Young people face facts
• Nearly half the world’s people are under 25 years old.
• 87 per cent live in the Majority World.
• 462 million live on less than $2 daily.
• 5,000 become refugees every day.
• Every 14 seconds, another youth becomes infected with hiv. The majority are young women.
• 82 million girls now aged between 10 and 17 years will be married by their 18th birthday.
Source: United Nations Population Fund Making 1 Billion count – investing in adolescents’ health and rights (UNFPA, 2003)
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
