2020 Review – A Year of Sharing Youth Power and Driving Momentum for the Global Goals
Dear Friend, Happy New Year! We know 2020 was a long and challenging year and we hope that you are excited to kick start 2021 with all the energy and determination to achieve the change you desire in your community and the world. Last year showed us the importance of advocating for a better world […]
Work-Life Balance, Equality and Contributing to Community Development Defines Decent Work for a Nigerian Youth
Youth employment remains one of the defining challenges of our time. Addressing youth employment means finding solutions with and for young people who are seeking a decent and productive job; working but living in poverty, or are discouraged by current labour market prospects. Such solutions should address both supply, i.e. education, skills development and training, […]
NGYouthSDGs Organizes Youth Labs to Design Solutions to Tackle Youth Unemployment in Nigeria
The COVID19 pandemic has shown the importance of creating safety nets for young Nigerians. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s unemployment rate is 27.1% meaning that 21.7 million Nigerians are unemployed with an underemployment rate of 28.6% indicating that 55.7% of the population are underemployed or unemployed. Young people who make about 70 […]
Why Advocacy is the Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria
Written by Chinedu Nnawetanma The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 aspirations for economic, social, environmental and political prosperity that every country in the world is enjoined to achieve by 2030. The SDGs were launched by the United Nations in 2015 to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the previous global goals whose timeline ran from 2000 […]
