Youth 2030

The impacts of COVID-19 have rendered one-in-eight young people, the majority of whom are girls, without access to education. Pictured are Ethiopian girls learning about the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FMG).
© UNICEF/Meklit Mersha

Youth Forum: UN chief calls for ‘tangible improvements’ in the face of injustice, poor governance

7 April 2021
SDGs

Leaders across the world need to “move beyond platitudes” about young people, and deliver a better future for them all, Secretary-General António Guterres told the 10th Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum on Wednesday. 

Young people protest for gender equality and women's rights in Nepa (file)
UN Women/Uma Bista

A youthful 75: New generation carries the torch for UN values

12 September 2020
Human Rights

75 years on from the founding of the UN, young people are being enlisted to share their visions of a better planet, and help decide the next chapter of the Organization. 

Young people using computers in Kampala, Uganda.
World Bank/Arne Hoel

UN Youth envoy launches coding competition to help solve climate crisis and ‘Reboot the Earth’

22 July 2019
Climate and Environment

Can young coders help solve the climate crisis? The UN’s Youth Envoy launched a global competition earlier this month, “Reboot The Earth”, with support from the UN Office of Information & Communications Technology, Deloitte and SAP, to try and answer that question, fostering collaboration between the United Nations, academia, civil society, and young people to address the climate emergency.