Political Commitment and Actions to Tackle Jobless Youth

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• young people in the European Union were four times as likely as adults to be temporary employees, with 35.2 per cent of youth employees on temporary contracts, compared with 8.9 per cent for adults (over 25 years of age);
  
• in developing economies, a relatively high number of young people are likely to engage in unpaid family work, starting their working life supporting informal family businesses or farms;
  
• nearly 21 million people are victims of forced labour across the world, in which 5.5 million (26 %) are below 18 years, trapped in jobs which they were coerced or deceived into and which they cannot leave
  
• These situations also happen across the public sector, where precarious works are fast becoming common that linked to public sector employment cuts, privatisation and outsourcing.