The State Department turns its diplomacy efforts toward young people

The State Department turns its diplomacy efforts toward young people
The State Department turns its diplomacy efforts toward young people

The State Department turns its diplomacy efforts toward young people

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The U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Youth Issues runs a series of initiatives to help address issues that affect young people around the world, including programs that provide skills training for jobs and projects that promote political participation. Zeenat Rahman, special adviser to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues, tells us more about the government’s efforts to connect young people around the globe. Libyan Amani Al Ogbi also joins the conversation She has benefited from the program, and is trying to pass that benefit along to women in her home country.