VOICE OF THE YOUTH NETWORK BLOGGER
International Meeting on Environment and Disaster Management
The Foundation is planning to host an international meeting among young people on Environment and Disaster Management sometime in June 2005. I am pleased to inform that we are looking for inputs from young people who might have experience which they might want to share with us to have a more global input.
Also of particularly interest is the experience that young people might like to share when dealing with natural disasters like the recent tsunami that have taken 260,000 lives from 11 countries. Some of the issues that you could share could cover the following areas:
a) awareness and prevention programmes pertaining to Environment and Disaster Management;
b) problems and solution pertaining to relief and volunteer coordination;
c) the role of information technology in disaster management
d) climate change and environment conservation/management
e) key message for example of progress made or good programmes that highlight the role of young people in enviornment and disaster management.
The list above is not final, they are mere guidelines. We welcome young people from both Asia and Europe to share their inputs with us by that sending your comments/ideas/inputs to wyf@po.jaring.my. We will keep you informed of further development.
World Employment Report 2004-2005: Employment, Productivity and Poverty Reduction
Launched by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) last December 2004, the World Employment Report 2004-05 report focuses on the importance of decent employment to reaching the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, particularly in halving the share of those in extreme poverty in the total population by 2015. Examining the
interrelationship between employment creation, productivity growth and poverty reduction, the report shows that while employment is central to poverty reduction, it is "decent and productive" employment that matters, not employment alone. The full report can be accessed online. Language: English and Spanish. E-mail: (to order a copy at the Bureau of Publications) pubvente@ilo.org, Fax: (41-22) 799-6938
Website: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/wer2004.htm
Youth Forum on Pregnancy Prevention in a Time of AIDS
Online March 15 - April 15, 2005
YouthNet invites you to participate in this new online forum, where you can share your experiences and lessons learned, along with guest experts from the United Nations and other international agencies. YouthNet is co-sponsoring this with the INFO Project, in conjunction with the Implementing Best Practices in Reproductive Health (IBP) Initiative, which is coordinated by the World Health Organization.To participate: Send an e-mail to info@ibpinitiative.org with "Youth Forum" in the subject line.In your e-mail, please include your name and the country in which you work. You will receive an e-mail response explaining how the forum will work.
World's Population Is Aging Rapidly
Half the world's population will live in cities in two years, the U.N. chief said, adding that the number of elderly people is rising rapidly, prompting a need for economic and social changes.
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=21476185&u=195442
World Population will increase to 9 billion by 2050
The world's population will reach 6.5 billion by July and, despite lower expected fertility rates, is likely to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, with most of the increase taking place in developing countries, the United Nations Population Division says in its revised report for 2004. "World Population Change 1950-2050, the 2004 Revision" is the first of three volumes by the Division on global population trends.
"The world has added nearly 500 million people since 1999 - just six years," Hania Zlotnik, the new head of the Division, told a press briefing. "The good news is that new estimates show that it will take a little longer to add the next half billion, reaching the 7 billion mark probably by 2013."
A summary of the report says, "Future population growth is highly dependent on the path that future fertility takes." Median fertility is expected decline from 2.6 children per woman today to slightly over 2 children per woman in 2050. If fertility were to remain about half a child above that level, world population would reach 10.6 billion by 2050, while fertility half a child below the median would lead to a population of 7.7 billion by mid-century. "At the world level, continued population growth until 2050 is inevitable, even if the decline of fertility accelerates," according to the report.
Almost all of the increase will take place in the less developed countries, whose populations is expected to reach 7.8 billion in 2050 from 6.5 billion now, while the population of the more developed countries will remain around 1.2 billion, it says. Between 2005 and 2050, eight countries - India, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Bangladesh, Uganda, the United States, Ethiopia and China - are likely to contribute half of the world's population increase, while the population would at least triple in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Congo, the DRC, Timor-Leste, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger and Uganda. To read more click on to http://www.unfpa.org/
2nd International Forum on Partnerships for Sustainable Development:
Advancing Implementation on Water and Energy
(21-23 March 2005, Marrakesh, Morocco)
The Forum is being organized by the Moroccan Ministery of Territory Planning, Water and Environment (MATEE) in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA). (Limited Funding is available to enable participants from developing countries to attend) . The deadline for registration is MONDAY 7 MARCH 2005.All details on : http://www.moroccoforum.org/
How does change happen?
The 10th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development
will take place from October 27-30, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. To learn more about the AWID forum: http://www.awid.org/forum/about_the_forum.htm. For more information: awidforum@awid.org.
Gender & Southeast Asia Conference - Mar 18-19 2005 - Bangkok, Thailand
The conference will aim to combine academics and activism, providing a forum to share knowledge and experience, build a network of support, and develop joint strategies. This year's focus will be on issues of justice and rights in Southeast Asia.
http://www.comminit.com/training2005/2005-events/events-2884.html
Contact wari9@yahoo.com or concourse02@yahoo.com
Foundations in Developmental Practice - Apr 18-22 2005 - Cape Town, South Africa
This 5-day training course will aim to explore some of the core concepts and competencies of a developmental field-practice, providing a process for participants to understand where key work of facilitating development lies.
http://www.comminit.com/events_calendar/2005-events/events-3245.html
Contact pauline@cdra.org.za
3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
This conference will cover all aspects of HIV/AIDS basic and clinical sciences; the program will be developed in close collaboration between International AIDS Society (IAS), the local hosts and an international scientific committee.
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=21476185&u=195453
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