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United Nations General Assembly Summit | Renewal Of The Multilateral System To Accelerate Development

United Nations General Assembly Summit | Renewal Of The Multilateral System To Accelerate Development

The 75th anniversary of the UN came at a time when the world was confronting the shared threats of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, the risks and opportunities of technological advances, and the stagnation of the Sustainable Development Goals. In recognition of these trends and our unprecedented interconnectedness, Member States pledged to strengthen global governance and asked the Secretary-General for his recommendations to address current and future challenges. The Secretary-General responded with Our Common Agenda, calling for solidarity between people, countries and generations and a corresponding renewal of the multilateral system to accelerate the implementation of existing commitments and fill gaps in global governance that have emerged since 2015.

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The Youth Cafe Takes Part in the World Immunization Week 2023

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The Youth Cafe Takes Part in the World Immunization Week 2023

The Youth Cafe joined hands with other civil society organizations and community representatives in this year’s World Immunization Week. The Youth Cafe took the initiative to amplify the campaign within its networks and its vast global membership reach. The Youth Cafe also joined the conversation in the World Immunization Week Twitter Live with Dr. Katherine O’Brien, Director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Youth Café Launches Its 2021-2023 Strategic Plan

The Youth Café Launches Its 2021-2023 Strategic Plan

According to the three-year strategic plan, The Youth Café seeks to build a world on the collective principles of solidarity, justice, equity, universality, inclusion, human rights, diversity, and the integrity of the planet. Founded in 2012, the Kenyan Based NPO aims to model, inform, and advance youth-led approaches to sustainable development, environmental stewardship, social equity, democratic governance, and economic viability by making use of innovative research, media, policy, advocacy, as well as cross-cultural and intergenerational partnerships. To date, the organization has reached 1.6 million young people across Africa.

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The USAID's Youth Excel Launch | Leverage Youth-led Research And Learning In International Development

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The USAID's Youth Excel Launch | Leverage Youth-led Research And Learning In International Development

The Youth Café has been working with partners to produce research relevant to young people such as the more recent Covid-19 impact on youth in partnership with University of Sussex. How do you see youth-led research impacting youth development in a way the more “traditional” research doesn’t?

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COVID Recovery | Scoping an Intervention in Youth Mental Health Support in Kenya

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COVID Recovery | Scoping an Intervention in Youth Mental Health Support in Kenya

The Youth Cafe in collaboration with the University of Sussex (UK) through Sussex Writes, have won the 2021 Global Challenges Fund for a project that is working to formulate a contextually-appropriate psychosocial intervention model, aiming to improve youth mental health, promote social inclusion and strengthen post-pandemic resilience in Kenya. With mental health disorders left untreated, these conditions have serious detrimental effects on young people’s developmental progress, family life and educational achievement, with long-term risks for poor health, social marginalisation and unemployment in adulthood. COVID-19 has increased threats to mental ill health and worsened pre-existing global inequalities in access to adequate care. Addressing these challenges is essential to achieving post-COVID recovery, given the close links between youth mental health, social disability and economic development.

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16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

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16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

The UN System’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence activities, from 25 November to 10 December, will take place under our 2020 global theme: "Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!"You can support women and girl survivors of violence to stay safe and free of violence. Take action during this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence.

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All Candidates Are Winners: UNESCO Media And Information Literacy Alliance Awards 2020

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All Candidates Are Winners: UNESCO Media And Information Literacy Alliance Awards 2020

The Youth Café is proud to announce that our digital/media information literacy projects with African youth has won FIRST place in UNESCO GLOBAL AWARDS!! Over the years The Youth Café has undertaken projects and activities to further digital/media information literacy among the youth in Africa and implemented a media project aimed at cultivating youth power to advance media independence. The UNESCO MIL Alliance will organize an award ceremony on the UNESCO MIL CLICKS platform.

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Seoul Declaration On Media And Information Literacy For Everyone And By Everyone: A Defence Against Disinfodemics

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Seoul Declaration On Media And Information Literacy For Everyone And By Everyone: A Defence Against Disinfodemics

Media and information literacy (MIL) is a core competency for addressing the disinfodemic, and that MIL also contributes to access to information, freedom of expression, protection of privacy, prevention of violent extremism, promotion of digital security, and combating hate speech and inequality. Requested UNESCO, in cooperation with other UN Agencies, to “maintain a focus on inclusion of disadvantaged groups in MIL engagements, and to continue to foster gender equality in relation to MIL.”

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The Youth Cafe Wins UNESCO Global Award!

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The Youth Cafe Wins UNESCO Global Award!

The Youth Café is proud to announce that our digital/media information literacy projects with African youth has won FIRST place in UNESCO GLOBAL AWARDS. The award cements our goal to become a world leader in Media Information Literacy (MIL) and recognizes our extensive work on digital/media information literacy in the continent.