Young entrepreneurs in Egypt are part of a new wave of self-employment sweeping the nation, and Mostafa Shahat writes about them. The unemployment rate in Egypt reached 12.8% in 2015 despite [...]
Guest blogger Geby Devtiana Maryono – who majored in education – talks about how to choose a college major that’s right for you. The International Labor Organization (ILO) [...]
This year saw the continuation of one of the most pressing issues for young people today. Guest blogger Marta Kochetkova has the 2015 youth unemployment update. Youth unemployment, as defined by [...]
Climate change and employment. It means turning a risk into an opportunity. That is the new approach of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Guest blogger Barbara Kulaga has more. Past [...]
Like elsewhere, education and youth unemployment in Indonesia are inextricably linked. Guest blogger Geby Devtiana Maryono explains how. In 2013, there were 23.941 large-scale industry companies [...]
Guest blogger Amadou Moctar Diallo attended the UN ECOSOC’s fourth annual youth forum in February 2015 on “Youth Engagement in the Transition from MDGs to SDGs: What will it take?” The [...]
Change Agents UK was selected as a feature for our Effective Practice Guide because of its comprehensiveness and strong sustainability focus. It offers environmental work placements, social [...]
Though the economy is slowly recovering, unemployment and poverty still loom large. Raising the minimum wage to combat these ills has become a hot topic, and young people are at the centre of the [...]
It’s that time of the month again, when the Eurostats Agency releases the latest unemployment figures for the Eurozone. The figures, which relate to February of this year, show a marginal [...]
Hurrah! The UK economy stands on the brink of recovery. By the summer of 2014, GDP will outstrip 2008 levels and we can start focussing on growth as opposed to mere recovery. Yet while these [...]