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South African youth workers, despite limited resources, are finding creative ways to connect with young people through digital tools.
A lack of political will is one factor preventing youth work from becoming a formal profession.
Whether it’s global conflicts or communities in trouble, the solutions to peace and prosperity aren’t only found by government. Sports, too, can bring about much-needed change.
The right age for an unsupervised Halloween is highly debatable, but it’s something parents should carefully consider. Some reasonable risk is important for development.
For 8-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a chess program ended up being a ticket out of a homeless shelter. A chess education expert explains what to look for in a chess program for your child.
Summer camps – long the stuff of American lore – can teach kids important life lessons as they have some fun along the way. Two experts on summer camp offer insight into what those lessons are.
Increasingly, young people across Africa are taking up Nelson Mandela’s challenge of working to improve the lives of ordinary people.
A study of how the Young African Leaders Initiative handles its business exposes typical weaknesses, mainly lack of understanding local context, suffered by many foreign aid programmes.
Scotland faces another exit at the World Cup qualifiers stage. Time for radical thinking.
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Lecturer, University of South Africa
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Lecturer in Sports Coaching, University of Stirling
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Professor, Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Lecturer in Education, University of Texas at Dallas
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Utah
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Adjuct Faculty University of Guelph, Former Chair, Early Childhood Studies and Founder of The Love Model Inc.
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Associate Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Utah, University of Utah
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Michigan State University