Author: Syed Zainul Abedin
Syed Zainul Abedin
(Syed Zainul Abedin is a Bangladesh-based writer, painter, human rights researcher and former journalist. His work focuses on human rights, migration, social and political transformations shaping contemporary societies)
How governments turned the world’s greatest demographic opportunity into a generation’s deepest frustration The story of the twenty-first century may ultimately be defined by a paradox unlike any humanity has encountered before. Never has the world contained so many young people, yet never have so many of them faced such deep uncertainty about what lies ahead. From Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria to Kenya, Pakistan, and Indonesia, millions of young people are entering adulthood in societies struggling to create enough opportunities to match their aspirations. A generation larger than any in history has come of age at a moment when confidence…
