International Youth Day 2020
International Youth Day is observed on 12 August 2020 to raise awareness about the challenges and problems faced by the youth and to celebrate the role of young women and men as essential partners in change across the world. The day celebrates the youth-led organizations, Governments, young people, and others who are working to transform education and uplift young people worldwide.
International Youth Day (IYD) is celebrated on August 12 every year globally to differentiate the accomplishments of youngsters around the world in developing global association. International Youth Day also aims to endorse ways to engage them in becoming more actively participated in accomplishing affirmative contributions to their associations. International Youth Day is an awareness day created to establish the cultural and legal issues encompassing the youth.
History of International youth day
The concept of International Youth Day was suggested in 1991 by the youngsters from Vienna and Austria, for the first conference of the UN’s World Youth Council. The committee recommended that an International Youth Day be will be affirmed, especially for crowdsourcing and promotional purposes, to reinforce the United Nations Youth Fund in association with youth organizations.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) first designated 12th August as International Youth Day by the in 1999 by authenticating the endorsement made to this decision by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, Lisbon in August 1998. That recommendation was later endorsed by the UNGA in the year 1999. International Youth Day was observed for the first time in 2000. It is a golden opportunity for young men and women to create awareness about the confrontation and problems that they usually face around the globe.
The theme of International Youth Day 2020
The theme of 2020 International Youth Day is 'Youth Engagement for Global Action'. The day aims to highlight the ways in which young people at the local, national and global levels are enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes and draw lessons on how their representation and engagement in formal institutional politics can be significantly enhanced.
IYD 2020 aims to highlight the need to enable the engagement of youth more inclusive for the purpose of strengthening their capacity to achieve global action. It spotlights on youth engagement through three interconnected streams namely:
(i) Youth engagement at the local/community level.
(ii) Youth engagement at the national level like formulation of laws, policies, and their implementation
(iii) Youth engagement at the global level.
What to do on International Youth Day
A lot of activities and events happens around the world on International Youth Day to encourage young people to bring them changes into the world.
- Many countries actively participate in this global collaboration and the events may include youth conferences on complications such as knowledge and profession.
- Other activities may include live concerts that support the world’s youth day.
- On this day various sports events, parades, and manifestations that assay young people’s acquisition is organized.
Some activities are being conducted for the following,
- To promote understanding and unity among the youngsters.
- To improve the young mind’s active participation in social and political events.
- To make the youngsters socially responsible.
- Various activities like debates, exhibitions, fairs, conferences, and other promotional activities. Even the people staying at home can celebrate this day by supporting the activities through radio shows and other social media.
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