Training Workshop on Capacity-Building
Resource date: 2003
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
The "Training Workshop on Capacity-Building for NGOs in Conflict/Post-Conflict Situations" was held in Bratislava, Slovakia, 18-22 November 2002. The Workshop had two main objectives: to empower participants through skills development training, enabling them to contribute more effectively to their conflict-torn societies; and to formulate strategies and tools to ensure that UNFPA best supports this empowerment, specifically by addressing those strategies through a comprehensive gender-sensitive approach.
More than 1 billion young people are between the ages of 15 and 24. They need supportive relationships and respect. In return, the world needs their active participation.
Young People Most at Risk of HIV
Resource date: 2010
Author: Interagency Youth Working Group, USAID, IATT on HIV and Young People, and FHI
Publisher: FHI
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10 October 2014UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warmly welcomes the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai, which acknowledges Malala’s struggle to promote the rights of young girls, particularly to education. Malala’s convictions inspire young people all over the world, and her activism proves what young people can achieve once their potential is fulfilled.
UNFPA also congratulates Kailash Satyarthi for a well-deserved honour received for his long history in defending the rights of children.