A/HRC/39/33 offer of employment, training or further education within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed. 77. OHCHR engages with and consults youth in the context of its Faith for Rights initiative, which follows up on the Beirut Declaration on Faith for Rights and its 18 commitments. A first regional workshop was held in Tunis in May 2018, focusing on the role of youth faith actors in the promotion of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa region. OHCHR plans to organize more workshops in order to provide space for cross-disciplinary reflection and action on the deep and mutually enriching connections between religions and human rights. 78. Plan International has developed Champions of Change, an innovative and comprehensive programme to empower young women that engages adolescent boys and girls and young people in critical reflections on gender dynamics and the realization of their rights. National examples 79. Many initiatives are being undertaken at the national level. For example, in its submission for the present report, Bahrain indicated that in the course of 2017 a number of memorandums of understanding had been signed to promote human rights and youth empowerment with youth associations in the country, including the Bahrain Youth Association and the Youth Technology Association. 80. The Prime Minister of Canada committed to the creation of a Prime Minister’s Youth Council, by which Canadians aged 16 to 24 provide the Prime Minister with advice on national issues, such as employment, education and building stronger communities, as well as climate change and clean growth, among others. 81. In Germany, integration courses for immigrants younger than 27, who are no longer subject to compulsory schooling, have been established to help them to acquire linguistic skills and knowledge for a smooth transition to the German educational system or labour market. 82. In Honduras, the programme Miles de Manos has trained more than 42,000 young persons and 2,500 families in the prevention of violence and in the prevention of pregnancies and in sexual and reproductive health. Honduras has also invested in the following programmes: Honduras Joven, Por Mi Barrio and Mi Segunda Oportunidad, which are aimed at preventing violence among vulnerable communities and young people. 83. In Portugal, the “70 já!” (70 now) campaign, an online and offline campaign targeting young people from 15 to 30 years of age, aims to raise awareness of youth rights and promote a rights-based approach to youth policy and youth work. The programme is based on article 70 of the Constitution of Portugal, which specifically addresses youth rights. 84. The Mobile for Reproductive Health for Youth, supported by the United Nations Population Fund, is aimed at giving young people in Rwanda access to information about sexual and reproductive health through an automated, interactive and on-demand text messaging system in Kinyarwanda. 85. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of South Sudan reported that the Government had established the National Youth Union as an umbrella for all young people in the country, to ensure that the full rights of young people are implemented through the country’s youth development policy. 86. In Turkey, a social cohesion and youth participation project between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the United Nations Children’s Fund was signed, with a view to ensuring the social cohesion of Syrian youth in Turkey. 15

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