Despite the multiplicity of economic, social and political crises in Egypt, the unemployment crisis remains the most complex both in terms of its social repercussions and its repercussions, especially in the view of power and society towards youth, the first victim of unemployment.
"Many of the older people and officials ask you about youth and unemployment," he said. "In the eyes of some of them, lazy or lazy, they want easy work, looking for quick gains, The length of the distance is higher than the beginning of the ladder of life from the beginning "as we began it," they say.
Not only are youths accused of sloth stereotyped in society, but they have become official accusations by officials, as announced by the Minister of State for Migration and Egyptians Affairs Abroad when she said, "We have no unemployment. We have laziness. The young man wants to be a director immediately. "He said.
This picture is not the same as some of the power media who see young people coming to cafés as a strong indication of laziness. And even the clerics did not go away from that vision, Sheikh Azhari Ramadan Abdul Moez, a message to the youth during a television program urged them to abandon laziness, saying that jobs are available at home, and those who want to work will get, he said.
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It seems that young people are fed up with these accusations and the stereotype, which only sees them sitting in coffee shops in trouble and crisis.
This prompted many social networking leaders to recall - during the past few days - the campaign of "no work" that appeared on these days of April 2016 and provoked widespread reactions.
The campaign, which was called "Youth of Work", was a simple idea based on a practical response to this accusation, through the publication of pictures of young people during their work, especially in hard work and areas far from their studies and specialties.
A number of campaign organizers said it was a response to those who say, "Young people, young people are not willing to work, young people are sitting on the sidewalk."
"You know why young people hate everything because they can not find work after graduation. Young people hate the corruption that brought them to this situation, not their hatred of the country."
The campaign organizers invited young people to share their photos at work, something that many social networking leaders interacted with, with thousands of reviews, comments and animations. Many pages and groups, "Your Picture in the Job," are inviting young people to post their photos while they work.
It is worth mentioning that the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) estimated in August 2018 the number of young people in the age group 18-29 years in Egypt with 20.2 million people, up to 21% of the total population, of which about 17% have a university degree or higher, While illiteracy among young people reached 16%.
The unemployment rate among young people with a university degree and above was 38.3% compared to 30.7% for those with a medium technical qualification, according to the Ministry of Manpower survey in 2017. The number of households headed by youth was about 2.9 million families, constituting 12.3% of the total Egyptian households.