Havana, Cuba: The International Congress of Researchers on Children, Adolescents and Youth will close its doors this Thursday in Cuba after three days dedicated to reflecting on the post-Covid-19 stage, activism, equity and social justice.
For the final day, the academic program proposes a panel on the diversification of economic actors and the challenges for employment, which will include specialists from the National Office of Statistics and Information, the University of Havana and entrepreneurs.
Similarly, the presentation of the regional research of the Latin American Council on Social Sciences entitled Dancing in the mists. Gender and youth in an unequal environment, as well as a meeting of the National Network of Researchers on Youth.
The Congress began last Tuesday with a conference by the first secretary of the Young Communists League of Cuba, Aylín Álvarez, on the challenges of the new generations in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and neoliberal policies.
The event works in person and virtually to reflect on issues such as prevention and attention to gender violence, the construction of protective spaces, job placement, use of free time and the development of strategies to confront racism.
According to the organizers of the event, it brought together around a thousand delegates from 13 countries at the Havana Convention Center to establish a dialogue between academia and decision-makers, allow the collective construction of knowledge and offer recommendations regarding these groups. population.