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Constructing “Life Histories” for Iranian Youth in Transition

30 Jun 2010

Editor’s Note: The Middle East Youth Initiative has released a new study that explores youth transitions in Iran in depth, exploiting longitudinal data to track youth preferences and outcomes as they move from the education system into the labor and marriage markets. Diana Greenwald interviewed coauthor Djavad Salehi-Isfahani to discuss some of the paper’s main findings.

Posted by Sara Musaifer in Education, Employment, Marriage, Iran at 12:45

Youth in Focus: Findings from the 2010 Egypt Human Development Report

29 Jun 2010
Editor's Note: On June 27, 2010, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released the 2010 Egypt Human Development Report (EHDR) entitled “Youth in Egypt: Building our Future.” On the occasion of the release of the EHDR, Mary Kraetsch spoke with Heba Handoussa, lead author of the EHDR, about the report’s goals and main findings.
Posted by Mary Kraetsch in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Housing and Credit, Marriage, Egypt at 11:30

Gender, Development and Governance in Yemen, 20 Years On

17 Jun 2010
Diana Greenwald interviews Raufa Hassan al-Sharki on the importance of human development and transparent governance in Yemen, with a special focus on the country's young women and girls.
Posted by Diana Greenwald in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Marriage, Social Exclusion, Yemen at 12:15

تقييم التحديات التي تواجه شباب الشرق الأوسط: بيانات جديدة و أسئلة جديدة

15 Jun 2010
ملحوظة: في محاولة لإلقاء الضوء على التحديات التي تواجه الشباب في الشرق الأوسط، قامت كلٍ من سامنثا كونستنت و ماري كرايتش بإعداد خريطة تفاعلية وصحائف الحقائق التي تعرض الإحصائيات الرئيسية المتعلقة بالشباب في 18 دولة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط. كما تقدمان في المذكرة المرفقة نظرة عامة على ما توصلوا إليه من بيانات و نتائج رئيسية.
Posted in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Housing and Credit, Marriage, Middle East at 16:15

Taking Stock of the Youth Challenge in the Middle East: New Data and New Questions

15 Jun 2010
Editor's Note: In an effort to shed light on the challenges that youth continue to face in the Middle East, Samantha Constant and Mary Kraetsch have created an interactive map and corresponding fact sheets that provide key statistics associated with youth issues for all 18 countries in the Middle East. In the accompanying note, they provide an overview of the data and their main findings.
Posted in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Housing and Credit, Marriage, Middle East at 14:45