Generation Unlimited
Generation Unlimited - Yuwaah
In 2018, UNICEF initiated the global Generation Unlimited partnership to meet the urgent needs of expanding education, skill development and employment opportunities for young people across the world. Within the overall Sustainable Development Goals framework, and the new UN Youth Policy 2030, Generation Unlimited provides an agenda that is universal in nature – all countries can and must do more to support the education, skills, and empowerment of youth.
The India chapter of Generation Unlimited – YuWaah – was born in 2019. At the core of YuWaah is the willingness and capacity to meaningfully engage and listen to young people’s needs, ideas and aspirations. By focusing on engagement, learning, skill development and employment of young people, YuWaah aims to support a generation of empowered, young change makers in India. Envisaged as a strategic, long-term initiative, YuWaah will serve as the much-needed bridge between solution providers, private sector, Government of India, academia and civil society organizations to fund and scale-up innovative and effective solutions.
Testimonials
Individuals must keep activating and levelling up their life skills whether they are looking for employment or entrepreneurship. If there will be more entrepreneurs, more employment opportunities will come.
I would like decision makers to support young people who have an idea to work on, but unable to get support where they can build upon their idea and get mentorship support.
Also, around employment, create local platforms wherever young people can share their need, meet together & dicusss success stories, get career-related counselling, get information of up-skilling courses and jobs.
India is 'young' country as around 60 percentage population is young. We need to work towards capacity building for youth, especially in rural and tribal area as they are lagging due to information gap, skills gap, resources and mentorship gap.
For employment we have to focus on innovation and creativity towards sectors like agriculture, green energy and forest products as it will help us live a sustainable klife and support local resources in this process as well.
Young people should be given more opportunities that are easily accessible in order to build sustainable and dignified livelihoods for themselves. Starting from paid internships to being able to earn while we are still learning, we must be given the chance to develop our skills and create value from the get-go. Entrepreneurship should be introduced as a viable career option from the school level itself so that every young person can make a conscious decision to pursue it if they want. As for young entrepreneurs, access to mentors and resources is vital.
I urge decision makers to invest in youth, make partnerships with youth and give place to youth in decision-making in solving employment and entrepreneurship challenges.
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