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.
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:
multimedia@ilo.org
Shotlist:
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.”
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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
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