by Sylvester Stephen Mtenga In this day and age there has been a powerful wave supporting youth empowerment. Society has collectively come to acknowledge the vital role youth play in shaping and advancing communities. Gone are the days of belittling youth perspectives and refusing them a seat at the table because of their “underdeveloped minds”. …
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When: Tuesday, May 24 at 9:00am – May 26 at 4:30pm Where: Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Lady Young Road St. Ann’s The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) in partnership with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs held the conference with a view to bring relevant stakeholders together to discuss regional trends and challenges in youth employment, …
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The inaugural ceremony of the National Consultation youth employment with a focus on youth enterprise and entrepreneurship was graced by Honourable Minister, Ministry of Industries, Mr. Dilip Barua as the Chief Guest (shown in photo below). The consultation was aimed at improving employment generation in Bangladesh through promoting entrepreneurial skill development, culture and accelerating self …
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A critical element of the current global jobs crisis is the struggle faced by young people entering and remaining in the labour market. To address this challenge, the ILO organized a global Youth Employment Forum, 23–25 May 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland (www.ilo.org/yef). Over 100 young trade unionists, entrepreneurs, NGO members and others took part in …
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Unemployment for graduates is a chronic problem, but Badru Walusansa, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala in Uganda, writes the solution may be in on-job training that builds careers and society. Graduate unemployment in Uganda is stale news, with soaring figures of unemployment. Every year, both public and private universities release more than 400,000 graduates into …
Unemployment rates are alarming for young millennials, writes Aura Whittier, 17, a Correspondent from San Juan, Trinidad. She worries that ever-higher education is not a hedge against the difficulties of finding work in one’s chose field. My uncle received a National Scholarship from the government of Trinidad and Tobago to pursue an undergraduate degree, after …
Many young graduates in Cameroon are unemployed – partly because of corruption, writes 22 years old Promise Forsuh, a Correspondent from Bamenda in the Northwest Region of Cameroon who argues that corruption has taken root in all sectors of her society. There are so many young graduates who still roam the streets jobless, not because …