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181 million young women in the world suffer from unemployment

The ILO report issued last March, entitled “The latest global employment trends for youth 2020”, revealed that the number of youth worldwide reached about 1.3 billion young people in 2019, 267 million of whom were classified as unemployed and irregular in Schools and vocational training, of whom 181 million are young women.

The report showed that the trend of the unemployed among the youth group has witnessed an escalation in recent years. In 2016, 259 million young people were classified as unemployed, and their number increased to 267 million in 2019, and it is expected that the rise will continue to 273 million in 2021.

Sukti Dasgupta, Head of Employment Policies Branch at the Employment Policy Department at the International Labor Organization, commented on the report that two out of every three young people in the world in the situation of unemployment are females, and this documented data sheds light on the unemployment suffered by women in the world, At the same time, it explains why the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20 summit 2020 is concerned with the issue of empowering women, and allocating a framework for it within the nine frameworks under the axis of “human empowerment”. The issue of empowering women is not limited to a few thousand or millions, but rather it is related to 181 million women in Working age, you are eligible for it, and you do not have the opportunity to join it.

Attention is drawn to the vision of the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20 summit on the issue of empowering women, that it not only contributed to solving the issue, but pledged full commitment to preserving the achievements made during previous presidencies in this regard, and to making tangible progress in empowering women and girls in a greater way. The Kingdom of the issue emphasized that addressing the persistent social and economic disparities between men and women is not a necessity to live and work together, but rather is a fundamental engine for sustainable development, and the Kingdom in linking it to providing jobs for women in an equal and just manner with men; So that there is no disparity between them, it raises the issue to the level of necessity, which cannot be avoided to achieve sustainable development.

The Kingdom also believes that providing opportunities for women is an integral part of comprehensive and sustainable growth, as it will help women achieve their potential in the twenty-first century, and based on these foundations, Saudi Arabia has presented a number of proposals for action to solve the issue, including by addressing the challenges of women. Through the different work streams, which include a set of sectoral initiatives for the less privileged groups of opportunities, and the development of measures that are in the interest of women and girls, and the members of the Group of Twenty continue to support the process of promoting equality between the two genders. On the problem of women’s unemployment in the world.

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181 million young women in the world suffer from unemployment

The ILO report issued last March, entitled “The latest global employment trends for youth 2020”, revealed that the number of youth worldwide reached about 1.3 billion young people in 2019, 267 million of whom were classified as unemployed and irregular in Schools and vocational training, of whom 181 million are young women.

The report showed that the trend of the unemployed among the youth group has witnessed an escalation in recent years. In 2016, 259 million young people were classified as unemployed, and their number increased to 267 million in 2019, and it is expected that the rise will continue to 273 million in 2021.

Sukti Dasgupta, Head of Employment Policies Branch at the Employment Policy Department at the International Labor Organization, commented on the report that two out of every three young people in the world in the situation of unemployment are females, and this documented data sheds light on the unemployment suffered by women in the world, At the same time, it explains why the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20 summit 2020 is concerned with the issue of empowering women, and allocating a framework for it within the nine frameworks under the axis of “human empowerment”. The issue of empowering women is not limited to a few thousand or millions, but rather it is related to 181 million women in Working age, you are eligible for it, and you do not have the opportunity to join it.

Attention is drawn to the vision of the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20 summit on the issue of empowering women, that it not only contributed to resolving the issue, but pledged full commitment to preserving the achievements made during previous presidencies in this regard, and to making tangible progress in empowering women and girls in a greater way. The Kingdom of the issue emphasized that addressing the persistent social and economic disparities between men and women is not a necessity to live and work together, but rather is a fundamental engine for sustainable development, and the Kingdom in linking it to providing jobs for women in an equal and just manner with men; So that there is no disparity between them, it raises the issue to the level of necessity, which cannot be avoided to achieve sustainable development.

The Kingdom also believes that providing opportunities for women is an integral part of comprehensive and sustainable growth, as it will help women achieve their potential in the twenty-first century, and based on these foundations, Saudi Arabia has presented a number of proposals for action to solve the issue, including by addressing the challenges of women. Through the different work streams, which include a set of sectoral initiatives for the less privileged groups of opportunities, and the development of measures that are in the interest of women and girls, and the members of the Group of Twenty continue to support the process of promoting equality between the two genders. On the problem of women’s unemployment in the world.