Youth employment

B-roll: Global Employment Trends for Youth 2017

Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work.

20 November 2017


Duration: 01:13 Location: Press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland Production date: 20 November 2017 Audio: Natural sound (sound bites in English) Rights: Copyright ILO - ILO audio-visual material is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 IGO license Video type: B-roll Keywords: Youth employment, youth unemployment, Contact: [email protected]

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00:00 – 00:22 Various cutaways of journalists cover press briefing at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and cover of report 00:22 – 00:32 Azita Berar-Awad, Director, Employment Policy Department (in English)
“The ILO estimates that globally there are 70.9 million young women and men unemployed in 2017.” 00:32 – 00:49 Azita Berar-Awad, Director, Employment Policy Department:
“There will be a need for digital skills across all economic sectors, and there is a need to invest in really bridging up and bringing this accessibility to learning skills in digital economy for all, who want and need it.” 00:49 – 00:57 Azita Berar-Awad, Director, Employment Policy:
“There isn’t a single bullet, but we are highlighting a number of policies and measures that can be taken that we know they work. ” 00:57 – 01:13 Azita Berar-Awad, Director, Employment Policy:
“Policies thinking already about innovative ways of having social protection for all those who are finding a job or starting a business on the gig economy, through the platform economies, that’s a growing sector including for young people.” 01:13 END

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