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First Person: Hatching a plan for success in rural Gambia

26 February 2023

In rural areas of The Gambia, job opportunities are scarce, but villagers like Gidom Sabally are benefiting from practical training, gaining recognized qualifications, and setting up successful small businesses in their communities.

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Skills training key to tackling youth unemployment

15 July 2016

General News

Young people are nearly three times more likely to be jobless than adults, according to data from the United Nations.

Improving education and training to help the world’s estimated 73 million unemployed youth enter the workforce is the goal of World Youth Skills Day observed on 15 July.

Basma Baghall has been speaking to the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi.

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