The thrust of our national youth policy centres on youth empowerment in different spheres of national life.

(g) Developing initiatives for the political and economic empowerment of youth

5. Developing capacity building through the empowerment of formal and informal coalitions and networks of youth

In that regard, information communication technologies should also be seen as an opportunity for youth employment and empowerment.

Youth empowerment through enterprise education, training in group dynamics and leadership skills and use of participatory approaches to planning.

The international community needs to seriously invest in gender equality, youth empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights going forward.

Programmes and projects include tree planting, training, empowerment of the rural poor, technical assistance, youth exchange and training of rural women.

Youth empowerment is necessary in order to combat the vulnerability of young people to the influence of fundamentalism, radicalism, insurgency and terrorism.

In Mauritius the Day was marked by the holding of a series of workshops, on the Youth Empowerment Programme, a national integrity workshop, a national women's forum and the United Nations Convention against Corruption and youth.

The Plan pays special attention to promoting the use of ICT for the empowerment of women, youth and the elderly as well as people with disabilities.

SADC member States, individually and collectively, have made significant progress in the area of youth development and empowerment, although there are still challenges and constraints to contend with.

It will provide a road map for the promotion of urban youth empowerment and participation in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the related Millennium Development Goals.

A road map will also be developed for the promotion of urban youth empowerment and participation in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and relevant Millennium Declaration targets.

In her opening remarks, she told her audience that young people are at the heart of today s great strategic opportunities and challenges. Speaking about her lifetime efforts to put women s empowerment on the international agenda, she added, It s time to put youth empowerment there as well.

10. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Senegal for its support to the fourth session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System, held at Dakar from 6 to 10 August 2001, where, once again, youth delegates had the opportunity to meet and debate strategies for youth empowerment See A C.3 56 2, concerning the fourth session of the World Youth Forum.

Women's empowerment.

Economic empowerment

I wish to conclude by stating that political will and commitment at the highest level nationally and internationally are of primary importance in creating an enabling environment for youth empowerment.

African Empowerment Guild

Participation and empowerment

Empowerment is positive.

A. Women s empowerment

ICT and women's empowerment

B. Economic empowerment programme

C. Political empowerment programme

C. Empowerment of women

Women apos s empowerment

Gender equality and empowerment of women

C. Gender equality and women's empowerment

And empowerment through employment reducing stigma.

All of this leads to empowerment.

Other important mechanisms for women empowerment

Empowerment training for women, September 2003

C. Economic empowerment and poverty reduction

This process is known as empowerment .

(c) quot Empowerment through education quot

Recognizing that global cross sectoral youth policies should take into consideration the empowerment and full and effective participation of young people, and their role as a resource and as independent decision makers in all sectors of society,

19. Governments should facilitate the development of ICT capacity for youth, including indigenous youth, youth with disabilities and youth in remote and rural communities.

Youth

Youth.

Youth.

Empowerment through participation in the political process

(b) Empowerment of women of African descent

(b) Empowerment of women of African descent

Empowerment and activation of the interested parts