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UGANDA: Opportunities for Young People Encouraged
The New Vision on 11 August reported that UNFPA Representative Janet Jackson spoke at the opening of the East Africa Regional Youth Conference in Kampala and is quoted saying, "“If the number of children in a country grows faster than the possibility to provide for the young generation with necessary schools, health institutions or food, protection and the ability to give meaningful jobs to the young people, the situation of the entire country deteriorates." She urged investment in young people through education, provision of employable and entrepreneurial skills, provision of sexual reproductive health information and services and creating equal opportunities for both girls and boys. Read in English: The New Vision