To ensure young people are fully engaged participants in leadership and decision makers in programs,organizations and communities, thereby giving them a voice in national development. Attest the essence of good leadership for the advancement of youth because good leadership and democracy are not...
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To ensure young people are fully engaged participants in leadership and decision makers in programs,organizations and communities, thereby giving them a voice in national development. Attest the essence of good leadership for the advancement of youth because good leadership and democracy are not mutually elusive.Despite the increasing young people's population growth,successive governments have demonstrated little commitment to address the problem of youth marginalisation from mainstream development.
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A nation that neglects its young population is gradually but surely plotting its annihiliation,as these young people do not only constitute a large section of any society across the globe,but also form the bedrock on which the contemporary and futuristic livewires of any society are hinged. [ view more ]

A nation that neglects its young population is gradually but surely plotting its annihiliation,as these young people do not only constitute a large section of any society across the globe,but also form the bedrock on which the contemporary and futuristic livewires of any society are hinged.
Aware of the pivotal role young people play in national development,the Global Youth Leadership Initiative have advocated for youth empowerment across the world,stressing that ''young people''are a force for peace,democracy,equality and good leadership;a catalyst for global consensus building and an essential resource for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Global Youth Leadership Initiative, as a youth development approaches
1) Strengthening and promoting positive youth development
2) Strengthening governments,organizations and communities
3) Ensuring a strong democracy for the future
4) Guaranteeing social justice and youth representative.
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To overcome these obstacles and help young people effectively develop leadership skills, adult allies can promote youth/adult partnerships, give young people real power to make decisions and responsibility for the consequences of their decisions, ensure that young people are provided with the...
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To overcome these obstacles and help young people effectively develop leadership skills, adult allies can promote youth/adult partnerships, give young people real power to make decisions and responsibility for the consequences of their decisions, ensure that young people are provided with the training and support needed to take on new levels of responsibility and decision-making, provide a broad range of contexts which allow young people to learn and develop leadership in the real world with diverse and unfamiliar groups, and recognize and respect the knowledge, experience, and skills that young people have now while still challenging them to enhance these skills and try new things.
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