Historical data for Australia shows young people have fared better than their global counterparts in terms of economic opportunity but this masks a growing disparity among youth.
Young people can help reshape academic research, bringing new focus to different issues that matter to them.
Ian Homer
African governments and businesses must do more to assist young people by creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem to support them. Without this support, all of their potential may stutter and die.
Bursting with life, but can they live the ones they want?
Young Lives/ Sebastian CastanÞeda Vita
Greens leader Richard Di Natale told Q&A that if there was a vote among people who are under 30 in Australia, there’d possibly be a Greens prime minister. What do the polls say?
Many young people are not engaging in the most fundamental of all democratic rights: voting.
Young people have a lot at stake when it comes to current political decisions. Yet 48% of 18-year-olds and nearly 24% of 19-year-olds are not registered to vote.
The government’s new plan to help young people gain employment won’t work for those who are severely disadvantaged.
Maureen Barlin/Flickr
Images taken from young people’s Facebook are being used by the media with impunity.
These participants in a seminar on advocacy and peacebuilding are part of a generation of young people working for global peace and security.
Institute for Inclusive Security/flickr
When nearly half the world’s people are under 24 years old, they clearly have a critical role to play in working for peace and security around the world.
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has said that a job is a “prescription” for a young person with mental health issues. What does the research on employment and mental health show?