Colombia’s failing state | Part 3: the generation with no future
Colombia’s government is destroying the future of the country’s children, teenagers...
Tag: youth
How to promote the voice of Colombia’s youth in discussions on peace?
After 52-years of war and four years of negotiations, the Colombian government and Armed...
Colombia to ban cosmetic plastic surgery for minors
Colombia’s Congress is about to pass a law that will prohibit controversial cosmetic plastic...
Homicides in Medellin up 80% as turf wars threaten fragile peace
Homicides in Colombia’s second biggest city Medellin shot up 80% in May after tensions...
Medellin youth urge mayor to take promised action against gang violence
Medellin youth are fed up with ongoing gang violence and have urged Mayor Federico Gutierrez to execute the violence prevention and reduction programs he had promised while on election campaign. The group Morada (Spanish for...
Colombia’s teenage pregnancy awareness week
Colombia on Friday finished up a week for adolescent pregnancy prevention with the aim of reducing...
UNICEF launches peacebuilding program for Colombia’s youth
UNICEF has announced Colombia’s first national youth program for peacebuilding,...
Taboos and ‘medieval’ sex education main causes of Colombia’s soaring teen pregnancy rate: Scholar
Colombia’s “medieval” approach towards sex education and the taboo of discussing...
Youth most unemployed demographic in Colombia
Statistics published by Colombia’s National Statistics Agency (DANE) found that 16.5% of...
Santos calls on Colombia’s youth to support peace talks with FARC
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday called on his country’s youth to support...
Medellin to host youth reading event
Medellin will host the third annual Youth Reading Conference as part of the Municipal Reading Plan. The gathering to promote reading will offer all participants a chance to explore the world of reading through many mediums:...
Medellin gives 410 instruments to music schools
Medellin gave 410 musical instruments to the city music schools Friday as part of a cultural and social development project. The instruments were handed over by Secretary of Culture Luis Miguel Usuga Samudio in the Moravia...
