The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionist and labour activists to apply to its Masters Programme on “Labour Policies and Globalisation” offered in Germany, or the Masters in “Globalisation and Labour” offered in India.

The deadline for application has been extended to April 1st 2010.

A limited number of scholarships will be awarded to students.  For application and programme details, please visit GLU Website.

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 200 million children in the world today are involved in child labour, doing work that is damaging to their mental, physical and emotional development. Children work because their survival and that of their families depend on it. Child labour persists even where it has been declared illegal, and is frequently surrounded by a wall of silence, indifference, and apathy. But that wall is beginning to crumble. While the total elimination of child labour is a long-term goal in many countries, certain forms of child labour must be confronted immediately. Nearly three-quarters of working children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour, including trafficking, armed conflict, slavery, sexual exploitation and hazardous work.

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The Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF) was founded in 2007 as an independent and impartial international platform for addressing humanitarian concerns.  The forum’s work is centred on climate change.

In June 2009,  the forum hosted its inaugural Youth Forum entitled Young Adults 4 New Results in Geneva. 100 selected international young adults will search for new ideas and solutions as to what young adults can do to address the human impact of climate change. The Youth Forum 2009 has been a great success and due to the positive feedback regarding the Youth Forum the GHF decided recently to further strengthen the focus on youth activities in the coming years.  If you would like to learn more about the Youth Forum 2009, please consult the e-version of the official Youth Forum 2009 report click here

There will be Youth Forum in 2010, and the forum will launch a global competition through which young people (18-30 year) from all over the world can apply to take part. Mischa Liatowitsch, Project Manager Youth Forum, told me that possibility in February 2010 to publisize the competition. Hope that you are, the young people, in Asia Pacific who are potential interested to attend the Youth Forum 2010 could take part on the competition.

For further info about the Youth Forum, please visit www.youthforum2009.org.To learn more about the Global Humanitarian Forum as an organization, please visit the official website www.ghf-ge.org.

On 12    August 2009 Hind Mahila Sabha (Indian Women’s Association) organised a seminar on  the  issue  of  participation  and  role  of  Young  workers  in  Trade  Union  activities.  The  one day seminar was attended by youth from various sections of society along with distinguished speakers  who  contributed  their  views  in  regard  to  the  greater  role  youth  tend  to  play in  the globalised  world  and  the  need  of  more  young  workers  at  the  leadership  positions.  The seminar was followed by a round table discussion on the PSI theme of “More jobs, better jobs for young workers” which identified the following goals:

• Need of greater youth participation in the trade union activities and improving access to   information   in   order   to   enable   young   people   to   make   better   use   of   their opportunities to participate in decision-making;
• Developing and strengthening opportunities for young people to learn their rights and responsibilities,  promoting  their  social,  political,  developmental  and  environmental participation in  attainment of Millennium Development Goals;
• Taking   into   account the   contribution   of   youth   in   designing,   implementing   and evaluating national policies and plans affecting their concerns.

For more info please contact Ms. Abha Chaturvedi, HMS President: abha_hms@yahoo.com

The theme for International Youth Day 2009 is “More jobs, better jobs for young workers!” PSI is taking the opportunity to call on young workers to join and get active in the trade union movement and on the trade union movement to reach out to young workers. The views, ideas and participation of young workers are vital to meeting the most pressing challenges of today’s globalised world, including precarious work, rising unemployment and increasing poverty. PSI is working with young workers at a regional, sub-regional and national levels to find innovative ways for them to participate in trade union activities. Click here to read the PSI statement.

The article wrote by Mark Scott published at Spiegel Online International highlighted that “with one in five Gen Yers unable to find work, a new “lost generation” may be in the making in Europe“.

The current global economic crisis hit people around the world, with massive layoff, not only in developing countries but also in developed countries.  Young people hard hit by this crisis, they were 2.8 times as likely to be unemployed that adults at the global level.

Paradox situation that well-educated youth also difficult to find jobs, decent jobs! Read the experience of Jerome Delorme, 23-year-old has a master’s degree in European studies from the prestigious Sciences Po university in Grenoble - speaks fluent English, and has already had several high-profile internships. But in three months of looking for work, Delorme has been able to land only another internship, at a nonprofit organization. “The crisis has made getting a real job very difficult,”

To learn more, click here

Read also this link: Recession Robs Spain’s Youth of Jobs and Hope