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This is the Decent Jobs for Youth Blog Series: Youth Rights & Voices. The Blog Series highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young women and men in the world of work and discusses action-oriented policy responses and solutions. A platform to share emerging analysis, knowledge and country-level evidence, the blog series features contributions of youth representatives, youth employment experts and Decent Jobs for Youth partners. If you would like to comment or contribute, please contact decentjobsforyouth@ilo.org.

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Let’s act to prevent long-term youth labour market exclusion and scarring  

28 May 2020

Let’s act to prevent long-term youth labour market exclusion and scarring  

Almost to the day one year ago, the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth brought together youth employment representatives and experts during its annual conference in Rome...
Young people at the heart of the (post)Covid-19 response

20 May 2020

Young people at the heart of the (post)Covid-19 response

‘After several years of hard work, I could finally see my work bear fruits. Because of the virus, we had to stop everything. I hope that my start-up will survive this...
Keeping the food value chain alive: challenges and solutions of young agripreneurs

14 May 2020

Keeping the food value chain alive: challenges and solutions of young agripreneurs

“This pandemic has affected me so much, it has given me a very hard time. I had six workers around, but I had to stop them from working because I can’t pay them....
A New Dawn for MSMEs and Startups

12 May 2020

A New Dawn for MSMEs and Startups

Things can change quickly in life. The security of one moment can quickly become impermanent before we have a chance to realize it. This is certainly the case with the crisis th...

08 May 2020

Testimonies from young people: Anxious yet hopeful about life after the pandemic

More than a decade after the global financial crisis sent youth unemployment rates soaring to an all-time high, a generation of young people once more look to a future filled wi...

07 May 2020

Normal is the problem.

I have an unpopular opinion: COVID-19 isn’t the problem. It is a problem, a grave one no doubt, but it is exposing – not causing – all of the o...
Derecho a la información en tiempos del COVID-19 - Una clave para el ejercicio libre y tranquilo d

05 May 2020

Derecho a la información en tiempos del COVID-19 - Una clave para el ejercicio libre y tranquilo d

El derecho a la información es central para que las personas jóvenes ejerzan el conjunto de sus derechos y es, además, un derecho que se debe proteger. Es c...
The Fine Print of COVID-19: Girls and young women bearing the brunt of the pandemic

30 April 2020

The Fine Print of COVID-19: Girls and young women bearing the brunt of the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in one of the biggest global challenges of this generation. As countries intensify efforts to flatten the curve and contain the virus, it is cr...
Youth volunteers help to turn the tide on coronavirus

29 April 2020

Youth volunteers help to turn the tide on coronavirus

Shortly after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Economist’s front page depicted the world with a “CLOSED” sign.  The coronavirus pandemic has ind...

24 April 2020

COVID-19 exacerbates the youth employment challenge in the Western Balkans

By now, it has become crystal clear that the health crisis caused by the rapid spread of COVID-19 very expeditiously has turned into an economic one. The economies of the Wester...
Youth driving action against the pandemic in Nairobi’s Mathare slum

22 April 2020

Youth driving action against the pandemic in Nairobi’s Mathare slum

The COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affecting the world’s most vulnerable groups, including the one billion people living in informal settlements and slums worldwide. T...
Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

15 April 2020

Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

Crises fall hardest on the most vulnerable. Young people make up one such group, particularly when it comes to the social and economic impact of the virus pandemic....