Not long ago an Argentine journalist asked me why I had chosen to research on youth and why despite the broad scope of my research interests (urban cultures, emotions, fears social, digital culture, social movements, political culture, with extensive production in each of these issues), the issue of young people continued to occupy a central place in my work. While it is true that part of an academic training, academic this case provides an important reflexivity-which I understand to Jesus Ibanez, as think the thought with which we think-the question took me by surprise, perhaps by the clarity with which I count myself every day, young people are not the future but the present acting in society and because that this is the only true way to bring the future with great empathy perhaps because youth encounter traces and features of the ongoing reconfiguration of society, understanding the world of youth, said on that occasion, is a glimpse the ways in which society itself is invented.
But perhaps most relevant to make sense of my answer has to do with being young in Latin America today is not easy. Sometimes the data help. Recent data from ECLAC, urban youth group ranging from 15 to 19 years of age, there are more than 4 million poor in Brazil, nearly 3 million in Mexico and more than 1 million in Colombia. In relative terms, the most worrying situations are apparent in Honduras (70% of urban adolescents in poverty), Ecuador (58%), Bolivia (53%), Mexico (50%).
This poverty is also consistently higher among young women, as can be seen in all younger groups. Among urban youth 20 to 24 years, poverty affects 38% of men and 49% of women in Bolivia. In Mexico, the figures are 39% for men and 47% in young women in the Dominican Republic data are 22% and 29%. ECLAC notes that the poverty in which gender plays a less unequal in Uruguay (7% and 9%), Colombia (38% and 41%) or Chile (16% and 19%), but the report emphasizes anywhere in the trend changes sign, ie that young women outnumber poor men or raised in a less "aseptic" women more frequently and in greater numbers living in poverty.
has been said time and again that poverty is not a causal factor of violence. I agree with this statement, however it is important to deconstruct what the poverty leads to calibrate such as this brings with it a number of factors that restrict social integration processes (education, employment, health, culture, entertainment, even human rights), which operate as triggers of violence, which is committed against young people, as exercised by them. The situation in Mexico is complex, although most of its population is concentrated in urban areas, about 24% of Mexicans live in rural areas. New account data ECLAC, are useful for gauging the size of despair in many parts of the country, ravaged by drug violence, the presence of the army and other groups have not been clearly recognized. For example, the group ranging from 15 to 19 years, rural poverty reaches 63% of young people (compared with 50% of their urban counterparts), and among those aged 20 to 24, the figure is 57% in rural areas and 43% in urban as the group plays ranging from 25 to 29 years, data from ECLAC, note that the figures are 54% and 38%. The difference is noticeable. Brazil and Bolivia, Mexico share this picture of young rural poverty.
The situation is so grave that measurement specialists speak of "deficient conditions", "as women, youth, indigenous, rural, poor, with little or no education, and others." It is terrible to consider that young people may be considered a "category deficit", which are added "accumulated disadvantages" or historical, to be "woman" to be "indigenous" to be "rural" and which is beyond doubt add new "handicaps." Stranded by a non-generated or strategies, or the project, nor the policies necessary to address an important sector Mexican population, which reached its peak population in 2005 (the largest number of youth in the country's history), youth in poverty, urban but especially rural, have three basic ways: migration (domestic and international) bonding and non-legal activities, the acceptance of poverty and exclusion as inevitable way of life.
By 1997, PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) stated that an analysis of mortality rates in the region showed that the main causes of death
group of 15 to 19 years of age, the main causes of death are accidents, homicide, suicide
, malignant neoplasms, heart disease and complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, with a mortality rate of men. In 10 of the 21 countries considered the OPS in its report with a population of over one million inhabitants, homicide is the second leading cause of death of the group of 15 to 24 years old, and is one of the five leading causes in 17 of those countries. The highest rates homicide mortality was recorded in men aged 15 to 24 years of age.
analyzes two key facts of the Sixth National Survey on Insecurity, conducted by the ICESI (Institute for Studies on Citizen Insecurity), published in October 2009. The first figure refers to the age of the victims (not necessarily fatal), can be seen as the highest percentage to focus on young people aged 20 to 29 years.
