The following is a list of youth organizations. A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and

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for minors. In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise.

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* 4-H (Worldwide)

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* AEGEE (Europe) *

AIESEC AIESEC is an international youth-run, non-governmental and not-for-profit organization that provides young people with leadership development, cross-cultural internships, and global volunteer exchange experiences. The organization focuses on em ...

Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation. They are sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers, and some are paid for full-time work – including C ...

(UK) * A.J.E.F (LatAm) *

All India Youth Federation The All India Youth Federation (AIYF) is a nationwide youth organisation of Communist Party of India founded on May 3, 1959. AIYF is affiliated to World Federation of Democratic Youth. And member of general council of WFDY. Formation It was b ...

- AIYF (India) *

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) () is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). History The ABVP, founded in 1948 with the initiative of the RSS a ...

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Aleph Zadik Aleph The Grand Order of the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA or ) is an international youth-led fraternal organization for Jewish teenagers, founded in 1924 and currently existing as the male wing of BBYO Inc., an independent non-profit organization. It is for ...

* American Youth Congress (US) *

American Youth Hostels Hostelling International USA (HI USA), also known as American Youth Hostels, Inc. (AYH), is a nonprofit organization that operates youth hostels and runs programs around those hostels. It is the official United States affiliate of Hostelling In ...

(US) * Amigos de las Americas * Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam (Pakistan) *

Armenian Youth Federation The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) ( hy, Հայ Երիտասարդական Դաշնակցութիւն) is the youth organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Founded in 1933, the AYF became a global Armenian organization and stands ...

Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

(UK) * Arran (CAT) * Arsalyn Program (US) *

Article 12 Article 12 was a youth-led children's rights organisation based in England. Its main aim was to ensure the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), specifically Article 12. The group, run by a steering ...

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Ateitis The Lithuanian Catholic Federation "Ateitis" (literally: ''future'') is a youth organization in Lithuania uniting Catholic-minded schoolchildren, university students, and alumni. Ateitis is a member of the umbrella of Catholic youth organizatio ...

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All Assam Students Union All Assam Students' Union or AASU is a Assamese nationalist students' organisation in Assam, India. It is best known for leading the six-year Assam Movement against Bengalis of both Indian and Bangladeshi origin living in Assam. The leadership, ...

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All India Muslim Students Federation The All India Muslim Students Federation (AIMSF) was an Indian Muslim students union affiliated with the All-India Muslim League. Splitting off from the All India Students' Federation in 1937, the body was organised under patronage of Muhammad Al ...

(India) * All-Polish Youth (Poland) * Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani (IT)

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Bangladesh-China Youth Student Association The Bangladesh-China Youth Student Association or simply BCYSA ( bn, বাংলাদেশ চায়না ইয়ুথ স্টুডেন্ট অ্যাসোসিয়েশন) is a platform for Bangladeshi students and profess ...

BBYO BBYO (formerly ''B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Inc.'') is a Jewish teen movement, organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization is intended to build the identity of Jewish teens and offer l ...

Betar The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After ...

Bharat Scouts and Guides Bharat, or Bharath, may refer to: * Bharat (term), the name for India in various Indian languages ** Bharata Khanda, the Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent (or South Asia) * Bharata, the name of several legendary figures or groups: ** Bha ...

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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) (translation: Indian People's Youth Front) is the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India. It was founded in 1978, and its first national president w ...

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to "create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth". Adult volunteers are matched with children from ag ...

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Bnei Akiva Bnei Akiva ( he, בְּנֵי עֲקִיבָא, , "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000 members in 42 countries. It was first established in Mandatory Palestine in 1929. History ...

Boys' Brigade The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill and fun activities with Christian values. Following its inception ...

Boy Scouts of America The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded in ...

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Boy Scouts of the Philippines The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is the national scouting organization of the Philippines in the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The Scout movement was first introduced in the Philippines on 1910 during the American Occup ...

(Philippines) * The Boys & Girls Aid Society (US) * Boys and Girls Clubs of America (US) *

Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada BGC Canada (Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada) is a national, nonprofit organization that supports local Boys and Girls Clubs with programs for physical activity, healthy living, learning, job training, leadership, and creative expression. With location ...

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British Columbia Youth Parliament The British Columbia Youth Parliament (BCYP) is a youth service organization that operates in the guise of a "parliament" in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The BCYP fulfills its motto of " Youth Serving Youth" by means of "legislation ...

(Canada) * BUNDjugend (Germany) * Bus Project (US) *

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির), is an Islamic student organization based in Bangladesh. It was established on 15 February 1996. The organisation is generally under ...

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Canadian Cadet Organizations The Canadian Cadet Organizations, marketed under the name of Cadets Canada, are a youth program known as the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Royal Canadian Army Cadets, and Royal Canadian Air Cadets. The program is sponsored by the Canadian Armed Fo ...

(Canada) (*see Royal Canadian Army-Air-Sea Cadets below) *

Camp Fire A campfire is a fire at a campsite that provides light and warmth, and heat for cooking. It can also serve as a beacon, and an insect and predator deterrent. Established campgrounds often provide a stone or steel fire ring for safety. Campfires ...

(US) * Campus Front of India (India) * Canadian Young Judaea (Canada) * Centre for the Talented Youth of Ireland (Ireland) * Children and Youth International (Europe) *

Children of the American Revolution The National Society Children of the American Revolution (NSCAR) is a youth organization that was founded on April 5, 1895, by Harriett Lothrop. The idea was proposed on February 22, 1895, at the Fourth Continental Congress of the National Socie ...

(US) * China Youth Corps (Taiwan) * Chiro (Belgium, Philippines) *

Christian Democratic Youth Appeal The Christian Democratic Youth Appeal (Dutch language, Dutch: Christen-Democratische Jongeren Appèl), officially abbreviated as CDJA, is the youth organisation of the political party Christian Democratic Appeal in the Netherlands. It came about v ...

(Netherlands) * Christian Democratic Youth League (Sweden) (Sweden) *

Christian Service Brigade Christian Service Brigade (CSB) (a.k.a. CSB Ministries) is a non-denominational Christian organization for men and boys in the United States and Canada.Christian Service Brigade Canada Often referred to as "Brigade," it is organized according to ...

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Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade The Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade is an Anglican youth organisation with branches in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Bermuda, Kenya, South Africa, Barbados, Newfoundland and St Helena. Its origins lie in the formation in 1891 of the Ch ...

CISV International CISV International (''Formerly'' ''Children's International Summer Villages'') was founded in 1950 by Dr. Doris Twitchell Allen and aims to educate and inspire action for a more just and peaceful world. The organisation operates international ...

City Year City Year is an American education nonprofit organization founded in 1988. The organization partners with public schools in 29 high-need communities across the US and through international affiliates in the UK and Johannesburg, South Africa. Ci ...

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Civil Air Patrol Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded mem ...

