For many years the challenges youth struggle with have been low on the international priority list. The UN Millennium Development Goals addressed some issues, but still allowed many to fall outside of the scope of their focus. Recently the UN Population Fund committed to creating a platform on which youths voices can be heard, stating “[Further,] national and global development, security and social justice can only be achieved if adolescents and youth are included as full and active participants.” Many challenges that youth face are identical to the issues facing adults, only on a much larger scale, and youth often do not have any input as to how these problems are dealt with. The most prominent issue disproportionately affecting youth is the …show more content…
In urbanized areas there is a significantly lessened need for manpower, with technology replacing many workers, and many companies outsourcing their labour to reduce costs. These efforts of multinational corporations to “reduce costs” are a structured form of exploiting workers in areas with large amounts of unemployment, where they will essentially have the choice between $0 a day unemployed or $2-3 a day, at the highest, working long hours to generate income for the already wealthy. Many of those who are in need of jobs, if they are a victim of poverty, will most likely be under-qualified for a position due to their circumstances, or completely overlooked due to discrimination. Contrary to this, in agricultural areas the privatization of resources leads to a shortage of jobs, and jobs that are available, majorly for multinational corporations, pay extremely low wages. Currently the youth unemployment rate has risen to 13.1% from 12.9% in 2012, with the largest increase being seen in the Middle East. This increase also becomes even greater when looking specifically at female youth, as discrimination based on gender, sexuality, race, and other traits also play a role in lack of employment. Many who are unemployed because of this discrimination, also struggle with education for the same reasons as …show more content…
With breakouts of diseases, for instance HIV, it’s no wonder why many opt out of receiving education, even if it is available. Those who are afflicted with HIV and diseases like it face heavy treatment costs, if treatment is accessible, and face huge amounts of discrimination. As many as 17 million youth currently live with HIV, making up ⅓ of the total population with HIV. The discrimination and huge costs these youth face will prevent a majority of them from ever receiving proper education, let alone employment opportunities. Unable to receive the proper education there is also a significantly higher chance of these youth spreading any transmittable diseases, because they simply would not learn how to prevent it. In many areas as well, even with education about disease, specifically with sexually transmitted infections, there is simply no available contraception. This leads not only to the continued spread of many various sexually transmitted infection, but also unplanned early pregnancies, jeopardizing the futures of girls who already face a gender gap in education and
So, where does this all happen? In what we call Third World countries such as Ciudad Juarez- Mexico, Penang, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Dominican Republic, the Philippines and more. These young women have no identity, no time for living a life that is fulfilled, not even time to raise a family. However, to them, it might be fulfilling having the job they have and making the wage they receive.
...r monetary or resource value to get the basic needs of the family met. Jobs are falling. Klotz points out those jobs are hard to come by for many people, especially the younger generation she talks about, being the 20-24 age groups (Klotz 3). Asher Miller, executive director of the Post Carbon Institute writes in his forward, “an estimated 16.5 percent of the population is officially classified as “underemployed,” the highest level since the 1930s” (Heinberg and Lerch xiv). There is no way to provide for a family; shelter, food, water, clothes, education and healthcare without a job unless you rely on the government for full support. Even that is limited in what it provides. Lack of jobs is a negative indicator of progress and growth. Even worse is the tragic combination of no jobs and dwindling resources to provide jobs, food, and energy for all of the nations.
Young people of every language and culture a high and exhilarating task awaits for them; that of becoming men and women capable of solidarity, peace and love of life, with respect for everyone. Teens need to become craftsmen of a new humanity, where brothers and sisters, members all of the same family, are able to live in peace. This is a possible goal if teens are willing and wanting to make a change.
... make women more susceptible to HIV/AIDS and other sexual diseases. This injustice needs to be solved on a global context.
Homeless teens are a very serious matter that’s going on in this world, teens aren’t
Programs that increase the level of healthcare available to school children could be increased. Small clinics could be incorporated into schools, and provide basic care to the students. Schools are known to be places the diseases are spread. Such a program could slow or stop some transmission. Children also spend more time in school than at home, allowing children to seek care and not be required to miss school, or parents to miss employment. This program would also provide more equal care among different income groups (Allison, et. al, 2007). There could be the potential for the secondary effect of children being educated on health, including nutrition, and sexually transmitted...
