{"id":815,"date":"2026-06-15T00:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:37:55","slug":"youth-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/youth-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>About the division<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the mission of the Youth Development Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to empower and create an enabling environment for youth in Tonga. An environment that is inclusive and sustainable, to address the socio-economic, spiritual and socio-psychological challenges that youth are facing. The youth division leads the policy of the youth and the coordination of the implementation of the youth strategy for the next five years. The ultimate objectives of the youth sector include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>a. Strengthen partnership with youth stakeholders in Tonga, for more efficient and effective implementation of Tonga\u2019s National Youth Policy and its Strategic Plan of Action.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><em>b. Empower youth to be productive and become responsible citizens.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1410840893  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlyhqn6dmvbr.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1280\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5297.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the division It is the mission of the Youth Development Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to empower and create an enabling environment for youth in Tonga. An environment that is inclusive and sustainable, to address the socio-economic, spiritual and socio-psychological challenges that youth are facing. The youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/815\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mia.gov.to\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}