The emphasis on arab mediterranean countries is largely due to the greater availability of comparable data for these countries than for other arab countries in the mena region. In postclassical history, the arab world was synonymous with the historic arab empires and caliphates. Palestinian central bureau of statistics palestinian youth survey, 2015 main findings population and households the population aging 1529 years reached mid 2015 in palestine around 1. Arab youth struggle with religious values and institutions trapped in the past.
Of 3,500 people aged 18 to 24 polled for the arab youth survey 2015, twothirds say they are concerned about the declining use of arabic and more than a third use english more than arabic. And theres notable support for human rights and gender equality. Asdaa bursonmarsteller, the middle easts leading public relations consultancy, today released the eighth edition of the arab youth survey. The 2015 human development report is the latest in the series of global human development reports published by the united nations development programme undp since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically. The challenge facing egypts youth 4 as noted earlier, the government had no strategy for absorbing tens of thousands. In the majority of countries, over 50% of youth tobacco smokers desired to quit. May 30, 2019 a recent annual survey of arab youth provides insights that should inform autocrats quest for social and economic reform. According to the 11th annual asdaa bcw arab youth survey, not only do arab youth rank unemployment as the secondmost dominant economic issue facing the middle east, but 7 out of 10 believe it is their governments responsibility to provide. Only 15 percent of arab youth in 2015 believe the biggest obstacle facing the middle east is a lack of democracy, compared to 41% in 2012, according to results posted on the survey website. Similar to the first survey in 1999, the lfs 2014 was conducted by the central statistical organization with assistance from the international labour office.
Analyzing the 2016 arab youth survey public diplomacy. While arab youth are more educated and marrying at a later age than. Established in 1975, the saudibased arab news is the middle easts newspaper of record and the biggest english language daily in the kingdom. Who recommends that at least one adult survey and one youth survey are completed every five years. In 2011 thousands of arab youth took to the streets revealing the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties and participatory democracy. This scenario, set in 2030 and named after the 2015 film, is built.
Dec 08, 2017 the united arab emirates uae is located at the southwest end of the persian gulf. Asdaa bcw shares its survey of youths aged 1824 in the middle east and north africa. Oct 19, 2015 what the arab uprising protesters really wanted. The 2011 arab uprisings led to a great proliferation of studies on the situations in the arab countries of the mediterranean, with particular attention given to their young people, whose role was particularly central. Codeswitching and mixing of english and arabic amongst. The labour force survey lfs 2014 is the second such survey that has been carried out in the last 15 years in yemen.
Asdaa bursonmarstellers survey conducted 3,500 facetoface interviews from january 11 to february 22, 2016, with arab men and women between the ages of 18 to 24 to explore attitudes among arab youth in 16 countries in the middle east and north africa. According to the source, the data are ilo estimates. Youth in saudi arabia are the citizens of the kingdom of saudi arabia who are between the ages of 15 and 24. Review and analyze data online, or download free of charge. Codeswitching and mixing of english and arabic amongst arab students at amuin india. The 20172018 arab opinion index is the sixth in a series of yearly public opinion surveys across the arab world. Since youth are such a large portion of the population, they have the ability to create social change or movements by uniting. The survey found 66% of arab youth were increasingly concerned about falling oil prices, though 78% still believed they were entitled to subsidised energy despite plummeting revenues. Alteneiji a thesis submitted to the faculty of university of san diego in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of arts in leadership studies may 2015. Using unique survey data available from the second round of the arab barometer study a set of.
Mar 18, 2019 the global startup genome ecosystem report 2017, a survey ranking cities based on their ability to create a climate in which startups can thrive, didnt feature a single arab country. The arab world comprises 22 countries and territories as designated by the arab league. More than half of the arab youth in the survey believe that religion plays too big a role in the middle east. In the middle east, 65% of the population is under 30, and youth unemployment is not just a challenge but an overarching policy priority. Conducted to explore attitudes among arab youth in 16 countries in the middle east and north africa mena region, the survey. Ten years of substance use research in muslim populations. Arab youth explores the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues of resistance that marginalized youth from lebanon, syria, and palestine to saudi arabia. Youthspeak survey powered by aiesec, is a global insight survey created by youth for youth, designed to understand what young people care about and how they would like to be engaged. In 2015, the estimated population was around twentyseven million, and 19. This survey of arab youth shows a huge divide in how they see their countrys future. The seventh edition of the survey was developed to provide reliable data and insights into the attitudes and aspirations of the regions 200 millionstrong youth population with the aim of informing policy. Mbrsgs governance and innovation program launches uae social media outlook 2014 at the emirati media forum date.
