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Youth Unemployment

Youth Unemployment. [Comparative data of population and job creation growths]. We learn: It is easier to “create” children. It is harder to “ create jobs” (including those for our children). however BOTH Acts are done by the same person - The Adult! SO Why did WE get this far without

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Youth Unemployment

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  1. Youth Unemployment

  2. [Comparative data of population and job creation growths] Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  3. We learn: It is easier to “create” children. It is harder to “create jobs” (including those for our children). however BOTH Acts are done by the same person - The Adult! SO Why did WE get this far without noticing it?

  4. Labour Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD • Youth unemployment is part of the larger issue of general unemployment within the country • Unemployment is a function of: Supply of Labourvs Demand for Labour • UNEMPLOYMENT= supply of labour > demand for labour • Unemployment grows as the rate of increase of supply of labour outstrips the rate of growth of demand for labor. • Youth unemployment is not an exception

  5. And so …. Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD In short, if the problem is as a result of the supply of labour, do not expect the demand for labour (be it by the private or the government sectors) to ‘solve it’. It can.  To ‘run after’ the problem for the short-term But that’s it! And so, it is not a solution.

  6. What influences theSupply of Labour?

  7. Notice:Data of births, youths, and general population data for the past 40 years Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  8. Supply of Labour Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD The rate of supply of labour is a function of the rate of growth of the population Today’s (new) supply is propensity of the population’s (adults) to procreate i.e. births The levels we see today were pre-determined or set into motion twenty to thirty years ago by the population then They have become the youths of today.

  9. So if we created the problem, why do we not see it? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD Often the populace do not reconcile its birth-rate here today to it’s impact on the labour supply out there for tomorrow It’s “unrelated” in their minds for as long as these relationships are not raised and discussed Become overtaken by the needs of the self for today What if “one, two or three dies tomorrow”?

  10. Whose voice is that? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  11. The voice of the grandmother leads Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD us to: Not learn to “exercise control for ourselves today” Not make the “choices we need to make that affect the whole of tomorrow”

  12. And so … Fear of survival or security of the self for our future takes over the decisions we make asindividuals in the society today Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  13. Demand for Labour Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD But there is a misconception and it is unfortunate: Supply does not drive demand Rather demand drives supply The demand for labour (by the employer) is therefore not determined by supply (by the employee) It means that ‘because there is ‘excess’ labour, it does not translate to demand for labour should go up (automatically). It could go up on compassionate grounds but not on economic grounds.

  14. What then determines the demand for labour?

  15. Demand for Labour Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD • Is a function of the propensity by the same adults of the country to grow the economy, i.e. the private sector • The capacity of the country (and sector / industries) to see : • Capital flow into the economy (rather than the family only) • Increase of the economy’s revenue and • Reduction of the costs of running the economy • Diversification of the economy (systemic growth) • As the margin between the two widens, so to does the country’s / industry’s capacity to see: • Creation of further posts for existing employees to progress into • With progression in moving to higher level jobs, it leaves the posts vacant for young entrants (youths) to more easily enter the labour market • More likelihood of higher wages for all

  16. But what drives the propensity of the economy to grow? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  17. Propensity of the Economy To Grow Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD Is a function of the systemic (not just systematic) development of industries There is an order in which industries grow(you can have your cake and eat it too, but not at once) Example of the Diary Industry

  18. Example of Systemic Growth: Growth of the Dairy Industry DAIRY INDUSTRY VALUE OF THE INDUSTRY PROPENSITY TO EMPLOY LABOUR (SECONDARY INDUSTRIES) (PRIMARY INDUSTRIES) INDUSTRY OF DAIRY COW PRODUCTION INDUSTRY OF FODDER PRODUCTION INDUSTRY OF CROP PRODUCTION Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  19. BUT THE REALITY IS …. Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  20. Notice:Data on systemic growth of industries Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  21. What determines the systemic growth of industries? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  22. Systemic Growth? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD Requires individuals that see relations beyond the immediate spheres of influence (mother, family, organizations, communities) Requires individuals that see the sequence or order of causality / influence beyond the immediate or the obvious Requires individuals that see the benefit of the industry for the happiness of others rather than happiness / concerns for the self Requires individuals to be a “man bigger than himself”

  23. Does it really make a difference to the systemic growths of industries when they are led by women vs men? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  24. Does it matter? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD • Would it make a difference to this growth had the private sector be led (and participated) by males rather than females? • Would the attention afforded by different genders to private sector development be the same or different? • Attention by males: Systematic (part) or systemic (the whole)? • Attention by females: Systemic or systematic?

  25. What influences participation by male genders that is also systemic (whole) rather than systematic (parts) only? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  26. What influences the behaviour of both the supply of and demand for labour?

  27. What or who encourages a man to be bigger than himself? Is it the mother or the wife?

  28. Marriage Rates Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  29. What or who is causing the rifting of their togetherness? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  30. But the real question is … Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  31. What or who brings them together? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD It is no one else except themselves! That learning is the sole responsibility of the couple. = SYSTEMIC LEVERAGE

  32. Notice: Data of general population by the young, middle and the elderly for the past 40 years by gender Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  33. What or who brings them together? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD • Men and women enjoy a unique relationship that few others can do it for them. • And it is not sexual intimacy! • It is the level of emotional intimacy that few other persons in their life can meet their needs for them. • They may substitute (physical or mental) but not meet them fully emotionally, be they: • Children • Elders & mothers • Friends

  34. What or who brings them together? Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD • When the couple reaches emotional intimacy they learn a key point: A relationship by the man with his woman and vice-versa helps both learn to shift attention from the self to others (to someone who is not related to them). This can sometimes initially scare “the mother of the son” She needs to bite the bullet and wait to appreciate the significance of this shift for the country / economy which would eventually benefit her. But she (the mother) needs to wait. • Few other relationships can help make this internal shift for each other • One can choose to learn this or not!

