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Have Your Say / Creative Youth

	young voices at the national youth festival 2007
	Young people from all over the world are facing major challenges in terms of making decisions regarding choosing friends, education, marriage, sex, career, livelihoods etc. In present times, they face conflict with the existing value structure and the new values creeping in due to globalization and privatization. At the same time, they are undergoing profound physical and emotional changes, which baffles them. This phase is a period of progress towards intellectual and emotional and spiritual maturity. Young people want to be independent like an adult and at the same time seek guidance and support to deal with the challenges they face. The extensive exposure that they receive has made them more aware of the issues of their rights and entitlements but they are still not mature enough to articulate and use the information judiciously and logically. They experience curiosity on issues of sexuality and feel that it is their right to experience and take risks but fail to perc

	JSK's Call Centre
	Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) (National Population Stabilisation Fund) a registered society set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to involve civil society in population stabilisation activities. JSK has to promote innovative strategies to accelerate ongoing efforts in the area of reproductive and child health, family planning and enhancing gender equity. JSK has concentrated on four initiatives. One of them is the Call Centre strategy. JSK’s Call Centre had started w.e.f. 02.04.08 using vCustomer a BPO at Mathura Road to give information on the following subjects using software prepared by Maulana Azad Medical College. The Call Centre Nu