World Bank offers recommendations to Tajikistan on building resilience to radicalization amidst COVID-19 pandemic
AKIPRESS.COM - In early 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic became widespread, the World Bank released a report entitled Strengthening Youth Resilience to Radicalization: Evidence from Tajikistan, which underlined the need to prevent the radicalization of mindsets, address the lack of employment opportunities, domestic and gender-based violence, among other social vulnerabilities, to reduce the risks of radicalization and recruitment of youth to violent extremism.
In Tajikistan, the combined impact of economic and social factors is proving as severe as the human casualties from the pandemic. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the volume of remittances from migrant workers had reached up to half of Tajikistan’s gross domestic product. According to Russian Interior Ministry data, more than one million Tajik workers were estimated to be in Russia from a total Tajikistan’
World Bank sees urgent need to strengthen youth resilience to radicalization in Tajikistan
According to Russian Interior Ministry data, more than one million Tajik workers were estimated to be in Russia from a total Tajikistan’s population of 9.3 million.World Bank | Dushanbe | Updated: 15-12-2020 11:01 IST | Created: 15-12-2020 11:01 IST
World Bank released a report entitled Strengthening Youth Resilience to Radicalization Image Credit: www.worldbank.org
In early 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic became widespread, the World Bank released a report entitled Strengthening Youth Resilience to Radicalization: Evidence from Tajikistan, which underlined the need to prevent the radicalization of mindsets, address the lack of employment opportunities, domestic and gender-based violence, among other social vulnerabilities, to reduce the risks of radicalization and recruitment of youth to violent extremism.