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Young workers

Young workers academy in Nairobi

12 December 2017

Young workers from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar, and Sweden met in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to discuss issues surrounding Quality Public Services, Tax Justice and Gender Equality.

Twenty young African trade unions leaders gathered in Abuja to discuss remunicipalisation

16 October 2017

Twenty young workers, representing 16 trade unions from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Nigeria, met in Abuja on 11-12 September to attend a workshop sponsored by IMPACT and Kommunal about the remunicipalisation of public services.

12 August - International Youth Day 2017

10 August 2017

This year, the day is dedicated to celebrating young people’s contributions to conflict prevention and transformation as well as inclusion, social justice, and sustainable peace. The current generation of youth is the largest in history and young people often comprise the majority in countries marked by armed conflict or unrest.

Killings and rape of young women and children in South Africa

18 May 2017

The PSI South African Young Workers Committee has released a statement about the recent disturbing developments of disappearances, kidnappings, killings and general aggression against young women in South Africa. We must all work together to break the silence and mobilise against gender-based violence and the violation of women’s rights in our workplaces and societies.

PSI supports the Global Intern Strike!

17 February 2017

Monday, 20th of February, will see interns and young workers come together in cities across the world as part of the first ever Global Intern Strike.

Slideshow on Flickr with 82 photos of the Sub-Regional workshop on strengthening the capacity of young women workers that took place in Lomé, Togo on 28-29 October 2016.

Sub-Regional workshop on strengthening the capacity of young women workers in Lomé, Togo

08 November 2016

Slideshow on Flickr with 82 photos of the Sub-Regional workshop on strengthening the capacity of young women workers that took place in Lomé, Togo on 28-29 October 2016.

PSI holds first ever UN side-event on fight against unpaid internships

06 October 2016

Over one hundred engaged youth, unionists and civil society representatives met on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council at the PSI event "How Unpaid Internships Undermine Human Rights, to call on the UN, NGOs and Governments to put an end to unpaid internships, across the labour market.

Policy brief EB-148 : Young Workers

19 May 2016

This policy brief on Young Workers was produced for the PSI Executive Board EB-148 held at the ILO in Geneva (Switzerland) on 19-20 May 2016. Its objective is to inform EB-148 of PSI activities on young workers’ issues. The brief is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Swedish and Japanese.

International Summit in Johannesburg to celebrate the International Youth Day

Date: 
11 August, 2016 to 13 August, 2016

“The Role of Young Workers in Fighting Precarious Employment and Its Impact in the Public Services”