Young people

2010: Year of the Nini

By Kent Paterson. Source: Americas Program

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If Time magazine had any inkling of sense, it would name the Nini the person of the year for 2010. Just what, you might ask, is a Nini? Adopted in Mexico during the crisis, the slang word means a young person who does not work or study.
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youth1This article is drawn from a speech given by Josina Machel at the 4th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights earlier this month in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Machel is a gender activist and a social entrepreneur and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Women’s Health Coalition.

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