Consultation with children parliamentarians on post-2015 development priorities during national consultation in Rabat, Morocco, 9 February 2013 (Photo: Reine Van Holsbeek/UNICEF)
do not have access to justice systems to provide real possibilities to seek recourse for victims of violence or where there is little respect for the rule of law. It is felt in the lack of implementation of antidiscriminatory policies. The Costa Rica consultation reveals that poorer people feel they have fewer options for avoiding danger and finding alternatives to protect themselves. Young people said that they walk in fear of being attacked. Older people tell how they are assaulted when they go to retrieve their pensions. Children in vulnerable communities, such as those living in Barrio Cuba, a neighbourhood that is stricken by poverty and violence, identified drugs and bullying as priority problems that they would like to solve to ensure a better future. A woman from Alajuelita, a community stricken by violence, shared her story about her husband being killed for no apparent reason and not having been able to bring the perpetrators to
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As young people… there is a real desire to work together for development and peace in the future… job opportunities, rising inequalities, the environment, gender equality and peace and security in North-East Asia are key priorities the region’s youth want to see addressed in the world’s future development agenda.
Youth representatives from China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia, North-East Asian youth event, January 2013
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These days violence goes all the way to the door of your house. you don´t feel safe anymore even in your own house.”
Young man, El Salvador
We must decrease social disparities to reduce violence
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35-year-old female participant, national consultation, Brazil
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