Youth

In rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where formal employment opportunities are scarce, entrepreneurship presents a promising path to economic empowerment and rural development. However, the journey from aspiring…

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This report examines the impacts of labour migration on children in Southeast Asia in the context of climate change – whether they stay behind or migrate themselves.

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Rural Youth Employment (RYE) and sustainable Food Systems Transformation are among the core development challenges for the future – and they are closely interlinked. Within a Global Project “Rural Employment with a Focus…

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Young people will be pivotal to transforming Africa’s agrifood systems, says a new report. Innovative youth policies can unlock the continent’s employment, growth and health goals.

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Since they no longer see any prospects for development, many youths migrate from rural areas to the cities, to the gold mines or abroad. In the “Jigitugo” project, which means “fulfilling hopes” and is supported by…

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Eight trends will shape child rights and well-being in the coming year, a new report says. They include the worsening energy crisis, ongoing food and nutrition insecurity, and threats to democratic rights.

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Africa’s burgeoning youth population can play a key role in contributing to sustainable development. Our author argues that while young people do face barriers, agriculture holds many potential opportunities for them –…

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Social protection reduces family poverty and vulnerability, thereby diminishing key drivers of child labour, this report states.

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Participants at the Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour discussed how to end child labour. Without a breakthrough in the agricultural sector, the goal of ending child labour by 2025 (SDG 8.7) will not be…

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These guidelines provide practical “how to” steps to develop youth-focused and youth-sensitive investment programmes that see youth as partners in rural development throughout all phases of the investment programme…

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