Waithood

Waithood

Waithood (“wait”+”adulthood”) refers to the period of stagnation in the lives of young unemployed college graduates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, "a kind of prolonged adolescence" [ [http://www.shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/897/ Diane Singerman, "Thirty and Single, Coping with Delayed Marrige" The Middle East Youth Initiative (February 2008)] ] , "the bewildering time in which large proportions of Middle Eastern youth spend their best years waiting. It is a phase in which the difficulties youth face in each of these interrelated spheres of life result in a debilitating state of helplessness and dependency. Waithood can be best understood by examining outcomes and linkages across five different sectors: education, employment, housing, credit, and marriage." [ [http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2008/0522_middle_east_youth_dhillon.aspx?rssid=global Navtej Dhillon, "Middle East Youth Bulge: Challenge or Opportunity?" The Brookings Institution (May 2008)] ] Waithood is a difficult and unpleasant period; without a job, young people are unable to initiate other areas of their development, including purchasing home and getting married. [ [http://www.shababinclusion.org/section/about/why_shabab/understanding_waithood Middle East Youth Initiative, Understanding Waithood] ] [ [http://www.shababinclusion.org/content/document/detail/558/ Hilary Silver, "Social Exclusion: Comparative Analsysis of Europe and Middle East Youth" Middle East Youth Initiative Working Paper (September 2007)] ]

See Also

*Youth Exclusion
*Education in the Middle East and North Africa
*Navtej Dhillon
*Middle East Youth Initiative

References

External Links

* [http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/01/12/10181205.html Gulf News, "Fountain of Youth" (January 2008)]
* [http://abcnews.go.com/International/Story?id=4044047&page=1 ABC News, "Young and Out of Work in the Middle East" (December 2007)]


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