CYP Now - On the Ground: Youth magazine round-up (1)

Teenage obesity is top of the agenda in the latest online issue of Herefordshire's InSITE magazine. Young journalist Hannah Packford surveyed young people in her area revealing that the majority of teenagers would jump at the chance to take part in tailored exercise programmes. Unless teenager-friendly initiatives are introduced, the gym will remain "the most intimidating place on earth", she says. www.insitemag.net

Lik:T magazine is re-writing women's history in its series 'In the beginning was woman'. In order to redress the imbalance created by patriarchal society, the young female journalists from Manchester's Young Women's Peer Health Project document how civilisation was founded and sustained by women. Who said feminism was dead? www.likt.org.uk

William Graham calls for young people, adults, local organisations and local government to take responsibility for knife crime in Young Voices. After speaking to both teenagers and older members of his community, he noticed a strange trend emerging. Everyone was against carrying knives and they all agreed that young people need better places to congregate. It seems the different generations of Easterhouse in Glasgow aren't so different after all.

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