CENTRAL AMERICA: Empowering Youth as Catalysts of Change
February 20, 2013
More than half of the seven billion people in the world today are under the age of 30. The majority of this demographic also happen to live in the developing world. Consequently, we can no longer conceive viable and sustainable development solutions without integrating youth as a key component of development strategy worldwide....Read More
EDITORIAL: Reauthorizing the Violence against Women Act Strengthens Social Values as a Democracy
February 20, 2013
EDITORIAL: Reauthorizing the Violence against Women Act Strengthens Social Values as a Democracy Between the school shooting in Connecticut and the horrific gang rape in New Dehli, many of us wanted to turn off the news to shield our children... Read More
LIBYA: Making Work for Democracy – Libyans Focus on Future
February 20, 2013
Young democracies embody hope, change, and opportunity, and Libya is no exception. After four decades under Muammar Gaddafi, the country held successful Parliamentary elections in July and will soon initiate a process to draft a new Constitution. ...Read More
MOROCCO: USAID Life Skills Training Deters Child Marriage
February 20, 2013
“I’m especially pleased by Morocco’s commitments to take on the deeply troubling problem of child marriage. We know that child brides are less likely to get an education, more likely to face life-threatening problems, particularly around child birth and delivery, which not only shortchanges them but can even rob them and their communities of their lives and talents. “...Read More
