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Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives and improve their quality of life. It involves various dimensions, goals, methods and settings, and can be measured by quality of life indicators.
This is a list of organizations that promote, advocate, or otherwise affiliate with youth empowerment. This is an incomplete list which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness.
The United States Youth Government is a youth advocacy organization representing U.S. citizens and residents aged 0–29, with a structure based on the Constitution of the United States. Its members, who must be younger than 29, are elected by the public aged 0–29 to represent individual U.S. states and territories in the organization's ...
A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors. This list includes international and national youth organizations from various countries and regions, sorted by name.
The largest NAACP Youth Council during the Civil Rights Movement was the Peekskill, NY NAACP Youth Council from 1955 to 1956. The Council had over 400 members and over 80% were white. The President was Offie Wortham. The largest NAACP College Chapter during the Movement was the Antioch College NAACP College Chapter in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Learn about the youth rights movement, which seeks to grant young people the rights and freedoms that are traditionally reserved for adults. Explore the issues, history, strategies and arguments of youth rights advocates and their critics.
A youth council is a form of youth voice engaged in community decision-making. Learn about the different types, levels and functions of youth councils around the world, from Africa to North America.
YWCA stands for Young Women's Christian Association, a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1855 in London, the YWCA is independent of the YMCA, but has merged with some local and national associations, and has its World office in Geneva, Switzerland.