(US) * CJD (Germany) * Communist Youth Movement (Netherlands) *

Company of Young Canadians The Company of Young Canadians (CYC) was a short-lived Canadian youth program sponsored by the Canadian federal government, which existed from 1966 to 1977. It was designed to be run autonomously without government direction. It generated considera ...

''Historical'' * Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme (Europe) *

Congress of South African Students The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) is an anti-apartheid Student Organisation established in 1979 in the wake of the June 16 Soweto Uprisings in 1976 in South Africa. Background COSAS was formed in June 1979 after the South African Stu ...

Coptic Orphans Coptic Orphans (CO) is an international development organization that has transformed the lives of over 75,000 children in Egypt since 1988. Its mission is to break the cycle of poverty through long-term programs that focus on education. Coptic Or ...

(Egypt) * CrossRoads Ministry (US) * CVJM (Germany)

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DeMolay International DeMolay International is an international fraternal organization for young men ages 12 to 21. It was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1919 and named for Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. DeMolay was incorporat ...

* Democratic Youth Federation of India * DECA formerly known as Distributive Education Clubs of America *

Duterte Youth The Duterte Youth, officially the Duty to Energize the Republic through the Enlightenment of the Youth Sectoral Party-list Organization, is a Right-wing politics, right-wing youth organization which Dutertism, supports the administration of forme ...

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* Eurodesk (Europe) * Electrical Engineering Students' European Association (Europe) *

European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs Yes for Europe is the Brussels-based European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs founded in 1988 to represent young entrepreneurs in Europe. The Confederation has one member per European Country, which is a representative national association o ...

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Erasmus Student Network Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a Europe-wide student organisation. The organization supports and develops student exchanges, both inside the Erasmus+ programme and outside of it. The local ESN sections offer help, guidance and information to ...

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European Free Alliance Youth The European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy) is the youth wing of the European Free Alliance European political party. EFAy is a European-wide youth organisation comprised with members who belong to political organisations that safeguard and promote th ...

(Europe) * European Geology Students Network * European Geography Association *

European Horizons European Horizonsis a youth-led atlanticist policy incubator whose stated mission is “to foster a stronger transatlantic bond and a more united Europe,” which the organization sees as cornerstones of a future underpinned by democracy, equalit ...

(USA) * The European Law Students' Association (Europe) * European Scout Federation (British Association) (UK) *

European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management ESTIEM (European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management) is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-political student organisation that connects European students that combine technological understanding with management skills. The goal ...

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European Youth Forum The European Youth Forum (from french: Youth Forum Jeunesse, YFJ) is an international non-profit association and serves as a platform and advocacy group of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Euro ...

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European Youth Parliament The European Youth Parliament is a politically unbound non-profit organisation, which encourages European youth to actively engage in citizenship and cultural understanding. It involves 50,000 youngsters from all around Europe in its events and ...

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Euzko Gaztedi Euzko Gaztedi Indarra-EGI (Basque for "Basque Youth Force") is the youth wing of the Basque main nationalist political party, the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). Their presence is in the Basque Country, in the Basque Autonomous Community, Navarr ...

(Spain/Europe) * Ezra USA * Emirates Foundation (UAE)

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Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups The Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups (German: Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen; short: LHG) is a student association in the Federal Republic of Germany supporting liberal political issues. The LHG was founded in 1987, by a ...

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FBLA The Future Business Leaders of America, or FBLA, is an American career and technical student organization headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Established in 1940, FBLA is a non-profit organization of high school ("FBLA"), Middle Level ("FBLA ...

(USA) * FFA (Future Farmers of America) (USA) *

Fimcap The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizati ...

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First Priority First Priority is a youth organization that supports student-initiated, student-led Christian clubs on middle school and high school campuses. First Priority of America, Inc. supports local city FP movements in cities across the US. First Priori ...

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The First Tee First Tee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that teaches children life skills, self-confidence, and resilience through golf lessons. First Tee reaches more than 3.6 million youth annually through programs delivered at chapter program locations, ...

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Foras na Gaeilge (, " Irish Institute"; ) is a public body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was set up on 2 December 1999, assuming the role ...

(Ireland) * Foróige (Ireland) *

Friends of Nature Friends of Nature (international abbreviation: NFI, for German: Naturfreunde International) is a non-profit organisation with a background in the social democratic movement, which aims to make the enjoyment of nature accessible to the wider commun ...

(Global) * FZY (UK)

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* G&Y (UK) * German Federal Association of Young Entrepreneurs (Germany) * German Scout Movement (Germany) *

German Foundation for World Population DSW (german: Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung) is an international non-governmental organisation addressing Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) and population dynamics. DSW funds its project and advocacy work from private donations and the finan ...

(Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung, DSW) (Germany) *

German Youth Movement The German Youth Movement (german: Die deutsche Jugendbewegung) is a collective term for a cultural and educational movement that started in 1896. It consists of numerous associations of young people that focus on outdoor activities. The movement ...

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Girlguiding Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a cha ...

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Girls' Brigade The Girls' Brigade is an international, interdenominational Christian youth organisation. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structu ...

Girls Inc. Girls Inc. (established in 1864) is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which encourages girls to be "Strong, Smart, and Bold" through direct service and advocacy. The organization prioritizes equipping girls with the skills to n ...

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Girl Scouts of the USA Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized a ...

Girl Guides of Canada Girl Guides of Canada (GGC; french: Guides du Canada) is the national Guiding association of Canada. Guiding in Canada started on September 7, 1910, and GGC was among the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts ...

Girl Scouts of the Philippines The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) is the national Girl Scouting association for girls and young women in the Philippines. Its mission is "to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their res ...

Global Vision (Canada) Global Vision is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 1991 by Terry Clifford, two-term Member of Parliament for the London—Middlesex riding (1984 - 1993). Its flagship program, "Junior Team Canada", was modelled after Team Canada, a ...

Global Youth Action Network {{refimprove, date=August 2014 The Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) is an international network of youth NGOs spanning 180 countries, and headquartered in New York, near the United Nations. GYAN is a youth-led not for profit organization (regis ...

* Green Youth (Germany) *

Gopali Youth Welfare Society Gopali Youth Welfare Society, known as GYWS, is a government-registered non-governmental organization in West Bengal. It was founded in 2002 and registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 on April 20, 2005. It is run by IIT K ...

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Habonim Dror Habonim Dror ( he, הַבּוֹנִים דְּרוֹר, "the builders–freedom") is the evolution of two Jewish Labour Zionist youth movements that merged in 1982. Habonim ( he, הַבּוֹנִים, "the builders") was founded in 1929 in th ...

* Habonim Dror Australia *

Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth (german: Hitlerjugend , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. ...

(Nazi Germany) * HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (Israel) *

Hakfar Hayarok HaKfar HaYarok ( he, הכפר הירוק; "The Green Village") is a youth village in Israel, located in southern Ramat HaSharon, along the northern border of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Name Gershon Zak, the founder of the village, called it in 1950 "Gre ...

