hilton: Creating Shared ValuePTS at Hilton: Creating Shared ValueIYF-December 3, 2015- Posted In Employment Education, Life SkillsThis video, filmed in Durban, South Africa, showcases...
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Hilton Worldwide Training Shows Life Skills Make a Difference
Companies increasingly are investing in products, operating models, and workforce strategies that deliver shared business and social value. IYF partner Hilton Worldwide is experiencing firsthand the...
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What are the World’s Young People Doing? 3 Opportunities
This post begins a series presenting data compiled by IYF, and we gathered this first set in collaboration with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Each new visualization will...
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Sheldon Smith, Champion of Young Fathers & CNN Hero
As a young parent who never had the chance to develop a relationship with his own father, Sheldon Smith founded the Dovetail Project in 2010. He was all of 21.Over the next six years, the young social...
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I Went to Take Pictures, But What I Saw Changed My Perspective on Baltimore
A few weeks ago I was invited to tag along as the photographer on a site visit to Year Up Baltimore, the local branch of a professional job training corps for young people in 17 U.S. cities. Partners...
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How We're Making a New Connection to Baltimore Youth
The energy was palpable from the minute I stepped into a classroom at Booker T. Washington Middle School for the Arts in Baltimore’s Madison Park neighborhood. I was there to help the YouthWorks...
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(Re)Connecting Youth: Exchanging Global Lessons
CountriesUnited StatesRegionNorth AmericaActive Active Program ImageBody(Re)Connecting Youth: Exchanging Global Lessons, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the International Youth...
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3 Ways Baltimore Youth Are Benefitting from Life Skills
On a stifling hot morning, a group of ten 14- and 15-year-olds huddled around a cluster of desks at Harlem Park Middle School in West Baltimore. They weren’t here for summer school—these young people...
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