Contemporary approach to african feminism by Prof Tal EdgarsGBSH Consult Group
A number of years have passed since the first feminists based in Africa prioritised connections between gender, imperialism and race. Since these interventions, African feminist dialogues have become increasingly less concerned with critiquing western feminism and progressively more goal oriented and pro-active. Join GBSH Consult Group Executive Chairman H.E. Prof. Dr. Ambassador Tal Edgars as he discusses the contemporary approach to African Feminism.
Doing Good Is Good Business -ARM Keynote Erica Kochi UNICEF InnovationErica Kochi
Technology has already changed the way we live but still has the potential to do so much more. In emerging markets, if applied properly, it can be a driving force for good. It also provides immense opportunities for the bottom lines of technology companies.
DESA News is an insider's look at the United Nations in the area of economic and social development policy. The newsletter is produced by the Communications and Information Management Service of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with DESA Divisions. DESA News is issued every month.
For more information: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/newsletter/desanews/index.html
Contemporary approach to african feminism by Prof Tal EdgarsGBSH Consult Group
A number of years have passed since the first feminists based in Africa prioritised connections between gender, imperialism and race. Since these interventions, African feminist dialogues have become increasingly less concerned with critiquing western feminism and progressively more goal oriented and pro-active. Join GBSH Consult Group Executive Chairman H.E. Prof. Dr. Ambassador Tal Edgars as he discusses the contemporary approach to African Feminism.
Doing Good Is Good Business -ARM Keynote Erica Kochi UNICEF InnovationErica Kochi
Technology has already changed the way we live but still has the potential to do so much more. In emerging markets, if applied properly, it can be a driving force for good. It also provides immense opportunities for the bottom lines of technology companies.
DESA News is an insider's look at the United Nations in the area of economic and social development policy. The newsletter is produced by the Communications and Information Management Service of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with DESA Divisions. DESA News is issued every month.
For more information: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/newsletter/desanews/index.html
340 billion USD was the approximate size of the Medtech market in 2015. There are currently 259.000 mHealth apps on the market,
300 clinical trials for mobile apps underway. But what is the impact of digital health on access to healthcare and population health improvement?
População e Desenvolvimento na Agenda do Cairo: balanço e desafiosAlice Junqueira
Texto para a Edição 13 da publicação Watchdog Youth Coalition (Abril de 2014)
[POR]
A Youth Coalition é uma organização internacional de jovens (de 18 a 29 anos) comprometida com a promoção dos direitos sexuais e reprodutivos de adolescentes e jovens nos níveis nacional, regional e internacional. Somos estudantes, pesquisadores, advogados, profissionais de saúde, educadores, agentes de desenvolvimento e, o mais importante, somos todos ativistas dedicados.
[ENG]
Youth Coalition is an international organization of young people (ages 18-29 years) committed to promoting adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels. We are students, researchers, lawyers, health care professionals, educators, development workers, and most importantly, we are all dedicated activists.
http://www.youthcoalition.org/
Gender is an important issue in the context of information and communication technologies ICT . Studies show that ICT use is subject to gender bias, e.g. in relation to ICT use and interests. This contribution describes the current situation of gender and ICT professions. Based on an empirical study, it shows particular areas in ICT education that suffer from gender inequalities in both countries. Furthermore, the chapter elaborates how gender inequalities develop from secondary to professional ICT careers based on statistics. As a consequence of recession driven economic development, the information and communication technology sector has weakened in recent years in OECD countries. Still, an ICT growth of about 4 percent was observed in 2008. Although there was a decrease in 2009 due to the current financial crisis, a general upturn is expected in the long term because of constant development of the ICT services, software, products for Internet use and communication, and infrastructure. The ICT skills of the work force contribute to the growth the overall share of employees in ICT specialist occupations is 4 percent and increasing rapidly, and 20 percent of employment relates to occupations that use ICT extensively.Even though information and communication technology ICT is essential for everyday life and has gained considerable attention in education and other sectors, it also carries individual differences in its use and relevant skills. This systematic review aims to examine the gender differences in ICT use and skills for learning through technology. A comprehensive search of eight journal databases and a specific selection criterion was carried out to exclude articles that match our stated exclusion criteria. We included 42 peer reviewed empirical publications and conference proceedings published between 2006 and 2020. For a subsample of studies, we performed a small scale meta analysis to quantify possible gender differences in ICT use and skills. A random effects model uncovered a small and positive, yet not significant, effect size in favor of boys g = 0.17, 95 CI 0.01, 0.36 . However, this finding needs to be further backed by large scale meta analyses, including more study samples and a broader set of ICT use and skills measures. We highlight several concerns that should be addressed and more thoroughly in collaboration with one another to better IT skills and inspire new policies to increase the quality of ICT use. Archana Sahare "Gender Impact of ICT in Education" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd51814.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/sociology/51814/gender-impact-of-ict-in-education/archana-sahare
The Measurement of Trust and Subjective Well-being: OECD Guidelines and pract...StatsCommunications
Third webinar of the series: Measuring people's perceptions, evaluations and experiences, 29 September 2020, More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/lac-well-being-metrics.htm
World Grain Marketing: Why the location of population & economic growth is cr...ChrisFerris
The lead presentation at the Fields on Wheels Conference held in Winnipeg, MB on Dec 2, 2015. The presentation considered the location of expected population growth and its implications for the Canadian grain industry in the future 2035, with a glimpse at 2100 (used UNPD and other sources).