The arab teens lifestyle study atls project was a recent initiative to assess the lifestyle habits, including physical activity patterns, sedentary activity and eating habits of randomly selected samples of secondaryschool boys and girls 1419 years living in major arab cities. Data archive the archive is a collection of surveys, polls, and other data submitted by the foremost scholars and research centers in the world. Psb for fieldwork and analysis, proof for design and production of the white paper, and our commentators, whose analysis brought rich context and insight to this years findings arab youth survey 2017 1. The arab youth survey is an annual initiative of asdaa bursonmarsteller, the middle easts leading public relations consultancy. The motivation behind the moving towards using a second. Pisa 2015 also included an assessment of young peoples financial literacy, which was optional for countries and economies. Arab youth prefer facebook as a source of daily news. Whosupported activities surveillance and monitoring. Its actually a timelapse photo, because this arab youth survey has been conducted annually for the past eight years. The arab youth survey was conducted by international polling firm penn schoen berland psb to explore attitudes among arab youth. The objective of this study was to examine issues of primary care access and foregone health care among transgender adolescents and young adults, using data from the canadian trans youth health survey. Key features of pisa 2015 content the pisa 2015 survey focused on science, with reading, mathematics and collaborative problem solving as minor areas of assessment. Global youth tobacco survey data from 61 countries from 2012 to 2015 revealed that the median current tobacco smoking prevalence among students aged 15 years was 10.
Monitors how behaviors increase, decrease or stay the same over time. Of 3500 people aged 18 to 24 polled for the arab youth survey 2015, two. The survey also suggests, as do the intermittent antigovernment protests that continue to erupt in different parts of the arab world, that western and middle eastern interests would be better served by more nuanced us and european approaches toward the regions regimes. Youth were asked n840 if they would like to be involved in being a part of making decisions that affect their lives in their community, school, and city and 76% responded yes to at least one of those categories. Social media aside, the 16 country arab youth study revealed the ubiquitous nature of digital. In a survey of arab youth in 16 countries, 67 percent felt their generation was more likely to start a business than the previous one. Unemployment is driving young arabs into the hands of. The arab youth survey ays has become essential reading for public and private organisations, who now have comprehensive data and analysis from which to make informed decisions thanks to asdaa.
Enhancing youth political participation throughout the. Interesting findings by asdaa bursonmarsteller in their annual arab youth survey 2017 1. The company questioned male and female arab nationals in 16. Feb 12, 2020 the statistic shows the youth unemployment rate in the united arab emirates from 1999 and 2019. The 2015 human development report is the latest in the series of global human development reports published by the united nations development programme undp since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies. This is the final report of the 2014 survey of young people in. International labour organization, ilo regional office for arab states.
Leadership cultural values of united arab emiratesthe case. Women in the arab region, at a highlevel ministerial conference held in cairo in february 2015. Young syrian refugees dont plan to return home cnn. Download the 2019 asdaa bcw arab youth survey white paper here for a detailed analysis of this years key findings, supported by expert commentary and insights providing broader context. Optimism among young arabs is waning, with a clear split by.
The survey is the largest of its kind of the regions youth and covers five of the gulf cooperation council states bahrain, kuwait, oman, saudi arabia and the uae, north africa algeria, egypt, libya, morocco, and tunisia, the levant iraq, jordan, lebanon and palestine and yemen. With high standards of womens emancipation, an educated population, and a strong middle class, tunisia is the only arab spring country to create a democratic constitutional order on the basis of consultation, political compromise, and citizen participation. This weeks release of the 2016 asdaa bursonmarsteller arab youth survey raises a number of concerns about us policy towards the middle east. If you believe your organization is a 4as member but you still dont have access, please visit our help section for additional assistance. Syrian arab republic, tunisia, united arab emirates, united kingdom of great britain and northern. Youthspeak global report 2016 by aiesec international issuu. Estimates of modern slavery in the arab states are affected by substantial gaps in the available data. The results of the 7th annual asdaa bursonmarsteller arab youth survey. Other factors they pointed to included the belief by. In handbook of arab american psychology, arfken and grekin 2015 presented a casereport of an arab american muslim patient as well as a description of a 12step program tailored for muslims. More than half of young syrian refugees dont plan to return home permanently unless the war in their country comes to an end and isis is eliminated. The canadian trans youth health survey was conducted online in english and french from 1 october 20 to 31 may 2014.
