(1 video; 7 papers, 4 with)

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Long abstract:
This panel investigates the issue of improving the social and economic empowerment of children and young people across Africa, looking at initiatives that are helping young women and men to take control, to self-determine, and to achieve their life and work goals. Economic limitations are frequently referenced as a barrier to a child or youth's social mobility, papers and other types of presentations will therefore provide experience or research related to: (1) pathways to greater child social and economic empowerment, (2) enablers to help address the economic barriers in health, education, social protection and other sectors' programmes; (3) the means to bridge the transferable skills gap from education to the workforce, and make better use of existing creativity and pioneering ideas.

7 Accepted papers:
1	Exploring Africa's digital revolution and prospects of decent jobs for youth
2	The place of gender in economic empowerment discussions for African youth
3	Employment as a strategy for youth resilience to violence and crime in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal
4	Youth training and the gender challenge in Africa: case of Safaricom Foundation scholarship programme
5	A call to action: designing from the 'farthest-behind-first' lens
6	Improving social and economic empowerment of young people through social and financial education (SFE): the challenge of SFE integration at secondary education level in Cameroon
7	Navigating African feminisms: Wangari Maathai as a portrait