How Do OECD Forum Attendees Compare with Citizens Around the World on Views A...Pew Research Center
At the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s annual forum on Dec. 15, 2020, Director of Global Attitudes Research Richard Wike presented the results of an invitation-only poll of forum attendees about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, the state of the global economy, the future of work, and cooperation between countries. The presentation compared the poll's results to findings from Pew Research Center surveys of general publics around the world.
Normal life came to an abrupt halt in the first quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 virus spread around the globe. Confronted by myriad unprecedented challenges, including political and economic unrest, the closure of civic space, and a decline in financial viability, CSOs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) demonstrated remarkable resilience. They reacted quickly to the constantly changing circumstances by providing critical services, thereby demonstrating their value to the societies in which they are based. In addition, CSOs increasingly adopted new technologies, allowing them to develop new ways of working, providing services to their constituents, and increasing their own capacities. The pandemic thus served as a litmus test, both exposing CSOs’ vulnerabilities and highlighting their resilience. This year’s CSO Sustainability Index for MENA, which reports on the state of CSO sectors in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen, describes both these opportunities and challenges.
Do you embrace the SDGs? Michael Green at Luxembourg SEsocprog
Social Progress Imperative CEO Michael Green uses Social Progress Index data to assess whether Luxembourg, and the world, are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
340 billion USD was the approximate size of the Medtech market in 2015. There are currently 259.000 mHealth apps on the market,
300 clinical trials for mobile apps underway. But what is the impact of digital health on access to healthcare and population health improvement?
População e Desenvolvimento na Agenda do Cairo: balanço e desafiosAlice Junqueira
Texto para a Edição 13 da publicação Watchdog Youth Coalition (Abril de 2014)
[POR]
A Youth Coalition é uma organização internacional de jovens (de 18 a 29 anos) comprometida com a promoção dos direitos sexuais e reprodutivos de adolescentes e jovens nos níveis nacional, regional e internacional. Somos estudantes, pesquisadores, advogados, profissionais de saúde, educadores, agentes de desenvolvimento e, o mais importante, somos todos ativistas dedicados.
[ENG]
Youth Coalition is an international organization of young people (ages 18-29 years) committed to promoting adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels. We are students, researchers, lawyers, health care professionals, educators, development workers, and most importantly, we are all dedicated activists.