  35. What or who encourages the man? When the man sees a woman leading him from the front (mother) He does not enjoy a unique emotional joy with his wife. Men become boys (boys will be boys) He is focused on growing himself and eventually surviving rather than growing the economy (assisting others to grow too) He struggles to keep a job and expenses The number of men “leading” their core family diminishes The extended family involving the elders (mothers) become more entrench Mothers or the females assumes a stronghold The man or the voice of the man ‘disappears’ He finds it harder to reach within himself to find and grow himself. Anger and frustration and helplessness grows. Substance and physical abuses increase Flirting, platonic and multiple (secretive) relationships and crime thrive This is a woman whose masculine part has grown for the protection and survival of the self and her kids (defence mechanism) The lesson of the “Amazonian woman” ripples the society The national currency carries the picture of the mother and her children. When the man sees a woman (wife) supporting him from behind • He learns to enjoy a “joy” that comes with seeing he is able to make his wife (another person) happy by his actions towards her and she receives it with joy too. • Men learn to become protective of their core family and provides for them • When the family grows, and the man sees his woman is happy, the men strive to grow both the economy and therefore their family • Young boys become men • Men learn from each other to be a man for their own / core family • The woman is allowed to nurture her feminine part and stays vulnerable that encourages a man to protect her from his own volition. • Every family is protected from others and there is a man to provide for them. • Including the mothers (she will have her own husband doing the same for her) • The mothers (and wife) experience a lowered level of fears of insecurity or need for survival from each other • Levels of unrelentless consumption declines • Families learn to grow (rather than spend) their joint wealth together • The role of the extended family (deference to one elder, the matriach) is diminished • The national currency carries the picture of the core family with the husband, wife and the children. Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  36. What does this mean for the man? MOTHER Does not experience being trusted, accepted for who he is, appreciation, admiration, approval and encouragement from the same woman Is expected allegiance & loyalty to others Becomes a man lesser than he can be Loses himself to society / himself Sees reality as a series of obligations Saps rather than grows the economy Sense of obligation but not commitment rules the order of society WIFE • Experiences unparalleled levels of trust, acceptance, appreciation admiration, approval, encouragement • Experiences the joy of seeing happiness in his woman by his actions • Is able to grow his self-esteem (self-respect) • Gains respect from society ir-regardless of position • Becomes a man bigger than himself • Learns to grow the economy • Provides Commitment • Sons learn from their fathers about commitment and boundaries Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  37. THE LESSON FOR THE COUPLE: The inner fears AND NOT JUST THE outward NEEDS of the mothers are managed by the joint family (not just the sons)The voice of the couple to be protected and allowed to grow This will reverse as the couple is protected and learns to enjoy greater levels of security and eventually regain their self-esteem as adults (and “learns to be a couple without having to become a teenager again – which focuses mostly on the physical”

  38. THE LESSON FOR THE MOTHER: The less the mother is involved in his life, the more the man becomes involved in the economy collaboratively with others(not just speaking for /about it or running it individually) Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  39. Given the above: Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD What kinds of behaviour over time graphs should we then see in our realities today? What do we want to see for tomorrow? More of the same or less of the same?

  40. Divorce Rates Marriage Rates Emotional Intimacy Government Tax Collections Sorghum & Cattle Production Rainfall Raw material Production Brew Production Private Sector Revenue Systemic Growth of Industries Productivity Employment Water Consumption by rainfall regenerative sources (plants / crops) Subsistence Farming Youth Unemployment Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  41. = Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  42. UNCONTROLLED POPULATION GROWTH + Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  43. CONTROLLED ECONOMIC GROWTH Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  44. = UNEMPLOYMENT Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  45. When this cycle reverses ….

  46. Youth Unemployment Takes Care of Itself And Is Solved SO ARE YOU READY TO SOLVE IT? Or do you want to keep on “landing a punch” or “dealing a blow” but not solving it?

  47. SUGGESTIONS: Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  48. Things to do:Family Stop Doing Discourage “what if / safety net” mentality Discourage the development of extended families Discourage men attempting to lead women in different families (sisters, mothers, relations, non-relations, etc.). Let their men learn to lead their own families, even if they are not successful (encourage them to keep trying) Over-involvement of mothers and sisters in their brothers’ lives (don’t push it – but notice it) Start Doing • Encourage “what could be / the potential or possibilities” mentality at all levels (Leg #1) • Encourage the development of core families (Leg #2) • Assisting couples appreciate the differences in emotional needs by gender types • Letting couples have the time and space to develop beyond sexual to emotional intimacies • Encourage men to lead their own families. Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  49. Things to do:Private Sector Stop Doing Random investment of industries Discourage investing in subsequent industries (tertiary) without developing earlier ones (primary and secondary) within the country Start Doing • Systemic development of industries (primary  secondary  tertiary) • Foster skills development of young males in city and especially rural developments: • particularly in primary industries, e.g. farming, fishing and • secondary industries, i.e. to process and manufacture from primary products) Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

  50. Things to do:Public Sector Stop Doing Discourage public sector capital investment in the private sector Discourage youth entrepreneurship – it pits them directly with enterprises run by adults (they could easily lose out and the investments!) Discourage foreign capital investments Start Doing • Encourage greening the country (investments in crop rather than pastoral / wildlife activities) • Encourage citizen (not foreign) capital investments (start small) • Encourage youth to stay in school (15-21) and apprenticeship (22-29) before venturing on their own (beyond 30s) Youth Unemployment - a project led by MOESD

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