This Tuesday, February 9, RFI is dedicating a special day to the youth affected by the pandemic, not so much for its health aspects as for its psychological, relational and economic aspects. From 6 am UT, the floor ...

Generation Covid: a world of uncertainties

All over the world, youth destabilized by the pandemic.

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This Tuesday, February 9, RFI is dedicating a special day to the youth affected by the pandemic, not so much for its health aspects as for its psychological, relational and economic aspects.

From 6 am UT, the floor will be given to this generation that some say ... sacrificed.

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Isolated, hampered, frustrated, shaken, confused, depressed, anxious, impoverished.

But also: combative, rebellious, resilient, united, resourceful, creative, inventive.

So many adjectives that can qualify the youth of the world, confronted like other generations with the

Covid-19

epidemic

, but in a very specific dimension: the feeling of being sacrificed in the name of a public health imperative.

While the disease kills very few people under the age of 30.

High schools and universities closed, internships prohibited, sluggish job market, places for parties or meetings inaccessible: nothing was done at the start of the decade for high school students, students, young workers placed before the precipice of a repetitive life , cut off from what made the salt of those years when everything was theoretically possible.

Even the impossible.

Even the dangerous.

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Having to study at a distance, alone in front of a computer or a cell phone, is a trauma for many.

Being deprived of odd jobs that allow you to see life a little more rosy and to confront the first realities of professional life is another.

The economic horizon is hazy.

And the valves that can be cultural or sporting activities have closed with the various confinements.

► To read also: These young people for whom the Covid-19 was the opportunity to feel "useful"

When we add to it, in some countries, the disapproving look of the oldest people worried about seeing a part of this youth not to respect to the letter these same confinements and barrier gestures, there is enough to lose his bearings and sink, for them. more fragile, in despair.

Fortunately, despite the astonishment at an unprecedented situation, initiatives are emerging to help this “Covid generation”.

Food solidarity for the most deprived, psychological support (including via social networks), help in finding internships or jobs.

It will be said that the youth of 2021 will not give up in the face of a virus that will not leave anyone unscathed.

► To read also: Moving, romance, tattooing and clarinet: to each his own confinement

Program of the special day on RFI (schedules in Paris time):

From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m .: RFI Matin presented by Arnaud Pontus

Many guests (high school students, students, young workers), to discuss the main issues facing young people: “distance studies”, “uncertain employment, the threat of poverty”, “generational sacrifice”, “social lives - and sentimental - wasted ”.

9:10 a.m .: “News calls”, by Juan Gomez

Faced with the consequences of Covid-19, close up on the difficulties and hopes of young people.

The listeners tell how they are experiencing the crisis.

11:10 am: “7 billion neighbors”, by Emmanuelle Bastide

Students in distress facing the Covid: dropouts, isolation, anxiety about their professional future, students are doing badly according to the figures of the Observatory of Student Life (OVE).

Distance education clearly shows its limits: difficulty concentrating, lack of motivation and friendliness.

12:10 p.m. and (8:40 p.m.): "Grand reportage"

Generation Covid: between trauma and desire to bounce back ”by correspondents in Senegal, Kenya, Canada, India and Spain.

4:10 pm: "You will tell me some news", by Jean-François Cadet

Report by Marjorie Bertin around learning in art schools through three examples: the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, the Ecole Ferrandi Paris and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts)

5:10 pm: “International football radio”, by Annie Gasnier

The impact of Covid-19 on the training of young people in their amateur practice.

6:10 pm: “Decryption”, by Romain Auzouy

Guest: Olivier Galland, sociologist of youth, director of research at the CNRS.

7:10 pm: “Political Tuesday”, by Frédéric Rivière (RFI) and Roselyne Fèbvre (France 24)

Guest: Gabriel Attal, government spokesperson

8:10 pm: “Accents d'Europe”, by Frédérique Lebel and Juliette Rengeval

A scary present, but a future full of promise?

Filmed portraits of young people, in France and around the world, are also posted on social networks throughout the day.

Also see videos with the musicians Smarty and Innoss B 'who send their messages of prevention and hope to young people.

Generation Covid: a world of uncertainties

Generation Covid: a world of uncertainties

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