YuWaah is a UNICEF-supported initiative in India aimed at empowering young people by providing them with opportunities for skills development, employment, and social impact .
Key Aspects of YuWaah:
- Objective: To equip young people with the skills and opportunities they need to shape their futures and contribute to their communities and the nation .
- Target Audience: Focuses on India’s 350 million young people, with a particular emphasis on women and marginalized groups .
- Approach: Functions as a Public-Private-Youth Partnership, fostering collaboration to develop innovative solutions . These solutions often blend physical and digital approaches .
- Strategic Priorities:
- Creating pathways for 100 million young people to access economic opportunities .
- Enabling 200 million young people to gain skills relevant to the future of work .
- Partnering with 300 million young people as change-makers and creating leadership development spaces .
- Impact:
- Over 15 million young people have been equipped to embark on economic pathways through job support and apprenticeships .
- 412,711 young people have been enabled to drive enterprises by accessing innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities .
- 12 million young people have been empowered to make informed choices via career guidance and mentorship .
- 5.5 million young people have been equipped with 21st-century skills .
- Over 58 million young people have been empowered to become active change-makers through social impact opportunities .
- Partnerships: YuWaah works with various ministries, including the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the Ministry of Education, to address challenges in learning, skilling, employment, and entrepreneurship .
- Young People’s Action Team (YPAT): YuWaah includes a Young People’s Action Team composed of young Indians from diverse backgrounds that guide the initiative’s governance and strategic priorities .
- #ImpactWithYouth Campaign: YuWaah has launched campaigns like #ImpactWithYouth to promote the central role of youth in both public and private sectors .
YuWaah also collaborates with organizations like Capgemini and the United Nations Global Compact Network India (UNGCNI) to provide young people with skillsets for career pathways and to encourage them as active change-makers .
