 Your first test. You can only select three (3) of the following issues to work on. These ideas came from 4,000 youth, ages 10-16, 137 countries, and 16 different languages. 3. How to prevent racism 4. How to prevent sexism / how to improve relations between men and women 5. How to improve cross-cultural / cross-nation communication & understanding 6. How to allow people who don't speak the same language to communicate 7. How to make less child delinquency/ criminality / child gangs 8. How to make less violence / guns / crime 9. How to make the cities better places to live 10. How to solve rural isolation and the lack of jobs and facilities 11. How to help handicapped / disabled children & their parents (especially using technology) 12. How to reduce discrimination against poor people by rich people / how to improve opportunities for poor people. 13. How to deal with forced marriages of young girls 14. Reducing teen pregnancy, and other population increase 15. How to help the world accept homosexuality 16. How to stop segregation by age / discrimination against children 17. How to prevent homelessness and children living on the street 18. Danger of all cultures becoming uniform through increased cross -cultural contact / making sure outside influences don't get rid of the good aspects of traditional ways of life. 19. Preventing depression and suicide in children 20. How children can take on community service jobs to help their country / how to involve children in positive activities such as helping others world-wide education 22. How to keep children in school 23. Opportunities for gifted children 24. How to make sure that everybody learns to read / get rid of illiteracy 25. How to reduce peer pressure / bullying of other children 26. How to reduce pressures of school 27. How to provide free high quality education to all children transmitted diseases 29. How to stop early childhood disease and death 30. Getting rid of female circumcision 31. How to use technology in health care 33. Bringing about peace / reducing chance of war / reduce weapons 34. How to regulate nuclear testing 35. How to stop international terrorism 36. How to deal with corruption of government officials people to recycle 38. How to slow down greenhouse effect / protect the ozone layer /get rid of air pollution 39. How to protect the water supply / marine life 40. How to make sure that animals are treated well 41. How to be prepared for natural disasters, and how to deal with natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes 42. How to encourage sustainable development 43. How to find and use alternative sources of energy 44. How to use technology to protect the environment (increased access to information, but loss of jobs, for example) 46. How to use technology in the arts (in making music for example) 47. How to reduce the cost & increase availability of Internet around the world 48. How to use technology to improve education, but not replace teachers 49. How to increase access to information for children, farmers, factory workers through Internet, e-mail, TV, telephone 50. How to set up places for children to use computers to teach themselves, engage in non-traditional learning. 51. How to make the Internet a safe place for children. improving education for working children 53. How to end discrimination against native peoples (like the Indians in Guatemala, for example) 54. How to end sexual abuse of children, and end child prostitution 55. How to prevent physical abuse of children 56. How to prevent family /domestic violence, and its bad effects on children 57. How to make sure that the declaration of human rights is upheld 58. How to make sure that people pay attention to children's voices  Nickole
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