Youth culture refers to the societal norms of children, adolescents, and young adults. Specifically, it comprises the processes and symbolic systems that are shared by the youth and are distinct from those of adults in the community

1. Sidra Akhtar
Clinical Psychologist, Speech
pathologist, Lecturer (Fauji
Foundation University Rwp),
Youth Activist, Motivational
Speaker, & Founder of SYA.

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• SidraAkhtarCh
SidrasidCh
Sidraakhtar@hotmail.
com

3. Youth
• Demographic Dividend
• Almost 35% in the age range of 15-24
years
• 63% of the population below 25 years
• Growing concerns about
• Radicalization
• Joining extremist terror networks
• Aggression and Violence
• Lack of Citizenship among Pakistani
Youth
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4. Youth Issues
• Growth Rate Declined
• From 5% on average to less than 2% in
2010
• Slowdown in employment growth
• Poor perception of global investor
• Terrorism /Bad investment climate
• Low tax to GDP ratio
• Declining exports and FDI
• Increasing debt burden
• Global Economic Shocks
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6. Research on Youth Issues
• Youth dependency,
• Youth Education and Skill Development
• Youth Employment, Livelihood, and
Entrepreneurship
• Youth Social Capital and Networking
• Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Youth Violence and Suicide Prevention
• Youth Drug Prevention
• Youth Security and Justice Issues
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7.  Don’t Consider youth restless rather
harness potential
 Don’t treat them as problem rather strength
 Impart Life Skills
building team spirit
Motivation
sharing ideas
problem solving skills
conflict resolution
Assertiveness
communication and networking
managing workload
time management
decision making
and graduating from fellowship to
leadership
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8. The Culture Of Pakistan
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9. Characteristics Of
Pakistani Culture
• Culture is the combination of tradition and
customs collective and individual
behaviour during peace and war. It is the
collective way of life in a society.
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10. Religious Uniformity
• Pakistan is an ideological Islamic state. Its
very existence is due to Islam. So
Pakistani culture is primarily based on the
Islamic way of life.
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11. Salient Features of the
Pakistani Culture
• the social life in Pakistan is very easy to
understand. Social customs and traditions
are very simple and reflect Islamic touch.
People are very conscious about their
social tradition and feel pride in following
and observing them
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21. Peace in Pakistan
• Psychological aspects
• Understanding and objective
evaluation of environment
• Intelligence
• Media management
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22. THE ‘AHA’ MOMENT:
• EDUCATION = EMPOWERMENT
• LEADERSHIP = EMPOWERMENT
• EDUCATION = LEADERSHIP
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United Nations
Culture of Peace
Program
Canadian Culture
of Peace Program
Peace Education
Social Intelligence
United Nations
Culture of Peace
Program
Canadian Culture
of Peace Program
Peace Education
Social Intelligence

24. • The good news is that we know what to do – now we just
have to do it.
• Violence is a disease. We have the antidote – it is peace
education, to raise social intelligence and development
everywhere. All we have to do is inoculate all the children
in the world. It is a big job, but we can do it.
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It’s your life and we want to
hear from you

26. • YOU HAVE THE POWER WITHIN YOU TO MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR LIFE
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