Career Guidance for Youth Empowerment and Sustainable Development

Community Empowerment for Sustainable Development in Iran

Preface: " Poverty is not simply a matter of material deprivation. It is a matter of human dignity, justice, fundamental freedoms and basic human rights. " 1-UNESCO The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) development community has arrived at a critical point in its approach to the issue of poverty alleviation and its ideal of poverty eradication. Despite valiant efforts on the part of the gover...

Empowerment for Sustainable Development : Towards Operational Strategies

Empowerment-Based Positive Youth Development: A New Understanding of Healthy Development for African American Youth

A shift occurred in research about adolescents in the general population. Research is moving away from deficits toward a resilience paradigm and understanding trajectories of positive youth development. This shift has been less consistent in research and practice with African American youth. A gap also exists in understanding whether individual youth development dimensions generate potential in...

Career guidance and orientation

Guidance for Early-Career Scientists

As a new investigator, still feeling somewhat precarious and hoping for continued mentorship in my own career, it does feel odd giving out words of wisdom. I hope a description of my experience will suffice. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I was very passive in the early decisions that have led to my career. Even in college, I majored in science because, as a nonnative English speaker, ...