Sentences with phrase «youth unemployment crisis»

Not exact matches

Youth in Canada were hit much harder by the financial crisis, with youth unemployment peaking at 16.4 %, compared to 12 % in AustrYouth in Canada were hit much harder by the financial crisis, with youth unemployment peaking at 16.4 %, compared to 12 % in Austryouth unemployment peaking at 16.4 %, compared to 12 % in Australia.

The statistics are certainly sobering: youth unemployment is double the national average, and the crisis is even worse among Aboriginal young people.

With risks ranging from extreme weather, water shortage, and unsustainable urbanisation to non-communicable disease, youth unemployment, and the global food crisis, we recommend you consult all three Global Opportunity Reports and seek out the risk areas most relevant for you.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

When an economic crisis combines high youth unemployment and an impoverished middle class, there is a real risk of a rise in right - wing extremism.

By Cassie Chambers Labour blasted Nick Clegg's proposed solution to youth unemployment this morning, calling it a «plaster solution for a national crisis».

There has been widespread despondency, brought about by severe hardships, rising cost of living, high levels of youth unemployment, collapsed businesses and increasing poverty which is partly the result of a 4 year old energy crisis.

He described 2015 as «one of the most difficult in our 58 - year history» due to «widespread despondency, brought about by severe hardships, rising cost of living, high levels of youth unemployment, collapsed businesses and increasing poverty which is partly the result of a 4 year old energy crisis.

The Careers & Enterprise Company exists to tackle the dual crisis of youth unemployment and the skills shortage by ensuring young people are inspired, informed and have a plan to enter work and fulfil their potential.

Inspiring Interns welcomes the ACEVO report Youth unemployment: the crisis we can not afford.

The report commences by reciting some of the many crises confronting the continent, including youth unemployment (above or approaching 50 % in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland); obesity (most severe in Greece and Italy); bullying (especially in Austria, Estonia, Russia, Belgium, and Portugal); and declining voting rates (Switzerland, Poland, and Portugal).