Youth Action Advocacy and Policy Association n.d., About Youth Action, YAPA, Sydney, viewed 21 March 2014, http://youthaction.org.au/about/.
During the 1980s, efforts increased to alert the public to the dangers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and unintended pregnancy, yet these problems have increased. Adolescents and young adults have been especially hard hit. Pregnancy and birth rates among teenagers are at their highest levels in two decades.
It is currently increasing in incidence at an alarming rate. Unemployment among young people is increasing predominantly as a result of youth receiving inadequate preparation for the job market and a largely ignored discrimination against youth in the job market. In order to minimize levels of youth unemployment, the education system and current workforce practices need to be analyzed and modified. The education system should be modified so that its degrees and more in line with jobs that are actually available and offer more job experience opportunities. The workforce practices should be modified so that discrimination against youth is minimized as much as possible. This can be achieved through invoking a higher rate of jobs awarded through meritocracy and reducing the amount of informal hiring. It is only after the integration of many of these concepts that youth unemployment levels will decrease. This will be a step towards a world with less inequality and unemployment, a step towards a better
Students should be informed about more than just “don’t have sex” because eventually it is going to happen and they need to be educated on the proper way to handle the situations. Because students are mostly taught abstinence it has created the situation to where researchers find” Abstinence-only education, instead of reducing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, has made teenagers and young adults more vulnerable to ST...
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Analysis of the labor market in the economy reveals a reduction in vacancies while the number of job seekers significantly increases over the past few decades (Dickerson, 2008, p.1). Particularly, the youth employment looks worrying with a serious downward trend with so many of them unemployed. The numbers of free people who are full educated or trained have also decreased. The unemployed in the economy are either inactive or unemployed. The annual changes continue to show a rise in unemployment of young people both for student and others. With lack of government employment as well as training programs, many individuals opt to seek for self-employment (Dickerson, 2008, p.1). Statistic continues to show that there has been an increase of workless people in comparison to the vacancies available. The general picture, therefore, remains that labor market constantly fails to meet the needs of people regarding employment. Although this is the case, there has been some variation across regions with Scotland and Wales in the UK showing decreased performance. There remains a risk that employment will increase in the coming years. The present concern is long-term unemployment, specifically with regards to the youths who are most disadvantaged in the labor market (Dickerson, 2008, p.1).
...ing and Youth Labour Markets: A Cross-National Analysis IN: Blanchflower, D. and Freeman, R.Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
...tions and fifty percent of them were from young adults ages 15-24 (CDC). “Every year around nineteen million Americans get an STI infection and out of that nineteen million, nine million of them are young adults between the age 15 to 24” (STD Statistics). We want statistics like these to go down not stay the same or go up. They are not going to go down unless we do something about it. The more people getting viruses, the better chance our children are going to have sex with someone that has a virus and does not know it. There will be a domino effect passing viruses down from generation to generation if something does not change. It is a parent’s job to want the best for their children, education, health and knowing all about everything that can change their lives drastically. More sex education in schools could change the direction that people’s lives are heading.
Youth unemployment is a global problem facing both developed and developing economies. The United Nations define youth unemployment as individuals between the age of 15 and 24 years not employed and actively seeking employment. Statistics only consider youths who have attained the required age of employment who are willing and able to work but without jobs. Unemployment rates raise concerns in all economies. However, the rate and trends vary from one country to another irrespective of the country’s development status. For instance, in Cuba, Sierra Leone and Germany, youth unemployment rates were below 10% as per the year (Petersen & Mortimer, 2011). Sierra Leone is a developing country while Germany is a developed country yet their youth unemployment rates are comparable. On the other hand, youth unemployment rates in South Africa, Armenia and Spain were above 50% as per the year 2010 (Petersen & Mortimer, 2011). In most countries, youth unemployment rate is more than double as compared to an unemployment rate in people above the age of 24 years. Canada is not an exemption as the youth unemployment rate is raising major concerns. In the recent years, issues of youth unemployment have dominated political debates and social forums. More and more youths are leaving institutions of higher learning to end up being jobless. A considerable proportion of the youths are doing jobs that are below their level of educations. Organizations are raising standards in jobs where jobs previously performed by high school leavers are being given to diploma and degree holders. Since 1966, general unemployment rate has averaged at 7.75%. As per April this year, the unemployment rate among the youths was 14.5%, w...