http://www.youthcoalition.org/
Gender is an important issue in the context of information and communication technologies ICT . Studies show that ICT use is subject to gender bias, e.g. in relation to ICT use and interests. This contribution describes the current situation of gender and ICT professions. Based on an empirical study, it shows particular areas in ICT education that suffer from gender inequalities in both countries. Furthermore, the chapter elaborates how gender inequalities develop from secondary to professional ICT careers based on statistics. As a consequence of recession driven economic development, the information and communication technology sector has weakened in recent years in OECD countries. Still, an ICT growth of about 4 percent was observed in 2008. Although there was a decrease in 2009 due to the current financial crisis, a general upturn is expected in the long term because of constant development of the ICT services, software, products for Internet use and communication, and infrastructure. The ICT skills of the work force contribute to the growth the overall share of employees in ICT specialist occupations is 4 percent and increasing rapidly, and 20 percent of employment relates to occupations that use ICT extensively.Even though information and communication technology ICT is essential for everyday life and has gained considerable attention in education and other sectors, it also carries individual differences in its use and relevant skills. This systematic review aims to examine the gender differences in ICT use and skills for learning through technology. A comprehensive search of eight journal databases and a specific selection criterion was carried out to exclude articles that match our stated exclusion criteria. We included 42 peer reviewed empirical publications and conference proceedings published between 2006 and 2020. For a subsample of studies, we performed a small scale meta analysis to quantify possible gender differences in ICT use and skills. A random effects model uncovered a small and positive, yet not significant, effect size in favor of boys g = 0.17, 95 CI 0.01, 0.36 . However, this finding needs to be further backed by large scale meta analyses, including more study samples and a broader set of ICT use and skills measures. We highlight several concerns that should be addressed and more thoroughly in collaboration with one another to better IT skills and inspire new policies to increase the quality of ICT use. Archana Sahare "Gender Impact of ICT in Education" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd51814.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/sociology/51814/gender-impact-of-ict-in-education/archana-sahare
The Measurement of Trust and Subjective Well-being: OECD Guidelines and pract...StatsCommunications
Third webinar of the series: Measuring people's perceptions, evaluations and experiences, 29 September 2020, More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/lac-well-being-metrics.htm
World Grain Marketing: Why the location of population & economic growth is cr...ChrisFerris
The lead presentation at the Fields on Wheels Conference held in Winnipeg, MB on Dec 2, 2015. The presentation considered the location of expected population growth and its implications for the Canadian grain industry in the future 2035, with a glimpse at 2100 (used UNPD and other sources).
How Do OECD Forum Attendees Compare with Citizens Around the World on Views A...Pew Research Center
At the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s annual forum on Dec. 15, 2020, Director of Global Attitudes Research Richard Wike presented the results of an invitation-only poll of forum attendees about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, the state of the global economy, the future of work, and cooperation between countries. The presentation compared the poll's results to findings from Pew Research Center surveys of general publics around the world.
Normal life came to an abrupt halt in the first quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 virus spread around the globe. Confronted by myriad unprecedented challenges, including political and economic unrest, the closure of civic space, and a decline in financial viability, CSOs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) demonstrated remarkable resilience. They reacted quickly to the constantly changing circumstances by providing critical services, thereby demonstrating their value to the societies in which they are based. In addition, CSOs increasingly adopted new technologies, allowing them to develop new ways of working, providing services to their constituents, and increasing their own capacities. The pandemic thus served as a litmus test, both exposing CSOs’ vulnerabilities and highlighting their resilience. This year’s CSO Sustainability Index for MENA, which reports on the state of CSO sectors in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen, describes both these opportunities and challenges.
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Presentation by Michael Green, CEO of the Social Progress Imperative, on using the Social Progress Index to support the SDGs and achieve Sustainable and Resilient Societies.
How to build a framework to track SDG progress at a national levelsocprog
Presentation by Minister José Molinas Vega, on how the government of Paraguay used the Social Progress Index to build a framework to track national progress towards the SDGs.
Advancing the SDGs at atate and district level in Indiasocprog
Presentation by Amit Kapoor, President and CEO, India Council on Competitiveness, on how state- and district-level Social Progress Indexes are being used to advance the SDGs in India.
Youth Progress Index Presentation to the European Parliamentsocprog
The Youth Progress Index is one of the most innovative tools for measuring the quality of life of young people because it reflects the things most important to their safety, health and freedom, and like all our indexes, it remains independent of economic indicators. This social progress index offers distinct and equally important insight that will be critically helpful in empowering the largest generation ever in their transition from childhood to adulthood. To learn more, visit https://www.youthforum.org/youth-progress-index/.
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Spring Lecture on Social Progress Indexsocprog
Michael Green, CEO of the Social Progress Imperative, presented about the Sustainable Development Goals, and specifically the importance of measuring development in order to drive progress. The Social Progress Imperative has produced scorecards grading countries according to their current progress on the SDGs, and in his lecture he will address the challenges and opportunities associated with using metrics in this way.
