Youth

Making voices heard in Australia and overseas this Easter: your March e-news

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Tweet In this issue:  Transforming lives through leadership | Uniting Church students engage with poverty and development | Easter upon us | Advocacy news: join us in the Movement to End Poverty | Blogs, Interviews and other great reads Transforming lives through leadership During 2013 UnitingWorld, in partnership with Pacific Churches, is focussing on empowering women to overcome issues of gender... Read More »

Investment needed for “lost generation” of Pacific youth

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Poverty, a lack of access to health and education services and dwindling job opportunities are preventing Pacific youth from reaching their full potential. Failing to invest in their development will be costly to governments in the long run, says a new report from UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). [...] 

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The Melanesian demographic dilemma

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Statistics give a window on the demographic challenge facing Melanesia.  More than half the population is under 24.  Across the Pacific, Melanesia  has the highest growth rates both in terms of population (average  is 2.0 per cent) and urbanisation.  The Solomon Islands, for instance, shows an urban growth rate of 4.7 per cent as apposed [...] 

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