Unemployment and Insecurity Worry Young Mexicans on International Youth Day Prensa Latina
go to original August 12, 2012

Unemployment and insecurity are the greatest concerns to young Mexicans, a quarter of the country’s population, said the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, on occasion of the International Youth Day.

According to the report, 8.7 percent of citizens between 15 and 29 years of age, who are part of the economically active population, are jobless.

The institute explained that in percentages poverty occupies 28.6 percent, drug trafficking (27.5) and corruption (27).

For his part, Roberto Garcia, a professor of the National School of Social Work of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said that unfortunately not all young people have equal opportunities.

Therefore, he said, not a few are involved and victims of violence, because they live in a scenario of aggression.

In 1985, the United Nations declared August 12 as International Youth Day, which seeks to recognize the importance of this sector in society.

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