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Why youth face rough terrain in post-Covid world

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Kenya is one of the countries that put in place sound plans to help the youths recover from the negative effects of Covid-19, a new study has shown.

However, most the sub-Saharan countries have excluded young people from priority-setting conversations with current or planned economic support policies not being designed with youth accessibility in mind according to a rapid study by the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), a non-governmental organisation (NGO).

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