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Youth Unlocked: A Vision to Build Back Better

Covid Response, Mental Health and Wellbeing

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In a world that has been obsessed with young people as a large demographic — as consumers, beneficiaries, as disruptors and innovators — the pandemic suddenly rendered them invisible. As a group that wasn’t particularly vulnerable to the disease, the shift was understandable as well. However, the pandemic’s debilitating impact can’t be seen only in terms of death tolls or infection rates; the long-term impact of global shut-downs have to be accounted for too. For the 365 million plus adolescents and young people, this means a disruption to education, SRH services, mental health, and dignity and livelihoods, among others. This anthology shines the spotlight on young people not just as the ones affected by the pandemic, but also the inheritors of its aftermath. It presents personal narratives as representative data and a window into the lives of young people in lockdown.

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