InSight Crime examines how countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fared during the past year combating violence in our annual homicide round-up.

Sex trafficking is a growing problem in Nepal.The Diplomat’s Kiran Nazish reports from Kathmandu.

Global Study on Homicide: Trends, Contexts, Data

Violent Extremism has become a sine qua non in the east African state of Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The immediate effects have been catastrophic and devastating, and the long term effects have…

There are 100 million young people in the Middle East and North Africa. They are a force for change in a region at a crossroads. This blog is focused on ideas for tapping into this immense potential …

Cross-posted from Making Cents International The Pivot to Yes: Positive Youth Development and Our Agriculture Program in Liberia  By Fiona Macaulay, Founder and CEO, Making Cents International…

Perspectives on Positive Youth Development Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a guiding principle of USAID’s Youth in Development Policy. Both a philosophy and an approach, it is a paradigm…

On December 5, 2015, on the occasion of the international Volunteering Day, 1,300 youths aged 15 to 24 were recognized for their participation in the 22 volunteering projects that were implemented by…

In 2012, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its Policy on Youth in Development that strengthens and expands high-quality youth programming by the Agency, as well…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been spared the unrest that recently swept many of its neighbors in the Middle East. Although many perceive that the Saudi royal family has maintained a high degree of…

The twentieth century saw what can only be described as a revolution in the status of women around the globe. Experts and leaders worldwide began to recognize that encouraging women and promoting…