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Rooting for change: solving the unemployment crisis

Rooting for change: solving the unemployment crisis

FromThe Impact Room


Rooting for change: solving the unemployment crisis

FromThe Impact Room

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Unemployment is a global crisis. From Saudi Arabia to South America, joblessness has been described as a ticking time bomb and, in many regions, has been a trigger for civil unrest. In this episode of The Impact Room, we are joined by two women who are at the vanguard of finding new solutions to this complex problem.Mona Mourshed is the founding CEO of Generation: You Employed, a global organisation dedicated to solving joblessness by creating pathways from education to employment. Maryana Iskander is the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a South African-based social enterprise tackling the barriers that lock young Africans out of work, with a goal of region-wide systems change.In this episode, Mona and Maryana talk unemployment models and why they fail, chasing systems change over scale, and why donors need to listen more and demand less. The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. Find us on social media at @PhilanthropyAge. Disclosure: Maysa is a board member of Generation: You Employed.The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. This episode was produced and edited by Louise Redvers.
Released:
Aug 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (27)

The Impact Room is a new space to connect people and ideas that make a real difference to our world. Step inside to hear stories of success and failure from a host of global guests, all working to solve some of the world’s most intractable development challenges. From youth unemployment and internet freedom, to modern slavery, neglected tropical diseases, and much more, we will be talking to and about the people and ideas that make a real difference to our world. The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and hosted by Maysa Jalbout.