youth and inclusive citizen workshop, bunyad, pakistan
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Country specific presentation at the Youth and Inclusive Citizen Workshop organized by PRIA and ASPBAE from 8-10th September 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Youth & Inclusive Citizenship: Approaches to Realize Demographic
Dividends in Asia-Pacific
Saima Fayyaz 8 – 10 September 2014, New Delhi, India
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Demographic Profile of Pakistan
Pakistan: Some Facts:• Area: 796,095 sq. km. • Admin Division: 4 provinces, Gilgit Baltistan
FATA• Population: 180.44 million • Literacy: 58% • National Language .. Urdu • Poverty: over 35% pop. below poverty line
• Source : World population statistics
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Youth in Pakistan • Young Person : between the age of 15-29 • Youth is 65.1% of the total Pakistani
population.37% youth is illiterate
Source: According to the recent projections made by US Census Bureau
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Key Issues … Youth & Inclusive Citizenship
•Lack of education & Illiteracy ( 10+population)
lack of opportunities, such as education, employment and recreation, have created a sense of frustration among the young people
Poverty ... leads to not register births in Union Councils/ National Identity cards
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Policies
National Youth Policy in 20091Youth Policy... On 6th June 2012, the Chief Minister of Punjab launched Punjab’s very first youth policy
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Department of Youth Affairs, Sports, Tourism and Archaeology, Punjab
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strategic plan 4
30 million 10+ illiterate Literacy & NFBE Department Govt of Punjab is trying to cater
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Making Young illiterate females ..Literate.
Initiatives Beneficiaries
Literacy/AE 147591 Skills 36666 Livelihood 165515 Health/1122 182707Birth registrations/CNIC 176049 Empowering teachers/leader ship dev.
38752
Community dev 84711Kitchen gardening 1500 families
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Continued ....Initiatives Beneficiaries
Livestock dev. 21181Higher education 7000Peer education 3223Women empowerment 371155Career counselling /job placement
35000
AdvocacyOML 11400Mobile literacy 2800
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Bunyad’s Success Stories • Bhagwal Awan Collage (a Degree College for
Girls)
• Girl student working in UC office as LHW
• Girl student working in a bank • Student after completing MA English
running his coaching centre • Around 300 students now serving as
teachers in Bunyad’s literacy centers • Moving onwards & upwards, Approx
60%
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Opportunities Needed • Review of citizenship education in primary and secondary schools• Develop youths' understanding of themselves and their culture• Continuing education/Distance learning to improve level of education • Mobile literacy for CE/Access to new information & technology • Equip youth with the knowledge, skills and qualities needed for leadership • Special technical/skill training for rural women near their door step• Youth collaboration /Capacity building of youth to form committees to tackle the
problems Build youth leadership through meaningful engagement in real community issues
• Meet the needs of youth by developing fun and relevant experiences designed by youth and adults (Sports, Skills, Excursion)
• Use a variety of research-based learning processes and resources to engage youth in a variety of hands-on activities.
• Recognize the value of volunteer and professional staff and support them through a well-coordinated system of professional development opportunities
• Citizenship education through extra curriculum activities• Empowering communities thousands self depends • Small business / enterprise development opportunities • Linking youth to Line Departments
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Role of Youth • Peer education • Awareness raising about law, legal meters, health &hygiene• Advocacy • Awareness raising & Lobby for birth registration /CNIC/Voting• Seek out charitable grants and public funding to support
citizenship, leadership and service programming• Serve as volunteer • Involvement of youth and adults as partners existing at all levels
of program design, implementation and evaluation and through shared knowledge and activities have reciprocal leading, teaching and mentoring roles.
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Pictorial View
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Thank You