YCSRR Watchdog 46th CPD- Edition 2

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CPD46 Youth Caucus Asks Featured Articles Youth Perspective: What the CPD Means to Me Youth, Migration, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at CPD46 Youth and the Post-2015 Development Agenda Connecting Efforts to Ensure Meaningful Youth Participation at the UN Youth Participation for Post-2015: Asia Women and Migration

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Youth Perspective: What the CPD Means to Me The idea that the delegates would care could have such a direct impact on the

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To the Governments of Argentina, Uruguay, European Union, USA, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Canada for protecting migrants who seek asylum because of their sexual orientation and gender identity!

We call for the above governments to further ensure the rights of all migrants regardless of their status.

marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV, health, migration secution due to sexual orientation or gender identity, countries should

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Youth and the Post-2015 Development Agenda:

With 43% of the world’s population under the age of 25, it is imperative that the new global agenda on development place young peoples’ voices and needs at the centre. In December 2012, as part of the review and follow up to the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the Global Youth Forum was held in Bali, Indonesia, in order to develop a clear statement and agenda for putting youth rights at the heart of development. Co-hosted by the Government of Indonesia and the United Nations, 130 United Nations Member States; 80 youth groups; 300 individual youth participants; 50 non-governmental organisations; 2,500 online delegates; 40 private sector institutions; 50 representatives of the United Nations; and other stakeholders actively participated in the dialogues and formulation of recommendations of the Forum.

The participants developed an historic and ground-breaking Declaration with over 70 recommendations under the overarching themes of staying healthy; comprehensive education; families, youth-rights and well-being, including sexuality; transitions to decent work; and leadership & meaningful participation. The Declaration has clear cross-cutting messages on the importance of comprehensive sexuality education, youth participation, access to comprehensive health services, including safe abortion, investment in young people, and prevention and elimination of all forms of violence.

The Declaration, an outcome of a process led entirely by and with young people, is a loud and strong people, UN Member States, the UN System, NGOs and other stakeholders agreed to as what they want and envision. Given the thematic reach of the Forum and the clear linkages with the post-2015 agenda; the parallels between the two inter-linked processes are evident. The recommendations of the youth movement prioritise the inter-linkages between sexual and reproductive health rights and other development priorities, and make a case for the rights to health, education, and meaningful youth participation and leadership to be key elements of the development, implementation, and moni-

toring of whatever may come from the post-2015 process.

Young people’s participation in all stages of decision-making and implementation of policies and programmes is a precondition for sustainable development. Young people must have equal access to meaningful participation in local, national and international decision-making forums and in the allocation of resources, with support from governments, the private sector, UN and other international institutions. The Bali Declaration calls on governments, civil society organisations, UN agencies, the private sector, young people and other stakeholders to build sustainable capacity for youth leadership and participation through engaging young people with national policy processes in representative proportion to their numbers and their diversity, and by strengthening access to information, resources, education and investments regardless of socio-economic and cultural background, in line with human rights standards, in a democratic environment, and in equal partnership without discrimination, coercion or violence. Young people’s rights to freely express their opinion and to organise are foundational to meaningful participation and leadership.

We call on governments and polithe goals and recommendations set forth by the Bali Declaration and emphasise the importance of young people’s leadership and meaningful engagement in the successful creation, implementation, and sustainability of a post2015 agenda.

To read the Bali Declaration, visit: pdf

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