The Myanmar Youth Forum passed a resolution in Naypyidaw today defining youths as people between the ages of 16 and 35 following a vote by representatives from all of Myanmar’s states and regions.
Some delegates proposed to define youth as beginning at the ages of 13 or 15, but those proposals did not pass.
Ma Khin Sandar Nyunt, a member of the Myanmar Youth Policy Drafting Committee, said: “This doesn’t mean we are rejecting the definitions proposed by other states and regions. Those definitions can be used at the region or state level. However, at the Union level, we agreed that youth is between 16 and 35 years old.”
She said the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement also agreed to the definition set by the forum.
According to UN, youths are defined as being between 15 and 24 years old, though the body also recognizes local definitions of youth.
