The exercise of citizenship involves a great deal of practices young people can and must carry out, which transcend the responsibility and the right to choose democratic governors through the vote. It also implies being able to actively participate on the community entities of all kind, inter relating to other people and become fully right subjects. Our societies, marked by an important adult centrism often deny, reduce and/or hindrance the new generation’s recognition and right to a fully exercise of citizenship.
Citizenship is stated in many ways and in many areas and spaces, you may speak of citizenship on a classic sense referred to the civic and political rights exercise, as well as economic and social rights, that referre to a person’s relationship with power (political citizenship). You can also speak of cultural citizenship, social citizenship, individual citizenship, emancipatory citizenship, each one referred to a human activity area.
The portal priors the topic of young men’s citizenship promotion, on the understood that are fully right subjects now a days and the exercise of these benefits the whole society since it is a way of real and democratic imclusion of them in society.
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The International Year of Youth (August 2010 – August 2011) turned out to be more revolutionary than expected. At the beginning of 2011, young people rose up in Tunisia and then in Egypt, and the movement spread to other countries in the region, also rousing countries in Europe such as Spain. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 September 2011 )
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IDB supports the first comparative evaluation of citizenship competencies in six Latin American countries. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 April 2011 )
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This paper presents evidence and analysis to support the integration of young people’s rights, needs, and aspirations in poverty reduction strategies. It shows how to make a convincing and evidence-based case for prioritizing the needs of young people among other competing claims for resources for the poverty eradication agenda. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 November 2010 )
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21 years ago today a remarkable milestone for the protection and realization of the rights of all children - the Convention on the Rights of the Child – was officially opened for signature by United Nations Member States. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 November 2010 )
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New UNICEF study shows MDGs for children can be reached faster with focus on most disadvantaged.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 13 September 2010 )
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UNICEF and Innovations in Civic Participation release new publication on adolescent participation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 July 2010 )
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