The One Million Opportunities (1MiO) initiative, from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), reached 1,294,165 professional training, learning, internship and formal employment opportunities for adolescents and young people aged 14 to 29 in vulnerable situations in the country, since its launch in 2020.
The survey, released this Wednesday (17) by Unicef, showed that 473,501 teenagers and young people completed training aimed at developing skills for the world of work through 1MiO, and 820,664 obtained apprenticeships, internships and formal employment.
The objective is to provide access to opportunities for professional training, decent work and citizen participation. To achieve this, the initiative works in partnership with public authorities, companies, civil society and young people themselves. THE initiative’s digital platform It is the hub through which opportunities and partners pass.
The target audience totaling 12 priority profiles, including:
- Black and brown,
- indigenous people,
- Quilombolas,
- Young people with disabilities,
- LGBTQIAPN+,
- Young mothers,
- Residents of urban outskirts and rural areas,
“We work so that companies and governments have processes and protocols for hiring, retaining and developing young people in vulnerable situations. With public education networks, we work to strengthen the discussion on life projects and the development of skills and competencies for the world of work”, stated Mônica Dias Pinto, head of Education at Unicef in Brazil.
However, the entity assesses that reaching the number of 1 million opportunities does not mean that the challenges of productive inclusion in Brazil have been resolved. According to PNAD Contínua Educação, from June 2025, 8.9 million teenagers and young people between 15 and 29 years old do not study or work in the country.
“Historically, unemployment among young people is twice the population average. This is even more intense among teenagers and young women, as well as among young black people, those with disabilities and other priority profiles for 1MiO. We still have the largest generation of young people in our history, there are 48.6 million between 15 and 29 years old, and we have a window of a few decades to develop all this potential”, said Mônica.
