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TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER Youth Contributing to Poverty Reduction

Making a Strong Case for Investing in Young People

TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER Youth Contributing to Poverty Reduction Learning Keys - This session will help you to: Increase your understanding of the poverty description and diagnosis; Advocate for young people using arguments supported by evidence that underscores why young people deserve greater inclusion in PRSPs; Learn how to use specific tools to help build a case for young people’s needs in PRSPS, including using relevant sources of data to describe the situation of young people in your country.

TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER Youth Contributing to Poverty Reduction What are poverty diagnostics?... … tools that are used to generate a description of a country’s overall poverty situation, including existing poverty levels, the characteristics of the poor, their sources of livelihood, and ideally their access to services to alleviate poverty.

TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER Youth Contributing to Poverty Reduction Dialogue Questions: Have you ever collected information or data to help justify a position? Describe how you found the information and presented it to make your case. What are some of the reasons you think young people are often left out of poverty descriptions? In your opinions, why is it hard to measure youth poverty? What might be some solutions?

Argument 1: Young people must be given their fair share CountryTotal Population (10 and over) Young People (10 to 24) as a proportion of all adults (10+) thousands of people (2010) percentage of young adults in the population (2010) Uganda 21, Zimbabwe9, Zambia8, Malawi10, United Republic of Tanzania30, Kenya28, Liberia2, Ghana17,

TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER Youth Contributing to Poverty Reduction Argument 2: Young people are central to achieving the MDGs (see Handout)

TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER Youth Contributing to Poverty Reduction Argument 3: Commitments to young people need implementation The World Programme of Action for Youth The Convention on the Rights of the Child The African Youth Charter National Youth Policies