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AKZENTUIERT akzente 1/1526 Staying in touch: the digital revolution keeps young people connected all over the world. Youth on the move: the latest United Nations World Youth Report focuses on migration. www.unworldyouthreport.org by an additional day in later life. And researchers in the UK report that 42-year-olds who were jobless when young are still earning less than their continuously em- ployed peers. So there are good reasons why young people should be spared this experience. But the ques- tion is, how? According to labour market researchers, there is an urgent need for a vocational training reform in many countries. But until that takes effect, they re- commend that young people leave their home countries, at least temporarily, and move to wherever jobs are more plentiful and training is a better match for business needs – just as Héctor has done. Courage and enthusiasm in the face of adversity Despite the numerous challenges they face, young people are still willing to stand up for their rights. They are cou rageous and enthusiastic, and some are quick to turn the spotlight on suffering and injustice. One of them is Malala Yousafzai, a young woman from Pakistan who, in Decem- ber 2014, became the youngest person ever to win the No- bel Peace Prize, which she shared with Kailash Satyarthi, a children’s rights activist from India. Malala became a sym- bolic figure in young women’s struggle for the right to edu- cation after she was shot by a Taliban gunman on her school bus for opposing the local ban on girls attending school. Although critically injured, she successfully under- went treatment in Pakistan and the UK city of Birming- ham. Today, she lives in Birmingham with her family and continues her advocacy for girls’ right to an education. On her 16th birthday in July 2013, Malala delivered an ad- dress to the United Nations Youth Assembly, in which she called for a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, a struggle in which education is the most power- ful weapon. ‘One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world,’ she said. This young woman has already inspired many other people with her dream of a better future. www.giz.de/youth-empowerment www.giz.de/vocational-education-training