(Israel) *

Hashomer Hatzair Hashomer Hatzair ( he, הַשׁוֹמֵר הַצָעִיר, , ''The Young Guard'') is a Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, and it was also the name of the gro ...

Hebrew Scouts Movement in Israel The Hebrew Scouts Movement in Israel ( he, תנועת הצופים העבריים בישראל, ''Tnuat HaTzofim HaIvriyim BeYisrael'') is an Israeli Jewish co-ed Scouting and Guiding association with about 80,000 members. The Hebrew Scouts Movem ...

High School Democrats of America The High School Democrats of America (HSDA) is a student-led organization that seeks to mobilize young people and elect Democrats. HSDA student activists across the country engage in political activity and advance the agenda of the Democratic Pa ...

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United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

) * Hip Hop 4 Life (US) * HOSA-Future Health Professionals (USA) *

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union ( (Đoàn TNCS)), simply recognized as the Union (), is the largest social-political organisation of Vietnamese youth. The union is under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The organization wa ...

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Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) is an organization dedicated "to inspiring and developing our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and innovation." History Founded in 1958 by American actor Hu ...

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IAESTE The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience commonly referred to as IAESTE (pronounced i-a-es-te or ai-es-te) is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Stude ...

Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba ( ur, ) IJT is the largest student organisation in the world. It was founded by 25 students on 23 December 1947 at Lahore, Pakistan. Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba is working in Pakistan to eliminate the non-Islamic elements a ...

Improved Order of Red Men The Improved Order of Red Men is a fraternal organization established in North America in 1834. Their rituals and regalia are modeled after those assumed by men of the era to be used by Native Americans. Despite the name, the order was formed ...

(US) * IIMUN *

Indian Catholic Youth Movement The Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) is India's most prominent Premier Catholic Youth Movement. It is spread over 700 districts in India. The ICYM functions through 14 Regions & 132 Dioceses. It is an organization for the Catholic youth ...

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Interact Advocates for Informed Choice, doing business as, dba interACT or interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization using innovative strategies to advocate for the legal and human rights of children with intersex trai ...

International Federation of Medical Students' Associations The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) is a non-governmental organization representing associations of medical students. It was founded in May 1951 and currently maintains 139 member organizations from 130 countr ...

International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations The International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO) is an international student and youth federation with a membership rate of about 100 student and youth organizations in more than 60 countries. IIFSO started as a student initiat ...

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. While p ...

(India) *

International Young Democrat Union The International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) is a global alliance of centre-right political youth organisations and the youth wing of the International Democrat Union. The IYDU in its current form was founded in March 1991 in Washington, D.C ...

* International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation *

International Order of the Rainbow for Girls The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG) is a Masonic youth service organization that teaches leadership training through community service. Young women learn about the value of charity and service through their work and involveme ...

International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation The International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF) is a non-governmental, non-political and non-religious organisation that represents pharmaceutical students, pharmacy students and recent graduates from all over the world. It was founde ...

* International Student/Young Pugwash *

International Federation of Liberal Youth The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) is an international liberal youth organization. It consists of a global membership of national youth organizations. These are often but not exclusively affiliated with political parties that ...

International Union of Socialist Youth The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization, founded in 1907, whose activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the ...

International Youth Rights International Youth Rights (IYR), (Chinese: 国际青年权利会, Korean: 국제청소년권리협회) is a non-profit, non-political, international organization, founded in 2009 to advance the rights of youth. Its motto is "A united force of t ...

Israel Gay Youth Israel Gay Youth (IGY) ( he, ארגון נוער גאה, ''Irgun Noar Ge'eh'', lit. "Proud Youth Organization"; he, איגי, ''Igy'', "IGY") was founded in 2001 in Israel as a non-profit NGO, branching off from the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexu ...

* Italian Youth of the Lictor ( Fascist Italy)

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Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC -- commonly pronounced "JAY-rotsee") is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US milit ...

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JCNetwork JCNetwork e.V. is one of two governing bodies among German student consultancies. The registered association features the cooperation as well as the sharing of experiences among 41 student consultancies throughout Germany. More than 2,600 students ...

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Jonge Democraten The Young Democrats ( nl, Jonge Democraten, JD) is the Social liberalism, social-liberal youth organisation of the Netherlands, founded in 1984. With over 5,000 members it's the largest political youth organisation of the Netherlands. Although ind ...

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Jesus Freaks ''Jesus freak'' is a term arising from the late 1960s and early 1970s counterculture and is frequently used as a pejorative for those involved in the Jesus movement. As Tom Wolfe illustrates in ''The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'', the term "fre ...

Jesus Youth Jesus Youth (JY) is an International Catholic Movement, approved by the Holy See. The Movement evolved as an outcome of the Charismatic revival that spread across India in the mid-1970s. JY had its beginnings in Kerala, India, and evolved as an ...

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Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade The JLGB (Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade) is a national Jewish youth organisation based in and primarily serving the United Kingdom. The UK's oldest Jewish youth movement, it was founded in 1895 as the Jewish Lads' Brigade by Colonel Albert E. ...

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Job's Daughters International Job's Daughters International is a Masonic affiliated youth organization for girls and young women aged 10 to 20. The organization is commonly referred to as simply Job's Daughters or Jobies, and sometimes abbreviated as JDI (or IOJD, referring to ...

(Worldwide) * Junge Liberale (Germany) * Junge Piraten (Germany) *

Junge Union The Junge Union Deutschlands (''Young Union of Germany'') or JU is the joint youth organisation of the two conservative German political parties, CDU and CSU. Membership is limited to individuals between 14 and 35 years of age. Junge Union clai ...

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Junior firefighter Junior firefighting is a youth activity mostly organized by fire departments. It serves as a means of personal development for the youths, as well as a recruiting pool for the fire departments. Junior firefighter programs give young people the cha ...

(Global) * Junior Forest Wardens (Canada) * Young Socialists (Netherlands) *

Junior Achievement JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide is a global non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and Winthrop M. Crane. JA works with local businesses, schools, and organizations to deliver experiential lea ...

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Junior Chamber International Junior Chamber International, commonly referred to as JCI, is a non-profit international non-governmental organization of young people between and years old. It has members in about 124 countries, and regional or national organizations in m ...

* Junior Optimist Octagon International *

Junior State of America The Junior State of America (formerly the Junior Statesmen of America), abbreviated JSA, is an American non-partisan youth organization. The purpose of JSA is to help high school students acquire leadership skills and the knowledge necessary to ...

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Jusos Working Group of Young Socialists in the SPD (german: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jungsozialistinnen und Jungsozialisten in der SPD, Jusos) is a volunteer youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As of 2021, there are over ...

