International organization: Unemployment and work challenges face 700,000 Iraqi youth annually

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[size=52]International organization: Unemployment and work challenges face 700,000 Iraqi youth annually[/size]

[size=45]Translated by / Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]CBC News, a Canadian news website, revealed that the Canadian federal government donated an amount of $10 million to an initiative to support efforts to provide job opportunities for unemployed youth in Iraq, in coordination with the World University Service, a Canadian advisory organization concerned with supporting youth and students. Around the World, which stated that approximately 700,000 Iraqi youth enter the labor market annually, facing challenges in finding a job opportunity.[/size]
[size=45]The news site quoted the Minister of International Development in Canada, Ahmed Hussein, as saying that approximately 10 million dollars from the federal budget will be spent to support the youth segment in Iraq, indicating that this investment will generally contribute to supporting stability in the country.[/size]
[size=45]The Minister of International Development in the Canadian government said, “Our greatest focus within our strategy in the Middle East region is on Iraq, and the stability that will be achieved in Iraq will have a positive impact on the rest of the region.”[/size]
[size=45]Hussein's statements about providing financial support amounting to $10 million came during his lecture at the University, St. Clair College, in the city of Windsort on Wednesday.[/size]
[size=45]He said, “This new spending will help provide summer technical training courses over a period of five years, in partnership with two organizations, the World University Service and the Canadian Leaders International Consulting Institute, which are two Canadian international organizations with offices in Ottawa.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "For example, currently Iraqi youth are suffering from an unemployment crisis that is becoming more severe year after year, working to obstruct and undermine economic security in the country. The reasons for this are directly related to the previous battles and wars that Iraq has witnessed."[/size]
[size=45]Canadian Member of Parliament, Eric Kuzmirczyk, said that the Minister of Development’s statements came in the city of Windsort because it includes a large number of the Iraqi community, noting that “the efforts of St. Clair College University, located in this city, act as a pioneer in its educational and educational role at the international commercial level.”[/size]
[size=45]Tanya Jordan, Deputy Director of Program Management and Operations at World University Service International in Canada, said that approximately 700,000 young people enter the labor market in Iraq every year, but finding suitable or decent work, or a job opportunity, is a major challenge for them. .[/size]
[size=45]Jordan added, “The unemployment rate among the country’s youth is three times that of adults, and the situation is even worse for women, who face additional challenges in finding a job opportunity.”[/size]
[size=45]She goes on to say, “However, there is still more scope and opportunities that training and employment institutions can provide to ensure that young people achieve their dreams through their latent energies and skills, and in coordination with our partners, we want to help them take their role in the labor market.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, and among other international assistance provided in the field of economic empowerment and providing job opportunities for youth, the World Food Program (WFP) indicated in a report that, in coordination with the Iraqi government, the program is organizing supervisor training courses over a period of five days in coordination with the Al-Reyadah Foundation, which was launched by the government to support the youth segment. By honing their skills to enter into small business projects.[/size]
[size=45]Based on the latest statistics issued by the World Bank on September 5, 2023, it was stated that the level of unemployment in Iraq reached 13.7%, which is the highest rate since 1991, and youth were among the groups most affected by the decline in the economy and the high unemployment rate, as the World Bank indicates that this The category witnessed a significant increase of 36%, confirming that Iraq is among the countries where young people constitute a high percentage of the population, and that half of them are under the age of 19 years, and about a third of them are between 15 and 29 years of age.[/size]
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