Although the youth at the national and local level was considered an important part of implementation and accountability in Sustainable Development Agenda-2030, it has not been implemented. The SDGs assumes that the youth will play a crucial role in the Voluntary National Review (VNR) and other related accountability processes.
টেকসই উন্নয়ন এজেন্ডা ২০৩০-এর বাস্তবায়ন প্রক্রিয়াকে অংশগ্রহণমূলক করার ওপর বিশেষ গুরুত্ব আরোপ করা হয়েছে। যুব সমাজকে এসডিজি বাস্তবায়ন ও জবাবদিহিতা নিশ্চিতকরণের ক্ষেত্রে জাতীয় ও স্থানীয় পর্যায়ে একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অনুষঙ্গ হিসেবে বিবেচনা করা হয়েছে।
Youth make up more than a third of the national population in Bangladesh. The role of the youth has always been highly emphasized since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have been first conceived and Agenda 2030 has been adopted around the globe. Indicators that do not directly refer to the youth also have serious implications for the youth.
কোভিড -১৯ এর অর্থনৈতিক প্রভাব স্বাস্থ্য এবং সামাজিক সম্পর্কিত প্রভাবগুলোর তুলনায় অনেক গভীরভাবে পড়েছে। আয়ের হ্রাস এবং ব্যয়ের থেকে সমাজে সবচেয়ে প্রান্তিক জনগোষ্ঠীর মানুষগুলো পুরোপুরি সেরে উঠতে পারেনি। বিপুল সংখ্যক পরিবার ঋণের জালে পড়েছে এবং তাদের সঞ্চয় হারাচ্ছে।
The economic impact of COVID-19 has been far more profound compared to the health and social-related impacts for the marginalised population in Bangladesh. Apparently, all marginalised groups (LNOB and PNOB) could not fully recover from the deceleration of income and expenditure.
Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh conducted an online survey among young population to get a wider understanding about the youth agenda in COVID-19 situation. 67% of the respondents despite having need did not receive any support from either government or NGOs.
The government has various schemes and projects to create skill development and employment opportunities for the youth cohort of the country. But the public services, aimed for creating employment opportunities for the youth, are not being effective enough to meet the country’s long term employment target – 30 million jobs by 2030, due to the lack of coordination among various government agencies.
Graduates from the Bangladeshi Madrasah education system fail to get into decent jobs. Commonly, these students get into professions that provide low income. The income of Madrasah educated family heads are similar to that of the national level. This other way indicates their low income compared to other educated family heads.
Three issues need to put emphasis in order to ensure effective public service delivery for the youth living in slums. These are – access to public services availability of information on those services and effective coordination between Gos and NGOs for facilitating those services to the urban slum youth.
It is the high time for the government, to pass an ‘Anti-Discrimination Act’ to ensure the right-based development of the plain-land indigenous, dalit and other marginalised communities. It is often found that these communities are not properly incorporated in various national censuses.
