Youth and Inequality: Time to support youth as agents of their own future

Publication language
English
Pages
40pp
Date published
12 Aug 2016
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Children & youth, Leadership and Decisionmaking
Organisations
Oxfam

Young women and men today must grapple with serious social, political and environmental problems inherited from their elders. Yet they are systematically excluded from policy decisions, even though young people make up one quarter of humanity. By marshalling the energy, creativity and talents of youth to address the multiple inequalities they face, we will all reap a "demographic dividend" and build a fairer world.