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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.
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