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Kabataan Kabataan, also known as the Kabataan Partylist (KPL, ) and formerly known as Ang Nagkakaisang Kabataan Para sa Sambayanan (ANAK ng BAYAN, ), is a partylist in the Philippines affiliated with the leftist political coalition Makabayan. It is cur ...

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Key Club Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. As a student-led organization, Key Club's goal is to encourage leadership through serving others. Key Club International is the hig ...

Kids for Peace Kids for Peace is a global, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) youth organization. Kids for Peace has over 100 chapters, spanning six continents. Peace Packs One of the principal activities of Kids for Peace chapters is sending "Peace Packs" to other children ...

Kids Helping Kids Kids Helping Kids is an entirely student run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based out of the San Marcos High School AP Economics classes in Santa Barbara, California. Headed by Economics teachers Jamie DeVries and Jillian Heckman, Kids Helpi ...

* Kids Off The Block

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La Forja La Forja - Jovent Revolucionari (''The Forge - Revolutionary Youth'') is a Left-wing politics, left-wing Catalan independence youth organization that is active in all the Catalan Countries. La Forja is part of the Popular Unity Candidacy–Constit ...

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Left Youth Solid The Linksjugend solid'' ''(en: Left Youth solid'' is a political youth organisation in Germany. It is the official youth wing of the political party The Left. It was formed in 2007 as the legal successor to solid– die sozialistische jugend (e ...

(Germany) * Liberal Youth of Sweden (Sweden) *

Leo clubs Leo clubs are a youth organization of Lions Clubs International. Leo clubs encourage youths to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities. They are dependent on a Lions club to sponsor and initiate a Leo club. Le ...

* Los Angeles Maritime Institute (US) *

Little League Baseball Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Magshimey Herut World Magshimey Herut ( he, מגשימי חרות עולמי, lit=world achievers of liberty), sometimes called Magshimey Herut or World MH, is a Zionist young adult movement founded in 1999 by a group of Jewish activists based on the ideals of ali ...

Motivate Canada Motivate Canada is a Canadian non-profit organization that empowers youth through sports and recreation. The organization is based in Ottawa, with offices in Toronto and Winnipeg. Motivate Canada's approach is based on youth-driven development. Th ...

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Make A Difference Make A Difference (MAD) is an Indian non-profit organisation, working to ensure better outcomes for children in orphanages and shelters across India. Make A Difference works with nearly 3460 children in 67 shelter homes across 23 cities in India, ...

(India) *

Muslim Student Union of the University of California, Irvine The Muslim Student Union of the University of California, Irvine (MSU UCI, MSU, or Muslim Student Union) is a student organization at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in Irvine, United States, and an affiliated chapter of the nation ...

(US) * Muslim Students Society of Nigeria * Muslim Students Federation (I. U. M. L.) (India) *

Muslim Students Federation (Kerala unit) The Muslim Students Federation (abbreviated as the M. S. F.), in Kerala, is the student wing of Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala, India. M. S. F. in Kerala is currently headed by P. K. Navas (President), C. K Najaf (General Secretary), ...

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Muslim Students Association of South Africa {{Unreferenced, date=February 2009 The Muslim Students Association of South Africa is a representative collective of the various Muslim Students Association (MSA) chapters which can be found in the different tertiary institutions throughout South A ...

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Muslim Students' Association (Indonesia) The Muslim Students' Association ( id, Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam, literally "Islamic Students' Association", abbreviated as HMI) is an Indonesian Muslim student organization. HMI is an independent organization with the objective of "connecting aca ...

(Indonesia) * Muslim Students Association (US/CANADA) *

Mocidade Portuguesa The (, en, Portuguese Youth) was a Portuguese youth organisation founded in 1936 (dissolved in 1974) under the right-wing regime of Prime Minister Salazar's Estado Novo. Membership was compulsory between the ages of 7 and 14, and voluntary un ...

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* National Cadet Corps India * National Cadet Corps (Singapore) *

National Civil Defence Cadet Corps The National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) of Singapore was formed in 2005 and is currently the newest recognised member of the National Uniformed Group. The creation of this Uniformed Group was initiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in ...

(Singapore) * National Commission on Resources for Youth *

National Council For Voluntary Youth Services The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) was a membership network of over 200 voluntary and community organisations, as well as local and regional networks, that work with and for young people across England. The organisation cl ...

(UK) * National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (UK) *

National FFA Organization National FFA Organization is an American 501(c)(3) youth organization, specifically a career and technical student organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. It was founded in 1925 at ...

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National Junior Classical League The National Junior Classical League (National JCL or NJCL) is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League (ACL). Founded in 1936, the NJCL comprises more than 1,000 Latin, Greek and Classica ...

(US) * National Police Cadet Corps (Singapore) * National Students Union of India (NSUI) *

National Youth Administration The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency. It focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25. It operated from June 26, 1935 to ...

* National Youth Leadership Council (US) * National Youth Organisation (disambiguation) (several) *

National Youth Rights Association The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) is a youth-led Civil and political rights led by Margin Zheng & Ashawn Dabney-Small President & Vice-President of NYRA organization in the United States promoting youth rights, with approximately 10,0 ...

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NCSY NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth) is a Jewish youth group under the auspices of the Orthodox Union. Its operations include Jewish-inspired after-school programs; summer programs in Israel, Europe, and the United S ...

Netzer Olami Netzer Olami is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to Arzenu (the Zionist arm of the WUPJ). "Netzer" is an acronym in Hebrew for Reform Zionist Youth (''Noar Tsioni Reformi'', נוע� ...

The Newsboys Strike The newsboys' strike of 1899 was a U.S. youth-led campaign to facilitate change in the way that Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst's newspapers compensated their force of newsboys or newspaper hawkers. The strikers demonstrated across N ...

''Historical'' * Nexus Global Youth Summit *

Noam Noam ( he, נועם) is a Hebrew name which means "pleasantness", and although it started as the male version of the female ''Na'omi'' (English: "Naomi" or "Noémie"), today, it is a very common Hebrew name for both males and females alike. The co ...

North American Federation of Temple Youth NFTY: The Reform Jewish Youth Movement (formerly known as the North American Federation for Temple Youth, often referred to simply as NFTY, commonly pronounced ''"nifty"'') is the organized youth movement of Reform Judaism in North America. Fun ...

(US) * Northern Ireland Youth Forum (NI) *

Not Back to School Camp Grace Llewellyn (born March 18, 1964) is an American educator, author, and publisher in the fields of youth liberation, unschooling and homeschooling. She is the founder of ''Lowry House Publishers'', founder and director of ''Not Back To Sch ...

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Oaktree (foundation) Oaktree is an Australian-based, non-government organisation that specialises in international youth development. Their purpose is to lead, demand and create a more just world. Founded in 2003, the organisation is run by young people aged 16 to 26 ...

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Opera Nazionale Balilla Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937, when it was absorbed into the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL), a youth section of the National Fascist Party. It takes its name ...

