Marginalized Youth: Understanding the challenges of employment and employable skills
On August 12th 1985, the United Nations celebrated the International Youth Day underscoring how the youth have risen up to prominence as civilisation has progressed. India brimming with 1.3 billion residents, has the maximum share of the youth population in the world. The slice of the population pie that houses residents below the age of 25 spans more than half the total chart! The human resource potential that lies scrambled amongst the youth is insanely immense!
However, being a developing country means that India has to spar with challenges brought by limited and unequal access to resources and opportunities. In many parts of the country youth face poverty, hunger, violence and discrimination that can only be stared down by education and empowerment. One of the major problems India is struggling to grapple with is unemployment . Youth in India are particularly vulnerable to marginalization in the labour market because they’re a bit lightweight when it comes to skills, work experience, the ability to find jobs and mostly the financial resources to find employment. India also has a dark past with the oppressive caste system and class based divisions stepping in the way. By striving to combat these prejudices and handing marginalized sections of our society a way to carve a path for themselves and our country as a whole, we’re striving to make strides in the right direction! Please do consider a tax exempt donation to help us, as a people, as a society, and as a country, push forward!
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This project stems from a collaborative effort undertaken by experts from several fields including Dr. Lena Ashok (Youth and wellbeing), Mr. Teddy Andrews (Youth and adult programme development), Ms. Ida Dsouza (Child care and protection), Ms. Purnima Venkat (Human Rights and livelihoods) of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and Mr. Sebastian KV of the School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya. The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) is one of the most well-established Universities in Asia and has consistently ranked among the top Universities in India by several surveys including the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) published by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and the QS World Rankings. Roshni Nilaya is a very well reputed institute having made significant credible strides in the domain of Social Work.
BackYourScience Research Foundation is India’s first not-for-profit company established exclusively for crowdfunding scientific research! Each and every rupee that makes its way to us is utilized in helping save lives by funding cutting edge biomedical research, sowing dreams in marginalized children across the country with our heartfelt educational initiatives and helping science find a home in each and every one of us. Please do consider donating and being a part of the science of it all. Thanks for everything!
- Ann Mariella Babu,
Intern, BackYourScience Research Foundation - Surya Shivaprasad,
Chair, Youth and Innovation Wing, BackYourScience Research Foundation
