Youth Speakup on Employment opportunities for the Youth
Unemployment remains a major development issue globally, and in Ghana, the rates are quite high especially among economically active population- the youth. The international labor organization (ILO) refers to youth unemployment as the share of the labour force within ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. In Ghana the number of the youth in the total population(25.90 million at 2013) has increased from 1.1 million in 1960 to 2.3 million in 1984, and to 3.5 million in 2000( World Bank, WDI, 2014) . Hopin Academy and its partners; RUMNET, YEFL and Ghana Friends in Denmark have launched the Youth Speak UP project to speak out against many of these social vices. This Saturday the Youth Speakup Team will discuss "How accessible are employment opportunities for the youth" The project focuses mainly on youth in some four deprived districts of Tamale, Northern Ghana; Kumbungu, Savelugu, Saboba and Karaga. Youth Speak Up will be holding bot...