Empowering young people and the institutions that support them.
Empowering young people and the institutions that support them.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, 10 January 2014 – YEJ was the featured member organisation in last month’s NIDOS newsletter (December 2013). We used the opportunity to thank the local community in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders who have been so generous in supporting our work over the last two years as we establish ourselves at home and abroad. In particular, we would …
GENEVA Switzerland, 12 August 2013, – A young girl in Domain Marial, a mining community in DRC, risks being sold by her family into an arranged marriage by the age of thirteen. She is likely to face physical and sexual violence from her husband and other men in the community. She risks HIV, maternal malnutrition and other health problems that …
EDINBURGH Scotland, 5 April 2013 – Research released today by YEJ shows that economic instability is strongly linked to intimate partner violence among the young men and women of Domain Mariale in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
KOLWEZI Democratic Republic of Congo, 26 November 2012 – Youth Economic Justice (YEJ) has started a new programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that will support 30,000 people living in poverty. YEJ has signed an agreement to work with the Good Shepherd Foundation as they establish a centre that will provide opportunities for social and economic development to …