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Ógra Fianna Fáil Ógra Fianna Fáil(; meaning "Youth of Fianna Fáil") is the youth wing of Fianna Fáil. The organisation was founded in 1975 by party leader Jack Lynch under the guidance of party general secretary, Séamus Brennan. It is active on an all-Ire ...

(Ireland) * Ógra Shinn Féin (Ireland) * One World Youth Project *

oikos International oikos International is an international student organization focusing on economics and management education. Oikos International has 45 Local Chapters in 23 countries around the world. History The first oikos chapter, today known as oikos ...

* Ontario Youth Parliament (Canada) *

Order of the Arrow The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. The society was created by E. Urner Go ...

(US) * Organisational Forum of Economical Congress OFW (Germany) * Our Time (US)

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Parlement Jeunesse du Québec The Parlement jeunesse du Québec (PJQ) is one of a number of provincial youth parliaments across Canada. Each year, about a hundred of young participants, aged between 18 and 25, meet up in Quebec to discuss and debate like the real politicians. ...

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Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist) The Pathfinder Club, or simply Pathfinders, is a department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), which works specifically with the cultural, social and religious education of children and teens. Boys and Girls 10 years and up are mem ...

* PDMU (Mexico) *

Peacefire Peacefire is a U.S.-based website, with a registered address in Bellevue, Washington, dedicated to "preserving First Amendment rights for Internet users, particularly those younger than 18". It was founded in August 1996 by Bennett Haselton, ...

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PerspectieF PerspectieF – Christian Union Youth ( nl, PerspectieF – ChristenUnie-jongeren) is the youth wing of the ChristianUnion, a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. PerspectieF was founded on 23 September 2000 as a merger betw ...

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PETO Peto may refer to: People * Peto (surname), includes a list of people with the surname Peto * Kawu Peto Dukku (1958–2010), Nigerian politician, Senator for the Gombe North constituency of Gombe State, Nigeria Other uses * PETO, a German party * ...

(Germany) * PINK! (Netherlands) *

Pioneer Movement A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically join the Young Communist League ...

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Plant-for-the-Planet Plant-for-the-Planet is an organisation that aims to raise awareness amongst children and adults about the issues of climate change and global justice. The Initiative also works to plant trees and considers this to be both a practical and symbol ...

Polish YMCA Związek Młodzieży Chrześcijańskiej (Christian Young People Association) – also known as the ''Polish YMCA'' – is a youth social organization, based on the international organizations that YMCA built. It encourages good conduct, charity an ...

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Pony Club Pony Club is an international youth organization devoted to educating youth about horses and riding. Pony Club organizations exist in over thirty countries worldwide. Origins Pony Club began in Great Britain in 1929 when the Institute of the ...

* Privrednik Junior (Croatia) *

Progressive Youth Federation of India The Progressive Youth Federation of India (PYFI) is the youth wing of the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI). It was established in 1986. The organisation is active in West Bengal and Assam. It follows the principles of scientific soc ...

Project Q Project Q is the youth program of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and straight allied young adults ages 24 and under. Established in 1999, Project Q (PQ) has grown to one of the large ...

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Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association The Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association (PRSSA) es, Asociación de Estudiantes Estadistas de Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rican non-profit student organization dedicated to promoting statehood for Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1979, and ...

(US) * Peace Train (Bangladesh)

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Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, is an Institution of National Importance Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher educ ...

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Raleigh International Raleigh International is a youth expedition organisation based in the UK. On 19 May 2022 Raleigh International Trust ceased operations and entered Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation. The Raleigh International brand was bought by Impact Travel Group ...

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Rawhide Boys Ranch Newline (frequently called line ending, end of line (EOL), next line (NEL) or line break) is a control character or sequence of control characters in character encoding specifications such as ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, etc. This character, or a ...

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The Rebelution The Rebelution is a Christian ministry/organization directed at youth, describing itself as "a teenage rebellion against low expectations." It was founded in August 2005 by twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris, younger brothers of best-selling aut ...

(US) *

Red Cross Youth Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a second ...

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Resistance (YBNP) BNP Youth (formerly Young BNP, BNP Crusaders, Resistance, Youth BNP, BNP Youth and YBNP) is the youth section of the far-right British National Party (BNP). History In 2002, the Young BNP chairman Mark Collett chose the Odal rune as the logo fo ...

(UK) * Revolutionary Youth Association (India) * Revolutionary Youth Union (Syria) * Republican Youth of Catalonia (Catalan Countries) * RISKA – Remaja Islam Sunda Kelapa (Indonesia) *

Rock and Roll Camp for Girls The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls is both the original Rock n Roll Camp for Girls non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States, and the common name associated with the Girls Rock Camp movement of youth organizations for girls in ...

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ROOD A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church. Alternatively, it is a large sculpture or painting of the crucifixion ...

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Roosevelt Institution The Roosevelt Institute's Network, formerly the "Roosevelt Institute Campus Network" and the "Roosevelt Institution", bills itself as the first student-run policy organization in the United States.Falcone, Michael, "Hoping to Make Policy Waves, ...

(US) *

Rotaract Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Its stated mission is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goo ...

Royal Canadian Air Cadets The Royal Canadian Air Cadets (french: Cadets de l'Aviation royale du Canada) is a Canadian national youth program for young individuals aged 12 to 18. Under the authority of the National Defence Act, the program is administered by the Canadian F ...

(Canada) *

Royal Canadian Army Cadets The Royal Canadian Army Cadets (RCAC; french: Cadets royaux de l’Armée canadienne) is a national Canadian youth program sponsored by the Canadian Armed Forces and the civilian Army Cadet League of Canada. Under the authority of the National ...

(Canada) *

Royal Canadian Sea Cadets The Royal Canadian Sea Cadets (RCSC; french: links=no, Cadets de la Marine royale du Canada) is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Armed Forces and the civilian Navy League of Canada. Administered by the Canadian Forces, t ...

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Royal Rangers Assemblies of God youth organizations include two youth organizations operating under the auspices of the Assemblies of God, the Royal Rangers and the Mpact Girls Clubs (formerly known as the Missionettes). Royal Rangers Royal Rangers is an adv ...

* RSY-Netzer (UK) *

Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth (RSDUY; Russian: ''Российский социал-демократический союз молодёжи'', РСДСМ - Rossiyskiy Sotsial-Demokraticheskiy Soyuz Molodiozhi, RSDSM) is a Russian ...

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Sangguniang Kabataan Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; ) is a council meant to represent the youth in each barangay in the Philippines. It was put "on hold", but not quite abolished, prior to the 2013 barangay elections. In January 2016, the Sangguniang ...

(Philippines) * Sandinista Youth (Nicaragua) * Sano Sansar Initiative (Nepal) * Saskatchewan Youth Parliament (Canada) *

School Strike for Climate School Strike for Climate ( sv, Skolstrejk för klimatet), also known variously as Fridays for Future (FFF), Youth for Climate, Climate Strike or Youth Strike for Climate, is an international movement of school students who skip Friday ...

