Demographic Dividend
- Youth are by numbers the largest demographic segment of our society, more so in the developing world. They hold the keys and promise of the future, with infinite potential for innovation, growth and transformation.
- Increased depression and suicide among youth and young adults pointing to a changing socio-economic environment and a different generational approach to social transformation.
- Youth transition, culture and rites of passage are quintessential to preparing them for responsible young adulthood and adulthood eventually.
- Rising technology abated sexual crimes/predation with serious implications on children, stress to families and strain on communities including increased violence, sexual abuse, suicide and homicide among children and youth.
- High unemployment and livelihoods vulnerability impacting youth the most. The linkage between climate change, livelihoods, disaster risk and SRH.
- Youth out of school, substance abuse, teenage sex crisis leading to pregnancy crisis.
- Boy child vulnerability.
- Weakening policy making and advocacy.
