Political Action
Each major political party in the United States, including the Republicans, the Democrats, and the Green Party, as well as many major European, African, South American (Peru), and Australian political parties have statements supporting youth empowerment. Youth empowerment is also a central tenet of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which every country in the world (minus the U.S. and Somalia) has signed into law.
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