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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Welcome to the World Youth Virtual Congress! The World Youth Virtual Congress space will be a place where you can keep up-to-date with what is happening throughout the 4th World Youth Congress in Quebec City. You will be able to watch webcasts, see photos, ask questions, and much more! enter |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 October 2008 )
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More than 140 countries worldwide will observe World Population Day on 11 July by emphasizing the importance of family planning for the well-being of families, communities and nations, and by underlining the need to further integrate such services into national development plans. Also check out a report by UNFPA on youth and family planning. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 July 2008 )
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It’s time for action, not just talk: That was the message young journalists brought to the Caribbean Community’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) meeting last week in Georgetown, Guyana. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 April 2008 )
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The next CIVICUS World Assembly will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in June 2008. Glasgow, with its active civic life and home to a wealth of voluntary organisations, is looking forward to welcoming delegates from around the world, who will be able to interact and share lessons with each other and the host civil society. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 December 2007 )
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A new Human Rights Committee report based on cases before the Youth Court earlier this year raises troubling human rights issues regarding Cayman’s juvenile justice system, particularly in relation to the jailing of children in adult prisons. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 November 2007 )
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Voice is about youth participation. If you want to be a part of local, national and/or international decision-making processes, including the United Nations, you will find the necessary information, tools and resources here. 
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Last Updated ( Friday, 01 June 2007 )
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