But perhaps most relevant to make sense of my answer has to do with being young in Latin America today is not easy. Sometimes the data help. Recent data from ECLAC, urban youth group ranging from 15 to 19 years of age, there are more than 4 million poor in Brazil, nearly 3 million in Mexico and more than 1 million in Colombia. In relative terms, the most worrying situations are apparent in Honduras (70% of urban adolescents in poverty), Ecuador (58%), Bolivia (53%), Mexico (50%).
This poverty is also consistently higher among young women, as can be seen in all younger groups. Among urban youth 20 to 24 years, poverty affects 38% of men and 49% of women in Bolivia. In Mexico, the figures are 39% for men and 47% in young women in the Dominican Republic data are 22% and 29%. ECLAC notes that the poverty in which gender plays a less unequal in Uruguay (7% and 9%), Colombia (38% and 41%) or Chile (16% and 19%), but the report emphasizes anywhere in the trend changes sign, ie that young women outnumber poor men or raised in a less "aseptic" women more frequently and in greater numbers living in poverty.
has been said time and again that poverty is not a causal factor of violence. I agree with this statement, however it is important to deconstruct what the poverty leads to calibrate such as this brings with it a number of factors that restrict social integration processes (education, employment, health, culture, entertainment, even human rights), which operate as triggers of violence, which is committed against young people, as exercised by them. The situation in Mexico is complex, although most of its population is concentrated in urban areas, about 24% of Mexicans live in rural areas. New account data ECLAC, are useful for gauging the size of despair in many parts of the country, ravaged by drug violence, the presence of the army and other groups have not been clearly recognized. For example, the group ranging from 15 to 19 years, rural poverty reaches 63% of young people (compared with 50% of their urban counterparts), and among those aged 20 to 24, the figure is 57% in rural areas and 43% in urban as the group plays ranging from 25 to 29 years, data from ECLAC, note that the figures are 54% and 38%. The difference is noticeable. Brazil and Bolivia, Mexico share this picture of young rural poverty.
The situation is so grave that measurement specialists speak of "deficient conditions", "as women, youth, indigenous, rural, poor, with little or no education, and others." It is terrible to consider that young people may be considered a "category deficit", which are added "accumulated disadvantages" or historical, to be "woman" to be "indigenous" to be "rural" and which is beyond doubt add new "handicaps." Stranded by a non-generated or strategies, or the project, nor the policies necessary to address an important sector Mexican population, which reached its peak population in 2005 (the largest number of youth in the country's history), youth in poverty, urban but especially rural, have three basic ways: migration (domestic and international) bonding and non-legal activities, the acceptance of poverty and exclusion as inevitable way of life.
By 1997, PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) stated that an analysis of mortality rates in the region showed that the main causes of death
group of 15 to 19 years of age, the main causes of death are accidents, homicide, suicide
, malignant neoplasms, heart disease and complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, with a mortality rate of men. In 10 of the 21 countries considered the OPS in its report with a population of over one million inhabitants, homicide is the second leading cause of death of the group of 15 to 24 years old, and is one of the five leading causes in 17 of those countries. The highest rates homicide mortality was recorded in men aged 15 to 24 years of age.
analyzes two key facts of the Sixth National Survey on Insecurity, conducted by the ICESI (Institute for Studies on Citizen Insecurity), published in October 2009. The first figure refers to the age of the victims (not necessarily fatal), can be seen as the highest percentage to focus on young people aged 20 to 29 years.
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This shows that the systematic use of violence is concentrated among young people. Something wrong with this country.
And the fact that close this reflection is precisely what seems to be working, the institutions that, until notice to the contrary, remains responsible and guarantees of security country. Table ICESI Survey, is eloquent, but of course there are more sources that corroborate this sad picture:
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