Denied & discouraged: Why youths not looking for jobs can be a crisis for India
A large part of the dejected population have some degree of education
World Youth Day: Digital economy can boost livelihood opportunities for young refugees
Digital labour and e-commerce platforms can help refugees and displaced people transition to decent work, says ILO report
Education not enough
As a means of bringing long-term change in public attitudes, education at present is too weak and demands radical improvement
Look back at the decade: It’s a tinderbox world
Growth has stumped environment. The decade of 2020 is the last chance we have to walk the talk and make it right
Watch what new ILO report predicts on unemployment
Unemployment will rise by 2.5 million says International Labour Organization's World Employment and Social Outlook: 2020
Allocation for family welfare awareness fell 8% last year: PFI on why Budget 2024-25 should focus on adolescents
Investment to bridge digital gender gap & improve health literacy critical to unlock India’s true economic potential, says …
Davos 2020: Will sweeping protests across the globe lead to a new form of capitalism
‘Stakeholder capitalism’ may become a buzzword, but will it be a concept that can deliver
‘Affirmative action policies are under threat’
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on restlessness among dalit youth
COP28: African youths want industrialised nations to more than double adaptation finance in Africa
Even if adaptation finance was doubled to $40 billion, it wouldn't still meet the assessed needs, they highlighted
It is official: Unemployment rate in rural, urban India highest in 47 years
Joblessness cuts across various demographic groups, says official report
Bihar Elections 2020: A mandate against status quo?
The verdict indicated a tipping point in people’s tolerance for rhetoric; it also exhibited a rare consolidation of the youth
No remedy is too small or trivial for the caste system
Studying the cognitive impact of discrimination suffered by minorities can provide inputs in policymaking to help minorities process their …
Anger of the jobless youth
Their frustrations in an unjust world can take various expressions—a fidayeen in Iraq, a stone pelter in Kashmir, a mercenary in Saudi …
On Greta Thunberg and the protesting students
Sunita Narain on the lessons from the ongoing #FridaysForFuture demonstrations
Students protest cases nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018, shows NCRB data
Kerala still continues to top list but Haryana, UP, Bihar, Himachal account for 40% incidents
Look back at the decade: Youth unrest
What explains the restlessness that marked the second decade of the new Millenium.
Spread of non-violent strategies can empower civil societies in Middle East
The Arab Spring may not have put an end to re-colonisation of the Middle East and North Africa, but the fall of long-time dictators shows signs …
Generational spasm
To address the growing unrest across the world, we need to effectively utilise the demographic dividend
Rural youth population rising in agriculturally rich areas, but …
A new, global report explains why unemployment rate among rural men and women has tripled since 2011-12
How millennials react to climate change
Youths are rejecting cushy jobs perceived as harmful for the environment
Women, youth incur higher farm income losses due to heat stress, floods: FAO report
This happens because their capacity to react and adapt to extreme weather events is unequal
Northeast India can prosper through smart, youth-centric agriculture
By blending traditional wisdom with modern technologies, the region can build a resilient and sustainable agricultural landscape
COVID-19 and jobs: The salaried, younger workers and women suffered more
While overall employment declined in the country in 2020-21, compared to 2019-20, some sections have been affected more adversely than others
Ageism hurts young, old alike: New report shows extent of impact
The younger, male, less educated population, as well as those anxious about death was more likely to perpetrate ageism
Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report
Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important