Volunteering or how to acquire professional skills while helping others
By definition, volunteering consists in freely joining a group of people for selfless and altruistic purposes to work in charity, but lately, it has become …
The G20 acknowledges the importance of decent work
Last weekend, at the G20 summit, the G20 labour ministers pledged to improve the employment of women and reduce the pay gap, promote the labour …
World Youth Skills Day – 15 July
Young people today are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. In addition, they are exposed to low-skilled jobs, greater inequality in the …
Our African Regional Committee´s Survey on global youth employment issues
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted its 6th Annual Youth Forum, January 30th and 31st2017 for two days of engagement on global youth …
The falling unemployment in Spain has mainly benefited young people
Spain continues to create jobs at a higher rate than the rest of the European Union, although it still has a long way to go …
Pope Francis’ three youth unemployment measures
Pope Francis has voiced his concern about the situation of unemployed young people on several occasions. The pontiff has made another call to action at …
Being an entrepreneur has nothing to do with age
Juliana Garcia has her own television programme. Javier Raventós has organised one of the best mountain races in the north of Spain, Mikel Secada runs …
Introducing the new United Nations Envoy on Youth
Jayathma Wickramanayake (Sri Lanka, 1990) has been appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese Antonio Guterres, the new head of the …
A lever to move the world
More than 2000 years ago, Archimedes established the principles regarding levers (a rigid bar that oscillates on a support point and that is capable of …
“African youth is increasingly educated and informed”
Chema Caballero (Castuera, Badajoz, 1961) is an expert on Africa. His first contact took place in 1992 when he arrived in Sierra Leone as a …