A youth solidarity march designed to create oneness and understanding among youths in the country is being planned as part of activities marking the country’s 46th Independence Anniversary. Slated for the 19th of February 2011, the event will be in a form of March past from the July 22nd Square to Arch 22nd, where speeches …
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On February 19, hundreds of youth leaders came together at the Pamplemousses Youth Centre for a half day workshop on the theme ‘Entrepreneurship Perspectives and Challenges’. The minister of Youth and Sports sent a message saying that the future lies in entrepreneurship. The goal of the workshop was to inculcate the basic concepts of entrepreneurship …
As refugee migrant workers flee political upheavals in North Africa and beyond, 27-year-old Londoner Sam Bayes asks whether a global body needs to take charge to safeguard their employment and welfare. Of increasing concern for decision makers around the world is the dramatic increase of refugees fleeing North African and West Asia as a result of …
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As refugee migrant workers flee political upheavals in North Africa and beyond, 27-year-old Londoner Sam Bayes asks whether a global body needs to take charge to safeguard their employment and welfare. Of increasing concern for decision makers around the world is the dramatic increase of refugees fleeing North African and West Asia as a result of …
Youth is undeniably the most important and formidable force and resource that a nation can have; and interestingly most of the Commonwealth countries are positioned with this unprecedented opportunity of being endowed with a large amount of ‘Youth Capital’. Harnessing this ‘demographic dividend’ by investing in them NOW, is the need of the hour which …
Event: ‘Investing in Youth Employment’ 9-10 May in London Read More »
Youth is undeniably the most important and formidable force and resource that a nation can have; and interestingly most of the Commonwealth countries are positioned with this unprecedented opportunity of being endowed with a large amount of ‘Youth Capital’. Harnessing this ‘demographic dividend’ by investing in them NOW, is the need of the hour which …
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A landmark ruling last month by Australia’s recently established workplace tribunal could pave the way for more equal pay for women and men, writes Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne. On 16 May, the full bench of the Fair Work Australia tribunal, an independent body established in July 2009, handed down an historic …
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A landmark ruling last month by Australia’s recently established workplace tribunal could pave the way for more equal pay for women and men, writes Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne. On 16 May, the full bench of the Fair Work Australia tribunal, an independent body established in July 2009, handed down an historic …
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A recent conference on sustainable youth employment laid bare challenges including job creation, employability, entrepreneurship and equal opportunity, according Joshua Hamlet, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from San Fernando in Trinidad and Tobago. In my last article I focused on youth unemployment and, as destiny constantly practices irony, I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference …
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A recent conference on sustainable youth employment laid bare challenges including job creation, employability, entrepreneurship and equal opportunity, according Joshua Hamlet, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from San Fernando in Trinidad and Tobago. In my last article I focused on youth unemployment and, as destiny constantly practices irony, I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference …
"How can youths contribute to the creation of a prosperous future?” Read More »