Africa: World Youth Report 2003: The global situation of young people

Overall, young people today are better off than previous generations, but many are still severely hindered by a lack of education, poverty, health risks, unemployment and the impact of conflict, a new United Nations report on the global situation of youth reveals. The World Youth Report 2003 provides an overview of the global situation of young people. The first 10 chapters focus on the priority areas of education, employment, extreme poverty, health issues, the environment, drugs, delinquency, leisure time, the situation of girls and young women, and youth participation in decision-making identified by the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY) adopted by the General Assembly in 1995.