Chronic unemployment helped to spark the Arab Spring that toppled rulers in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya as well as triggering the present strife in Syria.
But while the political landscape is changing, 15 months later, an estimated 25 million people across the Middle East and North Africa remain out of work.
"We are in a new realm and need to carve out a new social contract targeting wages, working and living standards, not just economic growth," says Nada Al Nashif, the regional director for Arab states for the International Labour Organization (ILO). She adds, however, that progress is being made to bring jobs to the troubled states of the Middle East and North Africa.
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