Child and Youth Participation

Youth empowerment

Young Africans call for career opportunities

August 25 2017 - 150 young people from 47 countries engaged with international stakeholders at the Pan-African Youth Empowerment Conference.

SOS Children's Villages Youth addresses global leaders

July 12 2017 - A 17-year-old boy who lives with an SOS family in Chile addressed global leaders at an event at the United Nations in New York on 11 July.

Care leavers’ recommendations anchored Paris conference on children’s rights in alternative care

November 15 2016 - The international conference, Children’s Rights in Alternative Care: ‘Walk the Talk’, brought care professionals and young experts experienced in European alternative care systems together to discuss ways forward.