Young adults from 1824 in 16 countries were surveyed in the most recent arab youth survey, which found among other things, an intense dislike among them for donald trump. Our role was to maximize audience feedback, generating audience. The arab youth survey 2017 is dedicated to the arab worlds 200 million youth special thanks to. Live coverage of the asdaa bursonmarsteller annual arab youth survey 2017.
With support from who, the government of egypt and the united states centers for disease control cdc, the global youth tobacco survey was implemented in egypt in 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2014, while the global adult tobacco survey was implemented in 2009 with its key findings discussed in january 2010. Based on surveys already completed, who recommends that future surveys be run in or before the year. It provides governments, the private sector and civil society with insights into the hopes, concerns and aspirations of arab youth. Facebook has trumped television, print, and even the online medium when it comes to capturing the arab youth s attention in consuming news, according to the ninth annual arab youth survey brought. By reading the back issues, you can see hopes rising with the arab. The weighted demographic characteristics of the youth who participated in the 2015 dane county youth assessment dcya15 are as follows. For 11 years, our annual survey has presented evidencebased insights into the attitudes of arab youth, providing public and private sector organisations with data and analysis to make effective decisions and policies. For instance, when asked whether arab leaders should do more to improve the personal freedom and human rights of their people, 67% agreed and only 16% disagreed. Anxiety and depression often shadow arab youth alfanar media. Arab youth survey suggests unemployment drives terrorism. Some experts say that the survey should not be taken too literally.
The eastern part of the arab world is known as the mashriq, and the western part as the maghreb. Current tobacco smoking and desire to quit smoking among. Global youth tobacco survey kabul survey name survey year age years tobacco type global youth tobacco survey kabul no known surveys daily. What the arab uprising protesters really wanted the.
Arab youth survey shows favor for gender equality and. Instead of changing the steps, as was done in millati islami, the local program had a muslim facilitator in recovery serve as a model and help guide the. The findings are from the ninth annual arab youth survey, which interviewed 3,500 arab nationals aged 18 to 24 from 16 countries. Survey shows arab youth losing faith in democracy the. Annual report 2016 common challenges, collective responses. The uae is widely seen by young arabs in the region as safe and. Who tobacco control in egypt world health organization. Media and civil society in egypt national endowment for. The global schoolbased student health survey in the united arab emirates provides data on the prevalence of many health behaviors and protective factors related to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among youth and adults that will support the development of better future strategies for this population. That emotional shadow is growing more intense over time, and the rate of mentalheath problems among arab young people matches or exceeds global rates, research has found. Tobacco use is a major contributor to the three leading causes of death among african americansheart disease, cancer, and stroke. Global support for principle of free expression, but. Eight years on, indepth exploration is still needed of the conditions in which mi. Conducted every two years at grades 8, 10 and 12 in participating ottawa county schools.
Even as their confidence in the arab spring to bring. More recently, cso has conducted a popula on census in 2004 and a. Feb 23, 2018 beirutarab youth are frequently troubled by anxiety and depression, researchers and clinicians working in the middle east say. The survey quizzed 3,500 people aged 1824 in 16 arab countries and 24% pointed to unemployment as the main recruiter for the jihadi movement. Mar 29, 2017 in a survey of arab youth in 16 countries, 67 percent felt their generation was more likely to start a business than the previous one. The arab youth survey is a special passion project which has consistently grown over the last 10 years. The first survey was conducted in 2011, with following surveys in 201220, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
With 60% of the arab population under the age of 30, and over onethird of them, more than 100 million, aged 15 to 29, this survey presents evidencebased insights arab youth survey. Arab countries of the south mediterranean smed,1 as well as an overview of current policy responses on youth employment and participation. Youth between the ages of 15 and 29 years old represent over 100 million of the current population. It is and has been one of the middle easts most important. Generating evidence for policy, programs, and research. Young arabs say religion plays too big a role in the middle east. Youth consist of over 32% of the population of the arab region. Tobacco smoking prevalence differed by gender and varied across countries. Leadership cultural values of united arab emiratesthe case of united arab emirates university by ebtesam a. Unsurprisingly, the annual arab youth survey 2016, conducted in 16 countries of the region, reveals that the lack of jobs and opportunities is perceived as the number one issue that drives young men and women to radicalize and join violent movements. Arab youth survey 2015 was conducted by international polling firm psb to explore attitudes among arab youth in 16 countries in the middle east and north. Who global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco.
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