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Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth Social movement, movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hik ...

Boy Scout A Scout (in some countries a Boy Scout, Girl Scout, or Pathfinder) is a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. Because of the large age and development span, many Scouting associations have split ...

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Brownie (Girl Guides) Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in the United States, Girl Scouts) organization for girls aged seven years old to ten years old. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organization. History Brownies, originally called ...

Cub Scout Cub Scouts, Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with Scouting for young children usually between 7 and 12, depending on the organization to which they belong. A participant in the program is called a Cub. A group of Cubs is called a 'P ...

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Explorer Scouts Explorer Scouts, frequently shortened to Explorers, is the fifth section of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom for 14- to 18-year-olds. The section was introduced in 2001 and formally launched in February 2002, alongside Scout Network ...

Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian co ...

** Navigators (US and UK) **

Rover Scout Rover Scouts, Rovers, Rover Scouting or Rovering is a program associated with some Scouting organizations for adult men and women. A group of Rovers is called a 'Rover Crew'. Rovers was originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Ki ...

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Venture Scout Venturer or Venture Scouts are programs in some Scouting organisations for young people of various age ranges in the 14–20 age range. A participant in the program is called a Venturer. Australia The Venturer Scout program in Scouts Australia, o ...

s * SDLP Youth (NI) *

Secular Student Alliance The Secular Student Alliance (SSA) is an American educational nonprofit organization whose purpose is to educate high school and college students about the value of scientific reason and the intellectual basis of secularism in its atheistic an ...

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Serb Democratic Forum-Youth Forum Serb Democratic Forum ( sh, Srpski demokratski forum, Српски демократски форум) is a non-governmental organization of the Serbs of Croatia, which in cooperation with national and international organizations and institutions, ...

(Croatia) * SGPJ (Netherlands) *

Socialist Youth (disambiguation) Socialist Youth may refer to: * International Union of Socialist Youth * Scottish Socialist Youth * Socialist German Workers Youth * Socialist Workers Youth of Saarland * Socialist Youth (Brazil), an organization of the Brazilian Communist Party * ...

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Socialist Youth Front Socialist Youth Front (Danish: Socialistisk UngdomsFront, abbreviated SUF) is a socialist political youth organisation in Denmark, consisting of 1,500 members Vi er de 1523 der skal til stormøde ungdomsfront.dk/ref> distributed between 35 auto ...

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Socialist Youth of Germany – Falcons The Socialist Youth of Germany – The Falcons (german: Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands – Die Falken, SJD – Die Falken) is a voluntary organisation of children and young people. Like Jusos, the youth organisation of the Social Democratic P ...

(Germany) * Solidarity Youth Movement, Kerala (India) *

South African Students Congress The South African Students Congress (SASCO) is a South African student organisation currently led by Bamanye Matiwane as the organization's President. SASCO was founded in September 1991 at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, through t ...

SPIC MACAY ''Spic'' (also spelled ''spick'') is an ethnic slur used in the United States for people from Latin American countries and states. Etymology Some sources from the United States believe that the word ''spic'' is a play on a Spanish-accented pro ...

SpiralScouts Youth organizations in the United States are of many different types. The largest is the government run 4-H program, followed by the federally chartered but private Scouting movement groups: the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Girl Scouts of ...

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St John Ambulance Australia Cadets )' , formation = 9 December 1925 , type = Volunteer youth organisation , purpose = First aid and youth development , headquarters = Canberra, Australia , membership = 4,000 , leader_title = Chief Cadet Officer , leader_name = James Chandle ...

(Australia) * St John Ambulance Cadets in the UK (UK) *

St John Youth New Zealand Hato Hone St John Youth is a cadet-based programme for children and young people aged between five and eighteen. Members who turn eighteen tend to remain involved in leadership roles. St John Youth is closely affiliated with the Venerable Order of ...

* Street Kids International (Canada/US) * Strong Women Strong Girls (US) *

Student Catholic Action The Student Catholic Action is a religious student organization in the Philippines. Its affiliation overseas is the International Young Catholic Students (IYCS), also known aInternational Young Christian Students in Asiathat follows the methodol ...

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Student Union of Latvia The aim of the Student Union of Latvia (LSA, lv, Latvijas Studentu apvienība) is to represent Latvia's students, and to work for the observance of their rights and interests at a national and international level. Structure The principal decisi ...

Students' Union of Obafemi Awolowo University The Students' Union of Obafemi Awolowo University, popularly addressed as Great Ife Students' Union, is the leading and most vibrant Students' Union in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Obafemi Awolowo University Students' Union is the body ...

Students' Union of Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic (SURGGP), Itanagar Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic (previously known as Arunachal Pradesh Polytechnic) is a multi-speciality, technology-oriented college located at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. It is also the first polytechnic college in Arunachal Pradesh un ...

Student Edge Student Edge is an Australian student advocacy service, founded in 2003 in Perth, Western Australia by university students. The organisation currently has approximately 1,100,000 members. History Founding Student Edge claims to offer Australian ...

Students Union of Bhutan The Students Union of Bhutan (''Dzongkha:་ཨེ་ཤི་ཡ་ལུ་ཆགས་ཏིའབྲུག་ཡུལ་་'') is a political human rights organization formed by Bhutanese students, founded on March 23, 1988. The purpose of the ...

Students Union of Namibia The Students Union of Namibia (SUN) is a students organisation in Namibia. It was formed in 2019 by a break-away faction of the Namibia National Students Organization (NANSO). In 2019 NANSO members were involved in ideological differences over w ...

Studentenverbindung (; often referred to as Verbindung) is the umbrella term for many different kinds of fraternity-type associations in German-speaking countries, including Corps, , , , and Catholic fraternities. Worldwide, there are over 1,600 , about a thousan ...

(Germany) * Students' Union (Turkey) *

Students' Union UCL Students' Union UCL (formerly University College London Union) is the students' union of University College London. Founded in 1893, it is one of the oldest students' unions in England, although postdating the Liverpool Guild of Students which ...

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Students for a Free Tibet Students For a Free Tibet (SFT) is a global grassroots network of students and activists working in solidarity with the Tibetan people for human rights and freedom. The group uses education, advocacy, and nonviolent direct action with the goal of ...

* Student Union of the University of Helsinki *

Student Union of Tampere University The Student Union of Tampere University (, commonly known by the acronym TREY) is a Finnish student union that was formed in the fusion of The Student Union of Tampere University of Technology and The Student Union of the University of Tampere. ...

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Student Union in Sundsvall Student Union in Sundsvall at Mid Sweden University is a students' union representing students studying on campus Sundsvall at Mid Sweden University, and those distance students who are registered in Sundsvall. This includes all the bachelor's, M ...

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced ) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins at segreg ...

* Student Pugwash USA (US) *

Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships ...

