News, articles and events on youth employment
April 2016
March 2016
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ILO launches report on challenges of child labour and youth employment in Arab States
Report examines the twin challenges of child labour and youth employment in five Arab States and ways to address them.
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Monrovia post Ebola: The quest for clean water and youth employment
23 March 2016
In the lead up to World Water Day, a new programme to strengthen the capacity of local communities in Liberia to improve sanitation highlights the importance of access to clean water.
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ILO to increase evidence on what works for youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa
17 March 2016
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Labour Market Transitions of Young Women and Men: Innovative research from 30 school-to-work transition survey datasets
An international forum for sharing results of the second ILO’s Call for Papers on labour market transition of young women and men in developing countries. The Symposium, organized in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), offers an opportunity for researchers and development practitioners to discuss innovative research on themes of youth employment and labour market transitions and applicability to policy and programme advice and implementation.
February 2016
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Crisis has aggravated long-term erosion of European middle class
29 February 2016
The financial crisis and changing employment relationships have caused the middle class in most EU countries to contract over the past decade.
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The European Union, ILO and UNOPS join hands with NAITA to provide 124 skilled workers with a formal NVQ certification in building the human resource capacity in Vavuniya
25 February 2016
The NVQ Certification Awarding Ceremony for 124 youth of Vavuniya District was grandly held on 25th February 2016 in Vavuniya.
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The Employers' Federation of Ceylon launches its employers' national network of youth initiatives (ENNYI)
24 February 2016
The main objective of the ENNYI is to provide a window for undergraduates into the real world of work through internships offered by the EFC’s member companies. These include leading corporates in the country as well as multi-national companies.
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Young Trade Unionists from Northern Regions Meet in Murmansk
18 February 2016
On 16 – 18 February northern Russian city of Murmansk hosted an international conference of young trade trade-unionists and employment specialists from northern regions who gathered to discuss youth employment promotion in the remote and north regions – the “Second Arctic Young Trade Union Leaders School” (the first meeting of this kind took place in Murmansk in March 2015).
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Young and female: A double “strike” for women entering the workforce
09 February 2016
An ILO/MasterCard Foundation study sheds new light on the challenges facing young women’s participation in the world of work.