{"id":189046,"date":"2021-03-06T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T13:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=189046"},"modified":"2021-03-06T19:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T19:14:22","slug":"arab-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/arab-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF: Many of Arab countries&#8217; youth are &#8216;in need and at risk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arab countries\u2019 youth are in need and at risk, says the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\">UNICEF<\/a>) regional director Ted Chaiban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chaiban said there were 38 million children and adolescents requiring assistance in the MENA region \u2013 \u201cthe highest number of children in need in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The region is also home to the world\u2019s worst youth unemployment rates \u2013 25 percent in the Middle East, and 29 percent in North Africa \u2013 according to Chaiban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jobless rates are higher for young females: 41 percent in the Middle East and 39 percent in North Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this sad record, Shaiban said there is a glimmer of hope, if new relations between were established between the region\u2019s governments and youth, ten years after the outbreak of the so-called \u201cArab Spring\u201d revolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter 2011, the lives and futures of children and young people have been put in jeopardy,\u201d \u201cThis is a combined result of conflict and the fall of oil prices, which has narrowed opportunities for children and young people in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region counts 124 million people aged 10-24 \u2013 just over a quarter of the whole population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The region accounts for half of UNICEF\u2019s worldwide humanitarian response appeals \u2013 \u201ca significant increase since 2011\u201d due to the political and economic developments, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a report published in mid-January, the World Bank estimates that 300 million new jobs must be created by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A World Bank official said at the time that the region needs &#8220;800,000 new jobs a month&#8221; to meet the demands of young people entering the labor market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the region is the scene of brutal repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of 28,000 \u201cgrave violations\u201d the UN documented against young people worldwide in 2019, almost half took place in just seven countries or territories in the MENA region, Chaiban said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These numbers doubled between 2017 and 2019, according to United Nations figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN considers the killing, maiming, sexual abuse or abduction of children, as well as their recruitment as child soldiers and denial of humanitarian access, among its definitions of \u201cgrave violations\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/4-arab-countries-scored-lowest-on-2020-corruption-index\/\">4 Arab countries scored lowest on 2020 corruption index<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arab countries\u2019 youth are in need and at risk, says the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) regional director Ted Chaiban. 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