(US) * Student Union (Valdosta State University) (US) * Student Union AKKU (Netherlands) * Students For Liberty (US-based International organization) *

Students for a Democratic Society (2006 organization) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a United States student organization representing left wing ideals. It takes its name and inspiration from the original SDS of 1960–1969, then the largest radical student organization in US history ...

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Students' Federation of India The Students' Federation of India (abbreviated as SFI) is an Indian left-wing student organisation politically aligned to the ideologies of Independence, Democracy and Socialism. Currently, V. P. Sanu and Mayukh Biswas are elected as the All ...

(India) *

Students Islamic Organisation of India The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) ( hi, स्टूडेंट्स इस्लामिक ऑर्गनाइजेशन ऑफ इंडिया; ur, اسٹوڈنٹس اسلامک آرگنائزیشن آف انڈیا ...

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international nonprofit organization advocacy and education organization with focus on drug policy, war on drugs, marijuana legalization, psychedelics, juvenile justice and youth rights, drug dec ...

(US) *

SustainUS SustainUS is a non-profit, nonpartisan, youth-led advocacy group in the United States. Its goal is to improve youth participation and youth empowerment as it relates to advancing sustainable development. SustainUS works particularly with youth ...

(US) * Sharp Greens (Poland)

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* Taking Children Seriously (UK) * TakingITGlobal * Teenage Republicans (US) *

Teen Mania Ministries Teen Mania International was an Evangelical Christian youth organization located in Dallas, Texas (formerly Garden Valley, Texas). Teen Mania focused primarily on four key programs, with a few additional smaller endeavors. It was one of the larges ...

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Teen Talking Circles Teen Talking Circles, formerly known as The Daughters Sisters Project, is a nonprofit organization co-founded by Linda Wolf and K. Wind Hughes in 1993 in Washington state, and incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1997. The name was changed ...

* The Second Mile (US) *

The Trevor Project The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998. Focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning ( LGBTQ) youth, they offer a toll-free telephone number ...

(US) * The Youth Cafe (Kenya, Africa) * Trips for Kids (US, Canada, Israel) *

TUXIS Parliament of Alberta The Alberta Youth Parliament (AYP) is one of a number of provincial model youth parliaments that has its origins in the "boys work" movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is the oldest youth parliament in Alberta, and the lo ...

(Canada) *

Tzivos Hashem ''Tzivos Hashem'' (literally, Army of God), is a Brooklyn, New York based organization that was founded in 1980 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as a youth group of the Chabad movement to increase religious observance and knowledge of Jewish customs and ...

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UK Youth Climate Coalition The UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC) is a non-profit youth organisation in the United Kingdom. It is part of The Climate Coalition in the UK Formed in 2008, the mission of the organisation is to mobilise and empower young people to take po ...

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UK Youth Parliament The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) is a Youth organization, youth organisation in the United Kingdom, consisting of Democracy, democratically elected members aged between 11 and 18. Formed in 2000, the parliament has 369 members, who are elected t ...

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United Synagogue Youth United Synagogue Youth (USY) is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). It was founded in 1951, under the auspices of the Youth Commission of what was then the United Synagogue of America. USY operates in the ...

Up with People Up with People (UWP) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Up with People stages song and dance performances promoting themes such as multiculturalism, racial equality, and positive thinking. History Archives The UWP Archives i ...

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Urban Saints Urban Saints is a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom. Previously known as Crusaders, it has been operating since the early 1900s. Urban Saints is a member of the Evangelical Alliance. History The original Crusaders group was fo ...

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UthMag UthMag is a youth organization based in Dubai U.A.E. UthMag started with the motive of helping the youth in the UAE in realizing their potential and understanding what it is that they would like to do for the rest of their lives. Every department a ...

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Urdd Gobaith Cymru Urdd Gobaith Cymru () (known as the Urdd) is a national voluntary youth organisation, which claimed over 56,000 members in 2019 aged between 8 and 25 years old. It provides opportunities for children and young people across Wales to take part ...

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* 4T – Vietnam Youth Education Support Center (Vietnam) * Vietnamese Scout Association

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WE Charity WE Charity (french: Organisme UNIS), formerly known as Free the Children (French: ''Enfants Entraide''), is an international development charity and youth empowerment movement founded in 1995 by human rights advocates Marc and Craig Kielburge ...

(Kenya, Sri Lanka, India, Ecuador, Sierra Leone, China) *

Western Canada Youth Parliament The Western Canada Youth Parliament (WCYP) is a biennial event that brings together delegations from the British Columbia Youth Parliament (BCYP), the Alberta Youth Parliament, the Saskatchewan Youth Parliament (SYP) and the Youth Parliament of Ma ...

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Wesley Guild The Wesley Guild (also known as WG or Methodist Guild) is a worldwide Christian organisation, based in the United Kingdom, that aims to retain young people within the Methodist Church. It was founded on 30 July 1896 in Liverpool, England, and i ...

(Ghana, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Lesotho) *

White Stag Leadership Development Program The White Stag Leadership Development Program, founded in 1958, is a summer leadership training program for youth 10 1/2–18 led by two California-based 501(c)3, non-profits that sponsor leadership development activities. The teen youth staff of ...

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Winds Across the Bay Winds Across the Bay (Winds) was a non-profit youth orchestra founded in 1993 in the East Bay Area city of El Cerrito, California, with the philosophy that "opportunities must be provided to support and encourage youth in the study and love of ...

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The Woodcraft Folk Woodcraft Folk is a UK-based educational movement for children and young people. Founded in 1925 and grown by volunteers, it has been a registered charity since 1965 Registered Charity since 2013. and a registered company limited by guarantee s ...

(UK) * World Assembly of Youth * World Assembly of Muslim Youth * World Association of Young Scientists *

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its ...

World Esperanto Youth Organization The World Esperanto Youth Organization ( eo, Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, TEJO) is an organization dedicated to supporting young Esperanto speakers around the world and promote the use of Esperanto. TEJO was founded in 1938 as the '' ...

World Federation of Democratic Youth The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as left-wing and anti-imperialist. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, ...

World Organisation of Students and Youth The World Organisation of Students and Youth (WOSY) is an international student and youth organisation with India as headquarters. It was founded in Delhi on 29 October 1985. History The World Organisation of Students and Youth was launched in ...

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM ...

World Scout Committee The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM ...

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Young Australia League The Young Australia League (Inc) (YAL) is an Australian youth organisation which was formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1905 by Jack Simons and Lionel Boas. Developed as a means to encourage Australian nationalism and patriotic values, the o ...

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Youth Parliament This is a list of youth parliaments. Youth governments or youth councils are a form of youth voice engaged in community decision-making. Europe * UK Youth Parliament, British organization of chosen young representatives * Welsh Youth Parliament ...

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Young Americans for Freedom Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is a conservative youth activism organization that was founded in 1960 as a coalition between traditional conservatives and libertarians on American college campuses. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizati ...

