From UN Women
On World Youth Skills Day, 15 July, at a side event held at the UN Headquarters in New York UN Women launched the “Global Coalition of Young Women Entrepreneurs” to promote young women’s innovation and entrepreneurship.
“Encouraging entrepreneurship is one of the most impactful steps we can take in addressing some of the disparities […]
From UNICEF
Are you a NETI?
1. Are you fluent in English and at an intermediate level (working knowledge) in another official language of the UN i.e. Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish?
2. Have you completed an advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent)?
3. Do you have 5 years of relevant professional work experience?
4. […]
From UN Women
“Most mining companies, government and big businesses do not procure from local women-owned businesses. Yet, I resigned from a well-paying job to create a private business in steel and metal manufacturing. I’ve hired four women in my company so far and I want to create more jobs for rural youth and women.
Our old […]
From UNHCR
In the four years since they fled from Hama to Jordan, 22-year-old Syrian refugee Khaled has been the sole wage earner for his family of eight. With no valid work permit for his farm-laboring job, Khaled has lived with the ever-present fear that he would be caught and his family’s financial lifeline severed.
When he […]
From UNEP
By 2050, a whopping 1.33 billion people will inhabit African cities – almost 900 million more than today. Africa’s pace of urbanization is the fastest in the world, which means that, in 20 years, half of the continent’s population will be city dwellers.
And with great numbers of people comes an enormous amount of trash. […]
From World Bank
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim emphasized the importance of youth employment to sustainable development and combating violent extremism in his speech, “Development in a Time of Global Interdependence,” delivered at an event in Berlin, Germany. Read his full remarks here.
Excerpt from Kim’s speech:
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But most worrying for us is the slow recovery in employment in almost […]
From World Bank
Kenya is not short of jobs; it is short of high productivity jobs. This is one of the main findings of the 13th edition of the Kenya Economic Update. Kenya’s economy is creating more jobs than in the past, but these are mainly in the informal services sector and are low productivity jobs. […]
From UNDP in Yemen
A 22 years old, Mohammed Hamood Alshouthmi, is the breadwinner of four siblings and his parents. Like tens of thousands of Yemenis, the ongoing conflict has deprived him of his job, becoming unable to pay for rent and support his family.
“Life has been dark for us since the beginning of the conflict. […]
From The World Bank
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$70 million project to address the high levels of unemployment among university graduates in Tunisia. The project will support ongoing reforms to improve the management of universities and the quality of teaching, and to ensure that students are graduating with the […]
From FAO
In case you missed it, learn about the work that FAO is doing for youth in Honduras through this report on decent employment opportunities for rural youth:
Country: Honduras; Americas
Abstract: In Honduras, rural youth face considerable challenges in accessing productive and decent employment opportunities. Consequently, many young people have sought opportunities elsewhere. In 2010, the number of Hondurans […]
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