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International Youth Day 2021: Theme, Date, History, Significance, Activities, Campaign

International Youth Day is celebrated every year to focus on youth issues and bring them to the attention of the international community.

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International Youth Day 2021: Every year, International Youth Day is celebrated every year on 12 August. Youth play a very important role in modern society. International Youth Day is celebrated every year to focus on youth issues and bring them to the attention of the international community.

According to the United Nations (UN), it is also observed to acknowledge and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in the global society.

International Youth Day 2021: Theme

This year, the theme of International Youth Day is, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.”

The theme has been chosen after these issues were highlighted at ECOSOC Youth Forum (EYF) 2021.

According to UN’s website, young participants in EYF 2021 highlighted issues relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly related to its effect on human health, the environment, and food systems.

It further added that young participants emphasised the importance of working towards more equitable food systems.

Theme of International Youth Day for the last 7 years

  1. 2020- Youth Engagement for Global Action
  2. 2019- Changing Education
  3. 2018- Safe Space for Youth
  4. 2017- Youth Building Peace
  5. 2016- 2030 Pathway – Eliminating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production
  6. 2015- Youth and Citizen Engagement
  7. 2014- Youth and Mental Health

International Youth Day History:

 International Youth Day is celebrated every year on 12 August to take the voice, works and inventions made by them to the country and the world. Its purpose is to take the problem of youth to international organizations like United Nations, Human Rights. Due to Corona, this International Youth Day program will also be online. And various issues will be discussed and youth will give their views on political, social and economic issues.

International Youth Day Activities

UN recommends the following activities for International Youth Day 2021. You choose any one from the list to celebrate the day and plan to celebrate coming days.

  • Educational radio show: Contact popular local/national radio stations to request a slot to have a discussion with distinguished individuals and youth.
  • Organize a (virtual) public meeting or debate to discuss young people’s contributions to global issues.
  • Initiate round table discussions among adults and young people to promote intergenerational understanding.
  • Organize a youth forum to exchange ideas and discuss cultural backgrounds in order to help young people accept others and popularize a culture of non-violence.
  • Organize a (virtual) concert to promote International Youth Day and the launch of the Year. Invite your local musicians and combine it with a panel discussion or invite a politician or policy maker to hold the key note speech.
  • Create an “info point” about youth-related issues in the center of town/village, at high schools, or at university centers.
  • Organize an exhibition. Get permission to use a public space for an arts exhibit, which showcases the challenges of young people today or how young people are contributing to development.  Try to involve young people in the domains of culture, arts and music, to raise awareness on youth-related issues.
  • Write to your Minister of Youth to inform him or her about the challenges young people face in their daily lives and to suggest solutions. A list of Ministers of Youth can be found at www.un.org/youth.

International Youth Day Campaign

Some country organizes the International Youth Day Campaign and they give the speech on international youth day for international youth day celebration.

When is international youth Day?

International youth Day is on August 12 in each year.

Why is International Youth Day celebrated?

The purpose of celebrating International Youth Day is to honor the youth who are social, political and innovative participants of the youth. While change is bringing many achievements, facilities and miracles, it is also bringing a challenge of ability to run fast for the youth, so that the youth group is capable enough to understand the rapid change and adopt it. Be able to change your working style by getting information about new technologies. It has become necessary for today’s youth to participate in world class competition.

This competition is trying to bring peace to the society on one hand, and on the other hand it is leading to anxiety, despair, addiction and unbridled nuisance, so the youth are motivated by organizing such programs.

UN Secretary-General’s message for International Youth Day 2021

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that youngsters were on the “frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all”. In a video message, he said that the highlight of this year’s International Youth Day will be on “solutions developed by young innovators to address challenges to our food systems”. Mr Guterres, however, added that “young people cannot do it on their own. They need allies to make sure they are engaged, included and understood.” Before ending his message, he urged everyone “to guarantee young people a seat at the table as we build a world based on inclusive, fair, and sustainable development for all”.

International Youth Day Quotes:

  • “The Youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers” – APJ Abdul Kalam.
  • “Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day” – Donald G. Mitchell.
  • “Everybody’s youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness” – F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • “Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die” – Herbert Hoover.

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