ilo regional office for latin america and the caribbean decent work and youth latin america
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In your opinion, what is the main fear among young people today?
100100100100100100TOTAL
5187349479172Weighted total interviews
--31-1Not specified
4---31Cancer
85-815Sexual violence
111814161415Unwanted pregnancy
221812181818Violence
262918252726AIDS
293053323734Unemployment
D/ECA/BFemaleMale
SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELSEXTotal %ANSWERS
In your opinion, what is the main difficulty facing young people as they enter adult life?
15423390133171172476Weighted total interviews
100100100100100100100Total %
30.443212Not specified
3764576Inadequate technical training
78117998Low wages
413118111010Difficulties in gaining independence from family
11911871410Job instability
36262235302128Lack of job opportunities
36373633373836Low levels of education
D/ECA/B45 and older
30 to 44
18 to 29
SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELAge Group
Total %ANSWERS
422232Not specified
15423390240236476Weighted total interviews
161923172219Program to encourage political participation by young people
182120182220Program to encourage artistic and sporting gifts of young people
242119271621Program to control drug use and provide rehabilitation
342434292929Education program on sexual and reproductive health
374736463742Program to prevent gang activities and youth violence
515757545655Youth employment program
D/ECA/BFemaleMale
SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELSEXTotal %ANSWERS
Which of the following programs should receive government priority to improve the situation of young people? (multiple answers possible)
From the following list, which do you think is the best definition of “succeeding in life”?
Being self-sufficient, not depending on anyone else 28 18 36 22 30 27Able to work at what you like 21 21 21 15 26 18Being successful at work 18 20 16 18 20 14Being useful to society 16 21 11 27 11 16Forming a stable family 12 15 10 14 10 16Earning a lot of money 4 4 5 3 3 8Not specified 1 1 - - - 2Total % 100 100 100 100 100 100Weighted total interviews 172 79 94 34 87 51
ANSWERS Total %
SEX SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL
Male Female A/B C D/E
Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Studying:49 million
Not precarious:17 million
Precarious:31 million
Unemployed:10 million
Inactive:48 million
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. Size and nature of the challenge1.1. Young people who work: where and under what conditions?1.2. Young people who neither work nor study
2. Paths toward decent work2.1. Challenges
3. Proposals: adequate institutionality 3.1. Better connections with the productive world3.2. Adequate regulatory framework: combining protection and promotion3.3. More and better social protection3.4. Education and job training 3.5. Business training and development 3.6. Promoting inclusion 3.7. An effective institutional framework3.8. The contribution of workers’ and employers’ organizations
CONCLUSION
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DECENT WORK?
Productive work that is justly remunerated and done in conditions of freedom, equity, security, and respect for human dignity (1999).
An attempt to combine, in a reasonable and coherent fashion, the different aspects that make up a good job: creation of quality work (demand of the population, political mandate) that respects the basic rights of workers (historical mandate of the ILO), with appropriate levels of social protection (ethical mandate) and the right of representation and participation in the social dialogue (democratic mandate).
“Not a destination, but a journey.”
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DECENT WORK: Declarations by the Latin American Heads of State and
Government 2003Consensus of Mar del Plata. Argentina and Brazil. XIII Ibero-American Summit. 2004Act of Copacabana. Argentina and Brazil.Declaration of Nuevo León. Special Summit of the Americas.Declaration of Guadalajara. III Summit of Latin America, the Caribbean,
and the European Union.XIV Ibero-American Summit. San José.III South American Summit. Cuzco. 2005Global Summit. New YorkXV Ibero-American Summit. Salamanca.Fourth Summit of the Americas 2006IV Summit of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union.
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Decade for Decent Work in the Americas, 2006–2015
The Declaration and Plan of Action of Mar del Plata informed the report of the Director General at the Sixteenth American Regional Meeting:
“Decent Work in the Americas: An Agenda for the Hemisphere, 2006–2015”
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Decade for Decent Work in the Americas, 2006-2015
Areas for intervention:1. International labor standards.2. Gender equality.3. Youth employment:
Goal: To provide young people with more training and a better insertion into the job market.Target: To reduce the proportion of young people aged over 15 who neither study nor work by one-half over the next 10 years.
4. Small businesses and microenterprises 5. Informal economy 6. Rural sector and local development 7. Professional training 8. Employment services 9. Wages and earnings 10. Health and safety in the workplace 11. Migrant workers
+ComEmprego and studies + Social protection, + Integrated / Not poor + Family and friends
Elementary education / Positive social and family reference points / Family support
Transition to post-secondary education / Professional training / Social networks
Effective transition into the workplace
Aspirations and expectations /
Family decisions
-Unemployed or underemployed – no education or incomplete studies – Poor and at-risk family
School dropouts / Reference points in crisis / Child labor / Interrupted education / Inadequate professional training / Early pregnancy / Precarious jobs / Precarious social networks / Crime / Racial and gender discrimination
Policies
* Better ties with the productive world.* Adequate regulatory framework.* More and better social protection.* Greater emphasis on equality of opportunities.* Education and job training.* Business creation and development.* Social inclusion.* Efficient institutional framework.