British Academy Re-Work

01 March 2021

This project is exploring how young people belonging to ethnic minorities in Vietnam are – and can be – supported by wider educational, work and employment systems to engage in decent work.

It responds directly to significant structural inequalities experienced by these young people which means they are vulnerable to low employment prospects and precarious work circumstances. Re-WORK seeks to demonstrate appreciative inquiry as an innovative methodological and participatory policymaking approach whereby the voices and perspectives of young people belonging to ethnic minorities can be expressed and directly inform the co-creation of a new vision of ‘decent work’ and how to achieve it with other stakeholders. It is envisaged that the findings from this project will be used to revise policy and practice in education, work and employment, thereby driving the sustainable development goals related to decent work, inclusive economic growth, and working in partnership towards sustainable development.

This project is exploring how young people belonging to ethnic minorities in Vietnam are – and can be – supported by wider educational, work and employment systems to engage in decent work.

It responds directly to significant structural inequalities experienced by these young people which means they are vulnerable to low employment prospects and precarious work circumstances. Re-WORK seeks to demonstrate appreciative inquiry as an innovative methodological and participatory policymaking approach whereby the voices and perspectives of young people belonging to ethnic minorities can be expressed and directly inform the co-creation of a new vision of ‘decent work’ and how to achieve it with other stakeholders. It is envisaged that the findings from this project will be used to revise policy and practice in education, work and employment, thereby driving the sustainable development goals related to decent work, inclusive economic growth, and working in partnership towards sustainable development.

Produced under the project ‘‘Empowering Ethnic Minority Youth in Vietnam to Re-Vision the Future of Decent Work (“Re-WORK”)”, funded by the British Academy’s GCRF Youth Futures Programme [award number YF190099].

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