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Youth guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis? What is a youth guarantee? The concept of youth guarantee implies an entitlement to a job, training or education of a defined group of young people and an obligation for the Public Employment Service (PES) or another public authority to...

This chosen video from a selected series of the UChicago Social Protection Conference explains how innovative economic strengthening research can improve health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children. ...

After 50 years of military rule in Myanmar, also known as Burma, one of the many challenges facing Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy when it takes power next year will be the country’s rampant child labor problem. Daniel de Carteret and Simon Lewis report for VOA from Yangon on the...

Cyclone Nargis hit the country in 2008, and left more than 134,000 dead. The cyclone affected more than 2.4 million people -- displacing many children. Many orphans in Burma seek refuge in Buddhist monasteries or in orphanages. Unable to trace their families or their homes, the MoeGyo Humanitarian...

A discussion of child labour in Myanmar. ...

In Myanmar, under aged workers often suffer the consequences of the country's move to improve infrastructure and build economic stability. ...

This paper presents information on positive youth development frameworks and foundational principles that undergird holistic, cross-sectoral strategies, as well as other sector-specific topics. Concepts from this paper are also discussed in two other reports which have been written on the topics of...

UNICEF's Rob Sixsmith reports on life skills training for Iraqi refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic. ...