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Youth Employment Needs in Nigeria
There has been increased interest in youth issues in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, especially related to employment. Nigeria is expected to grow to over 440 million people by 2050, becoming the third most populated country in the world. Nigerians se
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Youth in Action Program in Uganda
Youth in Action is a six-year youth livelihood program, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, YiA aims to improve the socio-economic status of 40,000 out-of-school young people in rural Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. Through t
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USAID's Building the POTENTIAL of Youth Activity
Launched in 2015, USAID's Building the Potential of Youth Activity (POTENTIAL) is implemented by Save the Children and its partners: Education Development Center inc. (EDC), Facilitators for Change (FC), HUNDEE-Oromo Grassroots Development Initiative (HUN
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Learning Narrative: Youth self-employment capabilities
Youth in Action (YiA), is a six-year youth learning and livelihoods program in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. The program works to improve the sustainable livelihoods of over 40,000 out-of-school girls and boys in rural Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethio
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Pathways to Opportunity- Supporting Rural Youth to Leverage Decent Work: Evidence from the cross-sectoral Youth in Action program
While there is a growing body of research on programming for youth livelihood development, the evidence on the effectiveness of these programs is mixed. Additionally, there are still questions around equity: who benefits from these programs and who is lef
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Lessons Learned from Youth Employment Programmes in Kenya
The government of Kenya with the support of multilateral donors, especially the World Bank, has introduced several youth employment initiatives since the 2000s, including a large-scale public works programme. There is a mix of supply-side programmes which
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From Leaving Home to Setting up Shop
According to the International Labor Organization, in 2016, there were 150 million migrant workers in the world – 66.6 million of them were women. In Ethiopia, poverty, unemployment and family pressure to earn money, combined with low public awareness abo
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Effect of Youth in Action on Work Readiness and Socioeconomic Outcomes: Findings from Malawi
About 89 million youth between the ages of 12-24 are part of a growing cohort of out-of-school youth, approximately half of whom live in Sub-Saharan Africa. While many of these youth aspire to be active members of their community, many out-of-school rural
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The Impact of Youth in Action on Youth, their Families, and Communities in Egypt
Youth in Action (YiA) is a six-year program that works to improve the socioeconomic status of out-of-school girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 18 in Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, and Burkina Faso. YiA does this by enhancing young people’s founda
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Training Module on Gender Mainstreaming in Youth Livelihood Programs
This training module was adapted from Save the Children’s Gender Mainstreaming Program Guidance and Toolkit for the Youth in Action Program supported by MasterCard Foundation. Promoting gender equality is an integral part of youth livelihoods programming.
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Youth Experiences in Jewelry-Making: Improving work potential and opportunities of youth in Cauca and Nariño, Colombia
This report, produced by Save the Children Canada, provides a succinct overview of the Bulgari-funded jewellery-making project, formally named Improving Work Potential and Opportunities of Youth in Cauca and Nariño. It does so by describing the history of
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Youth in Action: When family support matters for rural girls (video)
This informational video follows Diarra, a 20-year-old woman from Boucle de Mouhoun, north-west of Burkina Faso. Diarra was about to get married when the Youth in Action (YiA) programme started in her village. Her father was convinced to delay her marriag