https://www.scmp.com/rss/510935/feed Laura Guay is a consultant for Unesco focusing on youth engagement and empowerment. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Like many of her generation, Pauline Mandrilla, a 23-year-old civil engineer from Manila, suddenly found herself jobless when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Mandrilla felt like a statistic, as she joined the ranks of some 22 per cent of unemployed Philippine youth affected by the pandemic’s economic fallout. “During the onset of the pandemic, we were placed in a no-work, no-pay situation,” Mandrilla recalled. “My previous job heavily relied on my being physically present on a construction site, but... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3151527/asian-youth-hard-hit-covid-19-pandemic-should-have-voice-decide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3151527/asian-youth-hard-hit-covid-19-pandemic-should-have-voice-decide?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Oct 2021 22:45:18 +0000