Findings from the Social Progress Index: US Statessocprog
The Social Progress Index: US States is an objective, transparent measure that compares quality of life in all 50 states. The Social Progress Index is meant to complement, not replace, economic measures like GDP per capita and Median Household Income. These measures only tell half the story about what life is really like for ordinary Americans. The Social Progress Index™ highlights the issues and the individuals that are invisible when only looking at changes in the economy. The Social Progress Imperative, a US-based nonprofit, created the index to help local officials, businesses and community organizations understand how well people are truly living, how economic changes are affecting quality of life, and what improvements can have the greatest impact on society. To learn more, please visit www.socialprogressimperative.org.
UNGA Week Skoll Foundation | TED We The Future Eventsocprog
Michael Green shares his thoughts from his discussion with the UN Foundation and GSMA at the Skoll Foundation's We The Future Event during the UN General Assembly week.
Michael Green's Presentation at Ireland's National Economic Dialogue on June ...socprog
Social Progress Imperative CEO Michael Green contributed to the opening plenary at 10:05 a.m. to support the meeting's theme of "Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Context of National and
Global Challenges" at the Printworks Conference Center in the Dublin Castle on June 28, 2017. Green compared Ireland's results on the recently launched 2017 Social Progress Index to countries with similar GDP per capita and highlighted where more progress can be achieved in the next budget cycle. Surrounding the event, Social Progress Imperative and its partners Deloitte and ChangeX also invite media to learn more about how the Irish government can use both social progress and economic data to develop fiscal policy.
2017 Indice de Progreso Social Informe Metodologicosocprog
Aunque existe una estrecha relación entre el desempeño económico, medido por el PIB PPA per cápita, 1 y el desempeño en el Índice de Progreso Social, algunos países logran un nivel de progreso social mucho más alto en comparación con países con un PIB per cápita similar. Por ejemplo, Nepal logra un puntaje de 60.08 en el índice de Progreso Social, con un PIB per cápita de $2,312, mientras
que Yemen, con un PIB per cápita de $2,649 logra apenas un 43.46. El Índice demuestra que el crecimiento económico no es suficiente para el progreso social. Países y comunidades que quieren mejores vidas para sus ciudadanos necesitan ir más allá del crecimiento económico a la hora de diseñar sus estrategias de desarrollo.
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que Yemen, con un PIB per cápita de $2,649 logra apenas un 43.46. El Índice demuestra que el crecimiento económico no es suficiente para el progreso social. Países y comunidades que quieren mejores vidas para sus ciudadanos necesitan ir más allá del crecimiento económico a la hora de diseñar sus estrategias de desarrollo.
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The 2017 Social Progress Index launched June 21. Though there is a strong relationship between economic performance, as measured by GDP PPP per capita, and performance on the Social Progress Index, some countries achieve much higher social progress relative to countries with similar GDP per capita. For example, Nepal scores 60.08 on the Social Progress Index with a GDP per capita of $2,312, while Yemen, with a GDP per capita of $2,649, scores only 43.46. The Index demonstrates that economic growth is not sufficient for social progress. Countries and communities that want better lives for their citizens need to go beyond economic growth alone in designing their development strategies. Explore the data at http://socialprogressimperative.org.
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“We are thrilled to support the partnership between NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness as India works to benchmark social progress in great detail across 28 states and one territory,” said Michael Green, Chief Executive Officer of the Social Progress Imperative. “We look forward to seeing how innovative leaders in government and business use this new map of human wellbeing to improve the lives of people across the subcontinent.”
This exciting development to measure and advance wellbeing in India is an example of the applicability of the Social Progress Index to improve social progress around the world.
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Social Progress Imperative CEO Michael Green presented at the Imagine Solutions Conference on February 27, 2017. He introduced the increasingly popular Social Progress Index, explained its use in communities ranging from the Brazilian Amazon to the European Union, and offered a preview of what a Social Progress Index for the United States at the state or intra-state level of detail might offer those looking to advance social progress in that country.
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By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
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Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
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2. A youth-specific Index
First SPI index looking into the particular realities of an age-
based sub-group of society
What particular challenges do young people face globally?
