Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Year of Young
People Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP):...I
want to say a few words about the annual Aberdeen international
youth festival, which is one of the north-east's superb cultural
events. The festival brings together young people from around the
world to perform, showcase their talents and build bridges between
nations, and includes dance, theatre, musical and other
performances. It has been going since 1973, so it...Request free trial
Extract from Scottish
Parliament debate on Year of Young People
(Banffshire and Buchan
Coast) (SNP):...I want to say a few words about the annual
Aberdeen international youth festival, which is one of the
north-east's superb cultural events. The festival brings together
young people from around the world to perform, showcase their
talents and build bridges between nations, and includes dance,
theatre, musical and other performances. It has been going since
1973, so it is not something that has just appeared. The minister
appears to be suggesting that it started before she was born, and I
believe her. The festival has hosted more than 30,000 young people
from across the globe. This year's festival included performers
from Italy, Jamaica, Ukraine, Morocco, Spain, Cuba, Russia, the
Ivory Coast, Iceland, India, China, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe and even
that distant outpost of civilisation the United States of America.
It will, of course, have been attended by a few locals from the
north-east and the rest of Scotland, too...
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Extract from Scottish
Parliament debate on Violence Against Women and Commercial
Sexual Exploitation
(Central Scotland)
(Con)::..In other parts of the world, the
prevalence of violence against women is often highest in countries
where the gender inequality gap is at its widest. Many countries
lack the legal frameworks that help to protect women and/or the
political will to counter patriarchal and traditional norms. Law
enforcement agencies may be short of resources and too often fall
short in their willingness to take action against male perpetrators
of violence against women. In some countries, such as India, it has taken mass demonstrations of women
and men before the authorities act to bring to justice those
accused of horrific acts against women. We must also never forget that we still live in a
world where female genital mutilation is widely carried
out in 30 countries, despite some progress towards its
elimination...
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