| | |  Editorials | Issues | October 2009 
Mexican Youth Facing Risky Situations
 Rocío Zayas - Rumbo de México
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October 02, 2009
 |  | One in every 10 high school students in the Federal District has had contact with some type of drug, while at the university level that figure is one in three. |  | | |
The Federal District Human Rights Committee (CDHDF) warned that young people are exposed to risky situations, which is damaging to their interpersonal relations.
Emilio Alvarez Icaza, director of CDHDF, said that half of the world's unemployed population is young people, and in addition to not finding attractive job offers, they are also being fired.
In the opening ceremony for a new diploma program offered by the CDHDF and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Icaza said, "In this crisis, young people know that they won't find work, or they won't find it easily. It's a powerful cause of social conflict; their expectations are ruined."
The Diploma of Educational Mediation and Conflict Transformation aims to help reverse problems such as violence and drug use among students.
Icaza said that one in every 10 high school students in the Federal District has had contact with some type of drug, while at the university level that figure is one in three.
He called on schools and society in general to take actions that reverse the risks that young people face, because the sooner action is taken, the better those problems can be confronted.
He said that 16 percent of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 have been victims of violence and that 76 percent have experienced psychological intimidation, and that the instance of aggression in young couples is on the rise.
The director of IPN, José Enrique Villa Rivera, said that the collaboration between his institute and the CDHDF will strengthen the training of students through the study of the values of peaceful coexistence. |
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