Youth particularly important in 2030 Agenda discussions:
“Critical agents of change”
Next steps: Using the Youth Progress Index: A tool to
complement other indicators in VNR reports / Shadow reports
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13. Some thoughts resulting from YPI
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Lack of age disaggregated data on youth is disempowering,
and needs to be addressed
Need more data to be able to analyse particular challenges
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disabilities, young LGBTIQ, and young migrants
Aim is to find partners willing to make Youth Progress Indexes
for different levels of governance, similar to what SPI is doing
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14. Get in touch!
Dejan Bojanic, Vice-President of the European
Youth Forum (dejan.bojanic@youthforum.org)
Stephanie Beecroft, Team Leader at European
Youth Forum stephanie.beecroft@youthforum.org)
John Lisney, Project coordinator of Youth Progress
Index (john.lisney@youthforum.org)
Editor's Notes
The Youth Progress Index countries’ scores vary significantly.
The highest scoring country overall is Norway. Switzerland achieves the highest score in Basic Human Needs,
Denmark tops Foundations of Wellbeing,
and Finland outperforms others in Opportunity.
Mozambique ranks last on the Index overall, whereas Central African Republic takes last place in Basic Human Needs and Foundations of Wellbeing, and Guinea is last in Opportunity.
Does it mean that these countries offer the worst quality of life for young people? Not quite. These countries have enough publically available data to enable us to include them in the index. This is a significant achievement in and of itself.
Between Lebanon (58.46) and the Philippines (60.06) at 58.74
Achieving the best results in Basic Human Needs, followed by Foundations of Well-beiing, with Opportunity the most challenging dimension for young people. And while the world is not a country, and this analysis therefore needs to be considered with caution, it offers an indicative assessment of the overall quality of young people’s lives and the most pressing issues they face globally.
By not including economic indicators, the Social Progress Index model allows an independent assessment of the relationship between social and economic performance. By comparing countries’ performance on the Youth Progress Index with levels of GDP per capita (PPP), we can identify patterns and relationships that can help to understand the effects of economic activity on different aspects of young people’s lives, which can guide policy priorities and implementation.
Overall, the Youth Progress Index has a strong positive relationship (R2=0.857)10 with economic performance (measured by GDP pc PPP). Graph 5 shows that at lower levels of GDP per capita ($0-$10,000), a small increase in GDP is associate witha significant increase in the Youth Progress Index scores. Above $10,000, however, GDP becomes less of a determining factor of youth progress.
It is clear that GDP is not the sole determinant of youth progress, as there are countries with similar levels of GDP, but with hugely different YPI scores.
The Youth Progress Index shows that countries with the highest levels of GDP are not necessarily the top performers with regards to youth progress, and similarly the poorest countries in economic terms are not always those that perform worst.
For any level of economic development, the Youth Progress Index provides examples of both scenarios. Costa Rica and Botswana, for example, are different by more than 21 points (with scores of 74.32 and 53.12 respectively). Similarly, Kazakhstan (60.88) scores lower than Latvia (76.43), despite almost identical levels of GDP per capita.
There are also countries with half the monetary resources of others but with similar Youth Progress Index scores, such the Czech Republic or Slovenia and the United States (Graph 22). This suggests furthermore that money is important for improving youth progress at lower levels of GDP per capita, but as a country reaches a certain level of wealth (beyond GDP of $10,000 per capita), it becomes more and more important to look at other changes, such as structural or policy enablers.
In general, higher economic performance is associated with better achievements on Access to Basic Knowledge (and vice versa).
However, some countries also achieve very good performance on Access to Basic Knowledge despite relatively low levels of GDP per capita.
While the MDGs can also potentially explain part of this success, they do not seem to be the only differentiator.
The Index shows that many countries often have lower GDP per capita but better education outcomes than their economic peers.
The countries highlighted in upper left hand corner of Graph 24 achieve very good performance on Access to Basic Knowledge, despite their relatively low levels of GDP per capita.
The Opportunity dimension poses challenges on many different levels, from data availability to the interpretation of results and identifying solutions, with Inclusion the worst.
Difference with SPI is that YPI covers ALL 17 SDGs. Although Employment rates is an economic indicator, the inequality in access to the labour market is a particular challenge that is very relevant and affects young people’s lives significantly.