Youth Volunteers A quarter of the world’s population today is...
Youth Volunteers
- Sectors: A! Active Citizenship
A quarter of the world’s population today is made
up of 1.8 billion adolescents and youth.1 Young
people represent promise and potential. In this
age of globalisation and technological innovation,
they are driving social change, connecting across
geographical, social, and economic barriers.
At the same time, young people face complex
challenges. The prolonged employment crisis
shows no abatement as over 70 million youth
worldwide seek employment, according to 2013
data.2 Social marginalisation and exclusion, lack of
access to training and opportunities, and political
instabilities are other challenges which pose a
the risk to the constructive channelling of the creative
energies that youth represent.
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