Country’s youth demand more opportunities – La Prensa Grafica

The International Youth Day indicate that there are challenges they face every day in El Salvador and involve society as a whole.

The youth of El Salvador between 15 and 29 mainly demand of society as a whole greater commitment in order to have real opportunities in education and employment, but also claim that a real importance to the issue of security is provided, as they are being stigmatized by their same condition of being young.

Today the International youth Day, the director of the National Institute for youth (youth Institute), held yeymi Muñoz said the stigmatization of young people “must fight”. “If we do not fight, we will never be placed in their proper place where they can demonstrate that they are capable and that on the shoulders of great tasks can deposit them in this country. Youth has a lot of ability, a lot of potential and we can not see it only through the eyes of what it produces, without dignifying as a person, “he said.

Young people are not only direct victims of violence (murders, injuries or impact psychological), but indirectly affects them being stigmatized by the fact that young people, are denied job opportunities are not engaged in business because they live in areas dominated by gangs areas, but do not belong to these

<. p> Jose Angel Moreno, the Salvadoran youth Forum, said: “the youth program Everything is great for those who have never had the opportunity play because stigmatization for being of a community is large; private companies and have marked what communities do not hire people because they are a red dot … But there are young valuable there who are not involved in anything. Youngsters with all a chance to filter to know who will hire “.

According to the regional director of the Population Fund (UNFPA), Esteban Caballero, according to the final report of group of independent experts who conducted the research “every woman, every child, every teenager” warns about the fact that in Agenda 2030 adolescents should be the main focus.

“the youth must raise their voices, not only Facebook, but we have to go out to demand our rights in every way. Politicians, businessmen, the media can talk about that youth is the present and future, but if we do not act, that is not going to perform, “said the representative of the Salvadoran Youth Forum.

in his message on International Youth Day, the regional director of UNFPA also he noted that so far adolescence as a stage of life has not attracted enough interest to decision-makers, and this transpires in social policies region, so a teenager full of opportunities is key to youth policies.