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Young BNP BNP Youth (formerly Young BNP, BNP Crusaders, Resistance, Youth BNP, BNP Youth and YBNP) is the youth section of the far-right British National Party (BNP). History In 2002, the Young BNP chairman Mark Collett chose the Odal rune as the logo fo ...

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Youth Bank YouthBank UK (YB UK) was a national grant scheme in the United Kingdom, providing small 'Opportunity' grants from £250 to £5,000 from the Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) and Larger grants from £5,000 to £25,000 from the Youth Capital Fund (YCF) g ...

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Young Communist League USA The Young Communist League USA (YCLUSA) is a communist youth organization in the United States. The stated aim of the League is the development of its members into Communists, through studying Marxism–Leninism and through active participation ...

(US) * Young Conservatives (UK) *

Young Democratic Socialists of America The Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) is the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America. The organization was known as Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) until 2017. History Formerly known as the Democratic Socialists o ...

(US) * Young Democrats (Giovani Democratici) (Italy) *

Young Democrats of America The Young Democrats of America (YDA) is the youth wing of the Democratic Party of the United States. YDA operates as a separate organization from the Democratic National Committee; following the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, i ...

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Young European Federalists Young European Federalists (french: Jeunes Européens Fédéralistes, JEF) is a political youth organisation. Active in most European countries, it seeks to promote European integration through the strengthening and democratisation of the Europ ...

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Young European Leadership Young European Leadership (YEL) is an international non-profit and nonpartisan organization composed of and founded by young Europeans. Its aim is to empower youth through high-level leadership opportunities to affect change in their communities ...

(Europe) * Young Judaea *

Young Life Young Life is an evangelical Christian organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado which focuses on young people in middle school, high school, and college. Week-long Summer camps are a major focus, and these have a definite evangelizing asp ...

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Young Marines The Young Marines is a youth program in the United States and Japan open to all youth between the ages of 8 to 18 or high school graduation (whichever is later, not to exceed 20 years of age). The Young Marines program is the lea ...

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Young Muslims Canada Young Muslims Canada is an Islamic organization working among the Muslim youth of Canada. Formed in 1994, Young Muslims Canada is one of the largest Muslim youth groups in Canada. Young Muslims Canada offers educational, developmental, and ...

* Young People's Socialist League (1907) (US) * Young People's Socialist League (Socialist Party USA) (US) *

Young Religious Unitarian Universalists Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) is a term used within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in the United States and formerly the Canadian Unitarian Council. YRUU was an organization at the continental level primarily run by ...

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Young Riflemen The Lithuanian Riflemen's Union (LRU, lt, Lietuvos šaulių sąjunga), also referred to as Šauliai ( lt, šaulys for ''rifleman''), is a paramilitary non-profit organisation supported by the State. The activities are in three main areas: milita ...

(Lithuania) * Young Yatri Organization (Nepal) *

Youth 2000 Youth 2000 is an international Catholic movement for young people, generally between the ages of 16 and 35. Youth 2000's activities generally include the running of both community prayer groups and weekend retreats for young people. At their retre ...

* Youth Action Network (UK) *

Youth Activism Project The Youth Activism Project (YAP), founded in 1992, is an international non-partisan organization designed "to encourage young people to speak up and pursue lasting solutions to problems they care deeply about." YAP has various projects and focuses o ...

(US) * Youth Assisting Youth (US) *

Youth Association of Kuwait The Youth Association of Kuwait ( ar, رابطة الشباب الكويتي) is the mainstream leftist youth organization in Kuwait which was founded in 2006 under the name National Democratic Youth Association. It aims to build a new genera ...

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Youth for Christ Youth For Christ (YFC) is a worldwide Christian movement working with young people, whose main purpose is evangelism among teenagers. It began informally in New York City in 1940, when Jack Wyrtzen held evangelical Protestant rallies for teenagers ...

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Youth Climate Movement The Youth Climate Movement (YouNGO) or International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) refers to an international network of Youth organization, youth organisations that collectively aims to inspire, empower and mobilise a generational movement of yo ...

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Youth Conservation Corps The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a paid summer youth work program in federally managed lands. The National Park Service, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management employ teens each summer to participate ...

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Youth for Human Rights International Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) is an American non-profit organization. Founded and largely staffed and financed by Scientologists, its stated mission is "To teach youth around the globe about human rights, thus helping them to become ...

* Young Labour (UK) *

Youth Leaders International Leaders International, ''formerly known'' as Youth Leaders International (YLI) is a 501(c)3 organization based in Spencerville, MD. Leaders' website iwww.leaders.org It is now known by the abbreviation Leaders. Leaders was founded in 1996 by J ...

* Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor * Youth Link Movement (Sri Lanka) *

Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy The Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Jongerenorganisatie Vrijheid en Democratie, JOVD) is a Dutch political youth organisation. The JOVD cooperates with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), but is politically independen ...

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Youth Parliament of Manitoba Youth Parliament of Manitoba Inc. (YPM) is a non-partisan, non-denominational, and incorporated registered charity based in Manitoba, Canada. Its mission is "to foster amongst the youth of Manitoba an understanding of, interest in, and engagem ...

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Youth Parliament Program The Youth Parliament or Youth Parliament Program (YPP), an integral part of the Swatantrata Center, is a liberal public policy think-tank based in India which focuses on ideas and policies that cause human flourishment and India's Future Foundat ...

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Youth Parliament of Pakistan Youth Parliament Pakistan is a project launched in 2007 by the PILDAT to engage youth in Pakistan in healthy discourse and expose them to the democratic process and practices. Members of Youth Parliament Pakistan are selected for duration of a ye ...

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Youth Radio YR Media (formerly Youth Radio) is a national network of young journalists and artists collaborating with peers across the country and media professionals to create impactful contentYR Mediahas operated as a non-profit production company in the B ...

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AER Youth Regional Network Created by the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the Youth Regional Network (YRN) is a platform of regional-level youth organisations, councils and parliaments from across wider Europe. The platform works as a forum where young people can infl ...

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Young Republicans The Young Republican National Federation, commonly referred to as the Young Republicans or YRNF, is a 527 organization for members of the Republican Party of the United States between the ages of 18 and 40. It has both a national organization ...

(US) * Young Scientists of Australia (AUS) *

Youth Service America Youth Service America, or YSA, is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally.< ...

* Youth United (India) * Yuva Unstoppable (India) *

YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...

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YWCA The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Sw ...

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YMCA Youth and Government YMCA Youth and Government (YaG), also known as Youth In Government, or Model Legislature and Court, is a program of the YMCA of the USA that allows high school students to serve in model governments at the local, state, national, and internation ...

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YMCA Youth Parliament The YMCA Youth Parliament is a YMCA run youth model parliament program.Kate Matthews. "Teens get taste of political life ; Students get an inside view of Parliament." Daily Examiner Grafton, N.S.W.. 2010HighBeam Research. Retrieved 15 April 201 ...

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