Likewise, the Ninis in Peru showed themselves to have an urban face and a woman’s face. In 2021, 20.7% of young people living in the urban area were Ninis, which meant an increase of 2.7 percentage points compared to what was reported in 2009 (18%); while the percentage of young NEETs living in rural areas had a reduction of 0.4 percentage points, with percentages below the trend at the national and urban level (it went from 13.2% in 2009 to 12.8% in 2021 ). On the other hand, in the 2009-2021 period, the average percentage of Ninis young women (24%) remained almost double the percentage of Ninis young men (11.9%).
This trend is also observed at the level of regions within the country, where there are differences in the percentage of male and female NEETs. By 2020, in the jungle, the percentage of young women who do not study, are not employed or receive training registers 29.0%, nearly 2.5 times more than the percentage of men (12.0%); while, on the coast, women reached 33.3% and men 24.2%; and in the mountains, it reached 21.9% in women and 16.1% in men. On the other hand, in Latin America, in 2020, 18.0% of young men between the ages of 15 and 24 did not work, study or receive training, while the percentage of women was 30.0%.
In this sense, experts believe that maternity or conjugal life are the main reasons why some young people, especially women, do not find employment, and end up moving away from educational and economic activities. This would be a consequence of cultural aspects of Peruvian society, where it is common to observe that women fulfill the role of mothers and housewives.
For the next few years, youth unemployment rates in low- and middle-income countries are expected to remain one percentage point above pre-pandemic values.
Faced with this situation, the ILO recommends adopting measures to create ecological and sustainable jobs, which could generate 8.4 million additional jobs for the world’s youth by 2030.
Finally, in the Ceplan technical sheet on the national trend of increasing young people who neither study nor work (NiNis), the creation of job opportunities for young people in the digital economy is recommended, which implies that a favorable political framework be established. and strategic actions in relation to the supply of digital skills in the population. For example, as a positive impact of digital transformation, the ILO estimates that if universal broadband coverage is achieved by 2030 and training in digital skills is achieved, 6.4 million new jobs could be created for young people. .
If you want to learn more about this and other topics about future trends, risks and opportunities, Ceplan invites you to enter the National Foresight Observatory from the following link: https://observatorio.ceplan.gob.pe/ficha/ t31