ALJAZEERA: The majority of youth from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen – countries that went through a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that began in December 2010 – feel disenfranchised from the political process in their country, a poll conducted by Al Jazeera Studies Centre has revealed.
The study, published on Monday, also found that most of the 8,045 of women and men aged 17 to 31 surveyed from the four so-called “Arab Spring” nations, did not believe that their recently elected parliaments represented them.
“Youth were considered the main social force that sparked the revolutions and brought about the change, but they do not seem to have a grip over the course their countries are moving and the new institutions of governance that emerged do not seem to correspond with the role the youth exercised,” the report said… (more)
