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International Youth Day: young people show they care about education

Young peope are at the heart of everything we do at A World at School. We are striving to get every child in the world into school 国产视频 and our Global Youth Ambassadors are taking that message to schools, communities and politicians.

Our youth-led campaign 国产视频 the #UpForSchool Petition 国产视频 has seen more than eight million people signing and calling on world leaders to give every girl and boy an education. That means overcoming the barriers that prevent children going to school 国产视频 including child labour, child marriage, conflicts and attacks on schools, discrimination and exploitation.

Today is International Youth Day 国产视频 and the focus this year is on civic engagement. Here we look at some of the numbers behind youth engagement on global education and what people are saying about International Youth Day. Don国产视频檛 miss a blog by A World at School国产视频檚听Madeline Serena听on how young people have the power to change millions of lives. And听Baela Raza Jamil, Director Programmes at ITA in Pakistan, writes about the amazing succes of the country国产视频檚 Education Youth Ambassadors.

Gordon Brown, the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, said in a statement today: 国产视频淭oday国产视频檚 events mark a new development in thriving youth activism. Today 30 million young people are officially displaced persons, exiled from their homes in their own countries. Around 10 million have become refugees, forced to seek shelter in countries far from their home and their families.

国产视频淭here are currently 5.5 million children who have been affected by the Syrian conflict, most of whom enjoyed education before the civil war. Most now go without any school or education. It is a tragedy of epic proportions yet amidst the pain and the suffering there is still aspiration, a desire for life and for knowledge and for opportunity.

国产视频淎nd with a focus on the direct engagement of young people in fighting for their rights, we should be proud to highlight the fact that nothing less than a civil rights struggle is underway, led by young people and their endless energy.国产视频

Mr Brown has also written an International Youth Day blog for World Post. You can read it here.

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People expected to take part in events around the world today. See what国产视频檚 happening and where on a United Nations map.

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Global Youth Ambassadors spreading the A World at School message in more than 85 countries. Read some of their inspirational stories here.听And you can also read our news stories about their amazing work.

One million

Signatures collected by GYAs for the #UpForSchool Petition.听Find out how they did it.

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That国产视频檚 how many of our Global Youth Ambassadors travelled to London in June to receive their Queen国产视频檚 Young Leaders Awards at Buckingham Palace. Full story here.

Town hall rally

This special event will be held in New York on September 28 国产视频 during the United Nations General Assembly 国产视频 and will be addressed by youth leaders standing alongside campaigner Graca Machel to highlight their demands for support.

#YouthDay on Twitter

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The Office of the United Nations Youth Envoy, Ahmad Alhendawi, is having an International Youth Day Digital Surge 国产视频 from 9am to 3pm Eastern Standard Time (US). Find out what国产视频檚 on the schedule and how you can take part.听

And here国产视频檚 a flavour of how International Youth Day is being marked on Twitter.

A great pearl of wisdom

About more than basic education

Celebrating young people国产视频檚 work

Helping girls to stay safe

Education helps health