International Youth Day 2025: Date, theme, speech samples, and poster and drawing ideas

International Youth Day 2025: Date, theme, speech samples, and poster and drawing ideas

International Youth Day serves as a reminder each year regarding the importance of youth in the making of a better world. It is a day to acknowledge their accomplishments and the challenges they have to contend with, all aimed at encouraging them to take up their rightful role in creating sustainable and inclusive societies. Observed globally on 12 August, International Youth Day is a platform for dialogue, action, and change. After all, youth i…

International Youth Day focus: travel training prepares autistic young people for adulthood

News11 August 2025For International Youth Day we want to shout out about how our schools are helping young people become independent!  Meet Travel Training: a weekly class for students at Inscape House School that teaches them how to confidently travel between places. From deciding on destinations, planning a route and thinking about what kind of transport they are taking, students prepare for life after school. When you enter the class you are …

Youth decry limited role in decision-making ahead of International Youth Day

As South Sudan prepares to mark International Youth Day on Tuesday, some young people have raised concerns over their limited representation in decision-making spaces. International Youth Day is observed annually on 12 August to draw the attention of governments and stakeholders to the challenges and contributions of young people. This year’s theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond,” highlights the important role of youth in localizi…

International Youth Day 2025

For the majority of my childhood, I never had an answer to the commonly asked question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I knew I wanted to have a career that helped people, but could not get any more specific than that, and no one job stood out to me more […] The post International Youth Day 2025: A Day to Highlight the Importance of Youth for Sustainable Development appeared first on Farmers Review Africa.

International Youth Day Announcment

12 August this year marks twenty-five years of celebrating International Youth Day. The United Nations has a long history of spotlighting youth and bringing issues surrounding and championed by young people to the attention of the global community. In December 1999, a recommendation that 12 August marked International Youth Day was passed by the General Assembly and what has followed has been a quarter of a century of recognising the importance …