Youth

Child labour is increasing for the first time in two decades. Even worse, the International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn that 9 million additional children are at risk as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour 2021 aims to encourage legislative and practical actions to eradicate child labour worldwide.

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The Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour has now been ratified by all member states of the International Labour Organization. Child labour is particularly abundant in agriculture.

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Youth

This book takes a look at the great challenge for rural Africa engendered by the growing share of young people and how youth can participate in agricultural transformation.

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Youth

Nearly one billion of the world’s 1.2 billion youth aged 15 to 24 years live in developing countries, almost half of them in rural areas. What international development cooperation has to do to create employment…

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Jobs for rural youth created and supported by Helvetas
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In Pakistan's tribal areas, far from the centre of economic and political clout, there are limited opportunities for young people. Helvetas is contributing to the government's efforts in developing new prospects for them…

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Youth

Effective policies and investments are urgently needed if the world's poorest countries are to offer a future to hundreds of millions of marginalised young people living in rural areas, according to a new report by IFAD.

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The average age of an Indian farmer is almost 50 years. With more and more young people migrating from rural areas to cities, the number of farmers practising agriculture will decline in the long run. In a pilot…

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Following last year’s Rural 21 Focus Edition “Tapping the potential of rural youth”, the authors address the concepts of decent rural youth employment and agricultural entrepreneurship to assess how vocational training…

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Almost 88 per cent of the world’s 1.2 billion youth aged 15–24 live in developing countries – the majority of them in rural areas. This means a large number of young people with great potential and aspirations. However,…

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