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Last update: Wednesday 25th March
 
Education campaigner Malala Yousafzai has been named as the joint winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The 17 year-old who survived being shot in the head by Pakistani Taliban gunmen, was presented with the award alongside Indian child rights campaigner, Kallash Satyarthi. She became the youngest ever to receive the accolade. The Nobel committee said both were ‘champions of peace’.
Young PeopleThe Sentinel - December 12th 1014
 
Pupils at schools around Brighton and Hove have been offered tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during lessons as part of a sexual health programme.
Young PeopleThe Christian Institute - 26th September 2014
 
Sharing family meals can help protect teenagers from the distressing effects of cyberbullying, according to a new study. Researchers from the US and Canada asked nearly 19,000 12 to 18-year-olds in the state of Wisconsin questions about their experience of cyberbullying and a range of issues, including mental health and substance abuse problems...But eating four or more family dinners per week almost halved the risk of cyberbullying victims developing mental health or substance abuse problems.
Young PeopleThe Christian Institute - 5th September 2014
 
New figures reveal that in Scotland, over 3,500 girls under the age of consent have been given long-term contraception. According to freedom of information requests highlighted by the Scottish Daily Mail, schoolgirls as young as twelve have had contraceptive devices implanted into their arms. The figures, taken from five health boards across Scotland, show that in many cases this took place without parental consent.
Young PeopleThe Christian Institute - 5th September 2014
 
David Cameron has announced that online music videos will be given age ratings in order to protect children.

He unveiled a pilot scheme with the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and YouTube which will rate videos if they are deemed to have inappropriate content.
Young PeopleChristian Institute - 22nd August 2014
 
Children are being affected by graphic content in video games, including violence and prostitution, a YouGov survey has found.

One in four parents said that they notice a negative change in behaviour when their children play certain video games.

A third of parents interviewed felt that gaming was occupying so much of their children’s time that it was hampering their physical activity.
Young PeopleChristian Institute - 22nd August 2014
 
According to a study for the think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research, some young people spoke of feeling “pressured” into sex by teachers through rushed and awkward sex education lessons promoting the message that it is “normal” to have sex before the age of consent as long as contraception is used.
Young PeopleThe Telegraph - 20th August 2014
 
According to a study for the think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research, overall almost half said there was “nothing wrong” with looking at pornography. Eight in 10 thought that most young men look at pornography and four out of 10 also said the same of young women.

Most said pornography had become “common” in their class during their mid-teens but one in 10 said this had happened as early as age 11.
Young PeopleThe Telegraph - 20th August 2014
 
According to a study for the think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research, 46 per cent of those polled said that sending naked photos or videos – so-called “sexting” – is part of everyday life for teenagers, with boys and girls and less than a quarter disagreed with the statement.
Young PeopleThe Telegraph - 20th August 2014
 
According to a study for the think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research, two thirds of British teenagers now believe that people today are “too casual” about sex and relationships.
Young PeopleThe Telegraph - 20th August 2014
 
According to a study for the think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research, eight out of 10 18-year-olds now believe that pornography is too easy to access, including by accident, and six in 10 admit that its pervasiveness made the process of growing up more difficult for them.
Young PeopleThe Telegraph - 20th August 2014
 
British film director Steve McQueen said it was ‘upsetting’ after a survey found one in five black children thought their skin colour would make it more difficult for them to be successful. Research by BBC’s Newsround programme found 21% of black children felt it would make it harder to succeed in the future, compared with just 2% of white children and 13% of Asian origin.
Young PeopleThe Sentinel, July 1, 2014
 
Young people aged 16 to 24 are twice as likely to want to volunteer as other age groups but many charities are reluctant to recruit them, the chief executive of the Scout Association told Parliamentarians yesterday.

Speaking at a session of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Civil Society and Volunteering in the House of Commons, Matt Hyde said his charity’s research showed a very high appetite for volunteering at younger ages.
Young PeopleCivil Society News - 9th July 2014
 
The issue of cyber bullying among young people was discussed by Parliament in December as the House of Commons engaged in a two and a half hour debate on the subject. The motion was tabled by Democratic Unionist MP David Simpson who said: ‘Recent reports have found that approximately 65 per cent of teenagers say they have experience online bullying… Many of these children emphasised how difficult it can be to find help when they have been bullied.’
Young PeopleYouthwork, February 2014
 
The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL) has revealed some interesting facts about young people’s attitudes towards sex and relationships: it is the younger generations who are most hostile towards adultery and teenage pregnancy is at its lowest level since 1969. NATSAL also showed that young people are drinking less and taking fewer drugs than in previous generations.
Young PeopleYouthwork, February 2014
 
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