Youth unemployment rates soared during the pandemic, exacerbating wealth gaps and gender inequities. A collective multi-sector approach, bringing together expertise and resources of the nonprofit industry with the private sector, government and philanthropy, is essential in addressing rising unemployment in Central America. Through such initiatives, partnerships across all sectors help youth obtain quality and sustainable employment. As such, youth graduates are securing first-generation job placements in the formal sector, often tripling the earnings of their parents and breaking the chain of generational poverty.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.