National youth policies in the ESCWA region

In recent years, a number of ESCWA member countries have secured achievements in integrating young people, in education, training and employment; in protecting them, improving their health and living conditions; in eliminating discrimination against them; and in promoting their participation. Yet, in many countries the young still suffer from multifaceted exclusion and marginalization, which disrupts the development of national capacities, limits the prospects of such development, and threatens national security and stability. How could exclusion of young people in the countries of the region be addressed to ensure the wider participation of youth in development and the utilization of demographic dividends? What are the foundations of policies designed to eliminate exclusion of young people and enable them to take advantage of their manifold abilities and potentialities?

Related Subject(s): Population and Demography