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Youth definition

Introduction of youth: various agency has different views and ideas regarding youth definition some of them are given below. According to the Oxford dictionary, youth means the part of life that success to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity of age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood (Oxford dictionary, 2004) According to the DFID, “Youth are those who have just finished schooling, are sexually active, and facing livelihoods/ unemployment issues and the wider effects of structural poverty.” (DFID, 2012) According to psychological point of view “The time when we look at what we want and then find out that we can’t have it both ways. Middle age is defined as a time when person realizes that he has reached the point of no return. Old ages described as a triumph of hope over experience.” (YUWA, 2012 February, pg2)  According to the social point of view, “A person who has surpassed the age of innocence and fre