Delegates address challenges of ‘At-Risk Youth’ populations
Thursday, 8 May 2014 00:00
-
- {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}
The roundtable session on ‘Empowering Marginalised Youth Including Most At-Risk Young People’ was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Convention Hall (BMICH) yesterday as the World Conference on Youth (WCY) 2014 got underway.
Youth Officer of UNAIDS Asia-Pacific Regional Support Team Aries Valeriano, the Regional Coordinator of the UN Asia Pacific Network of Young Key Populations Thaw Zin Aye and the Bangladesh Representative of the UN Population Fund Argentina Matavel were the key speakers during the session.
The three speakers touched upon various issues relating to marginalised youth. Matavel spoke more on young people with disabilities taking examples of celebrities who are differently-abled.
The speakers answered questions that were put across to them by the audience regarding youth prisoners, HIV-affected youth, disabled youth obtaining access to public places, and medical care for youth in African countries.
