UN-Habitat’s Advancing Youth Civic
UN Women’s Pacific Gender and
Engagement and Human Rights
Climate Change Toolkit is designed to
provides information on youth civic
support climate change practitioners
engagement and human rights,
in the Pacific Islands region to integrate
which can be applied to the NDC
gender into their programs and
processes.
projects. It includes several examples of linkages with youth engagement.
The UN Human Rights Council
EMPLOYMENT
recognizes that youth participation in public decision-making is a realization
ILO’s Global Initiative on
of human rights by youth. Youth face
Decent Jobs for Youth includes
discrimination and obstacles, which
a dedicated workstream on
impede their participation in decision-
green jobs for youth. ILO is also
making processes, and taking a human
supporting various relevant
rights approach can reaffirm the need
green jobs projects, such as:
for youth participation.
•
The Green EnterPrize project being implemented in Zimbabwe, focusing on youth and supporting the development of green-oriented enterprises in various areas
The World Health Organization’s
of relevance to NDC implementation, including renewable
Advocating for Change for
energy.
Adolescents is a practical toolkit for young people to advocate for
•
The Green Jobs project focusing on the youth of Zambia supported business development in sustainable
being. Developed by and for young
construction.
people, it is to be used by networks of youth-led and -serving organizations working to bring about positive policy change to improve the health and well-being of adolescents.
•
Bringing green energy and green jobs to Bangladesh provided technical training and business development support to youth to deploy decentralised energy systems.
NDC PARTNERSHIP
improved adolescent health and well-
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