The thrust of our national youth policy centres on youth empowerment in different spheres of national life.

(g) Developing initiatives for the political and economic empowerment of youth

Speaking about her lifetime efforts to put women s empowerment on the international agenda, she added, It s time to put youth empowerment there as well.

Youth empowerment is necessary in order to combat the vulnerability of young people to the influence of fundamentalism, radicalism, insurgency and terrorism.

In Mauritius the Day was marked by the holding of a series of workshops, on the Youth Empowerment Programme, a national integrity workshop, a national women's forum and the United Nations Convention against Corruption and youth.

That Programme provides a good model for other programmes. In that regard, information communication technologies should also be seen as an opportunity for youth employment and empowerment.

SADC member States, individually and collectively, have made significant progress in the area of youth development and empowerment, although there are still challenges and constraints to contend with.

It will provide a road map for the promotion of urban youth empowerment and participation in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the related Millennium Development Goals.

Women's empowerment.

African Empowerment Guild

ICT and women's empowerment

The Challenge of Medical Empowerment

Recognizing that global cross sectoral youth policies should take into consideration the empowerment and full and effective participation of young people, and their role as a resource and as independent decision makers in all sectors of society,

C. Gender equality and women's empowerment

Gender equality and empowerment of women

Empowerment is the freedom to choose.

All of this leads to empowerment.

Other important mechanisms for women empowerment

Empowerment training for women, September 2003

C. Economic empowerment and poverty reduction

In a country where the illiteracy rate of both sexes (15 years and above) is almost 40 per cent, education and the empowerment of the women and youth is an imperative necessity for any concrete development in Yemen.

Fifteen out of thirty provinces have established Bureaus of Women Empowerment and forty districts have established District Offices of Women Empowerment.

Empowerment through participation in the political process

(b) Empowerment of women of African descent

Empowerment and activation of the interested parts

They want opportunity and empowerment, not charity.

Subprogramme 7 Advancement and empowerment of women

(b) Empowerment of women of African descent

Underlining the importance of the empowerment of Muslim youth, and promotion of cooperation and friendly relations among them, as well as with other cultures outside of the OIC domain to promote peace, dialogue, mutual tolerance and understanding among civilizations and cultures

19. Governments should facilitate the development of ICT capacity for youth, including indigenous youth, youth with disabilities and youth in remote and rural communities.

The empowerment of women has also gathered pace.

E. Gender equality and the empowerment of women

National Policy for Advancement and Empowerment of Women.

13. Also recognizes the great importance of the empowerment of youth through building the capacity of young people to achieve greater independence, overcoming constraints to their participation and providing them with opportunities to make decisions that affect their life and well being

With regard to the gender perspective and the empowerment of women, several measures have been undertaken in recent years to enhance the empowerment of women.

The empowerment of ordinary Egyptians has fundamentally changed things.

They want empowerment based on respect for human rights.

Item 6 (b) Empowerment of women of African descent

Empowerment of rural women within the context of globalization

And in parallel, people gain opportunity, empowerment and dignity.

National Plan for the Advancement and Empowerment of Women.

62 126. Policies and programmes involving youth youth in the global economy promoting youth participation in social and economic development

I wish to conclude by stating that political will and commitment at the highest level nationally and internationally are of primary importance in creating an enabling environment for youth empowerment. We urge our societies and Governments to consider us as assets, not as problems.

Youth children

Goal 3 (promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women).