YuWaah Youth Skilling Initiative

Ministry of Women and Child Development

 

WHAT

UNICEF has informed that they have launched ‘YuWaah’ Generation Unlimited in India on 1.11.2019.

 

AIM

According to UNICEF, Generation Unlimited, called YuWaah in India, is a multi-stakeholder alliance that aims to facilitate youth to gain relevant skills for productive lives and the future of work.

 

FEATURES

• The target age group of YuWaah includes adolescent girls and boys.
• Its key mission is to promote access to foundational, transferable and 21st-century skills for youth inside and outside formal education systems, which includes defining foundational skills, life skills and flexible learning and identifying and scaling impactful delivery models.
• YuWaah intends to create platforms to guide youth to market opportunities (career guidance, mentorship, internships, apprenticeships) and facilitate the integration of career guidance in school education.

 

UNICEF

• The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations agency.
• The agency is responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children around the world.
• It was established in 1946 as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund by the U.N. General Assembly. In 1953 it became a permanent part of the United Nations System.

 

Source: PIB

 

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