News, articles and events on youth employment

April 2016

  1. Taqeem Community of Practice Peer Learning Event

March 2016

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. ILO to increase evidence on what works for youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa

    17 March 2016

  4. © Christopher A. Leones / ILO 2024
    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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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).

  5. © Li Wenyong / World Bank 2024
    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.