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  • Elevating Youth Skills to Build a More Resilient, Inclusive Future

    The pandemic has exposed existing inequalities and failings of labor markets that require urgent attention. Many already-disadvantaged segments of the workforce, including youth, have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Over one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID‑19 crisis. Among those who have remained in employment, working hours have fallen by 23%.

  • Saudi Arabia: reasons for youths delaying marriage by gender 2019

    According to a survey on youth development in Saudi Arabia, the largest share of male and female respondents claimed that the reason for delaying marriages was the increase in living expenses at approximately 38 percent and 30 percent respectively in 2019. The second largest share of respondents said that the increase in marriage expenses is the reason behind delaying marriages at approximately 34 percent for male respondents and approximately 23.5 percent for female respondents.

  • Where do Saudi Arabia’s youth stand amid COVID-19?

    What concerns many is that the pandemic, combined with low oil prices, will severely contract the labour market, as happened directly after the 2014 oil price collapse. Even well-qualified graduates from reputable universities found it difficult to find employment during that time. Many companies, especially in the oil and petrochemical sectors, laid off Saudi employees on a “last in, first out” basis.

  • Shattered Ambitions: Unemployment is hurting youth in Arab world

    According to a research conducted by YouGov in collaboration with Arab News and Arab Strategy Forum, 55 percent of the youth population (people under the age of 30) believe corruption is the biggest problem their countries are facing. The second major problem is unemployment, followed by a lack of trust in their respective governments.

  • G20’s youth-engagement group gets underway in Saudi Arabia, backed by MiSK and Ithra

    The Y20 is one of eight official engagement groups led by civil society organizations each year in the G20 host country. The others represent the business community (B20), civil society (C20), labor unions (L20), scientists (S20), think tanks (T20), urban issues (U20), and women (W20).

  • Oman
    Is tourism the antidote to youth unemployment in Oman?

    “I am pretty sure the economy will dictate certain unavoidable reforms in the next few years,” John Sfakianakis, the chief economist of the Saudi Arabia-based Gulf Research Center, told Al-Monitor. In an attempt to energize the domestic economy, the country’s road map for social and economic reform identifies five high-priority sectors, including the employment-intensive tourism industry. Ranked as one of the fastest growing industries in the world, the tourism sector could employ a total of 535,000 people, directly and indirectly, in Oman by 2040 to cater to 11 million visitors.

  • Egypt
    Youth in Egypt wooed by President Sisi in a rush to head off unrest

    “I have one million youth trying to enter the labor market each year. They want a home, they want to marry, they want to raise children,” President Sisi recently told a group of foreign reporters. “One. Million.” “How much would that cost in highly developed countries? How many jobs would you need to create? Could you do that, every year, for one million people?”

  • Saudi Youth Development Survey of 2019
    Youth make up over two-thirds of Saudi Arabia: Survey

    Youth, categorized as individuals aged 0-34 years, make up 67.02 percent of the total population of Saudi Arabia, according to a report released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat)

  • Technology
    Saudi minister sees tech-savvy youth help the region return to growth

    Saudi Communications Minister Abdullah Alswaha said he believed the Middle East would return to a growth path despite a number of headwinds facing Arab economies that were highlighted on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos. His comments struck an upbeat note on a day otherwise characterized by concerns over threats from climate change to cybersecurity.

  • Labor
    Unemployment high on list of Arab youth’s major concerns

    In the Arab world, 65 percent of the population are under the age of 30. According to an Arab News — Arab Strategy Forum research study conducted by YouGov, 55 percent of this demographic group believe corruption is the main problem in their country, followed by unemployment (46 percent) and lack of trust in government (30 percent) .