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  • Saudi talent foundation awards 3,000 scholarships to youth

    Mawhiba students in the Kingdom who have undergone training programs have achieved significant international achievements: 453 international awards in scientific competitions and 83 awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair, the most important scientific competition in the world.

  • Saudi Arabia Gets Serious About Solar to Meet National, Youth Aspirations

    From achieving 75% localization in the oil and gas sector, to an economy that ranks in the top 15 globally, and makes massive strides in ease of doing business as well as e-governance, the targets are huge.

  • Five ways to reverse decades of youth unemployment in the Middle East

    Between 2020 and 2040, about 127 million young people will enter the labour force in the Mena region, facing an unemployment rate of 23 per cent. At the same time, nearly 29 million jobs are at risk of being displaced by 2030 because of automation, McKinsey says.

  • PIF-backed Noon hires more Saudi youth as it expands KSA operations

    Top regional e-commerce platform Noon said it was expanding its customer service operations in Saudi Arabia, creating hundreds of jobs for Saudi youth.

  • Surveying Arab Youth – Interview with Sunil John

    What was number one in terms—we want to live in a democracy—fell to number seven. Because for more and more young people, the economies were struggling, there were not enough jobs. Then we realized that the young people, while they went on the street, they could see some change, but then the realities of life hit them. In that year, I still remember what our top finding was—we called it the Arab Winter—and we said, "I think young people are now focusing on the here and now, they are looking at the kitchen table issues.”

  • Arab Youth Survey 2020: United States’ standing rises as young people view Iran as greatest enemy

    The survey of 4,000 Arabs was conducted in largely face-to-face interviews in 17 countries between January and March.The findings would not account for or include any views on the US-brokered Abraham Accord, which marked the normalising of diplomatic and economic relations between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain in September.

  • Saudi Arabia: youth labor unemployment rate by gender 2019

    The youth unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia in the fourth quarter of 2019 was 57.8 percent and 17.3 percent for females and males respectively. The decrease in unemployment rates was higher for females than males over the years due to the efforts by the government to empower young Saudi women. However, unemployment for females remained significantly higher than male unemployment.

  • Libya’s Capital Under 24-Hour Curfew as Youth-Led Protests Mount

    Libya’s internationally recognized government on Wednesday imposed a round-the-clock curfew on the capital for four days, as youth-led anti-corruption protests escalate in the war-ravaged OPEC nation. The curfew will be eased to 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for 10 days after the initial four day period has elapsed, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord said on its Facebook page. A 24-hour curfew will remain in place on Fridays and Saturdays, the statement said. It suggested the move was linked to broader efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus.

  • Saudi Arabia: gender distribution of youth workers by age group 2019

    The highest percentage of young male workers was within the age group between 30 to 34 years at about 39 percent, and young female workers at about 43.6 percent. The youth population between the age of 15 to 34 was the highest in Saudi Arabia in 2020 among all age groups.

  • Saudi youth’s new-found focus on independence

    The Saudi General Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) last week released a special report to mark International Youth Day, which is celebrated annually on Aug. 12. The report, “Saudi Youth in Numbers,” offered some interesting insights into the status, lifestyle and thinking of the 15 to 34 age group in Saudi Arabia, especially concerning employment and marriage.