A/HRC/39/33 standards and are unpaid, slowing down young people’s path towards autonomy. Young people are calling for stronger regulations and the development of benchmarks for quality internships so that youth struggling to gain a foothold in the labour market can do so without economic discrimination and exploitation. 18 In its general comment No. 23, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights states that excessive use of unpaid internships and training programmes, and of short- and fixed-term contracts that negatively affect job security, career prospects and social security benefits, is not in line with the right to just and favourable conditions of work. 45. The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2020 more than one third of skills considered important in the 2015 workforce will have changed. It forecasts that new technology could displace between one third and two thirds of workers around the world. As demand for science, technology and engineering increases, owing to advances in robotics, automation, artificial intelligence and biotechnology, young workers who grow up as digital natives will be better placed to adapt to new jobs. In this context, the Committee on the Rights of the Child has recommended that both formal and informal education and training need to be designed for twenty-first century skills. Furthermore, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has recommended the development of effective school-to-work transition programmes for young graduates, as well as adopting youth employment policies, adopting measures to ensure the employment of youth and enhancing the quality of technical and vocational training and education. 46. Submissions received for the present report also signalled discrimination against young people in gaining access to decent housing, a situation closely related to their lack of opportunities, poverty and unemployment. The refusal of many owners to rent to young people or students was raised as an issue of concern, in addition to homelessness among young people. In this context, the European Observatory on Homelessness recently described an increase in homeless youth across Europe as the most striking trend in homeless demographics. Young people also highlight the challenges that they face regarding access to financial services due to lack of stable income or precarious working conditions. C. Access to health services, in particular sexual and reproductive health and rights 47. Because of their age, young people face specific barriers in gaining access to health services and in the realization of sexual and reproductive rights. In many countries, laws and policies on sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents can act as limits to gaining access to such services. For example, some countries have laws or policies that require parental notification or authorization before a young person can gain access to contraceptive goods and services. 19 Where adolescents are required to receive parental authorization for sexual and reproductive health services, they may opt to forgo such services but may still engage in sexual activity. 48. In some instances, judicial authorization may be required to gain access to specific sexual and reproductive health services. Judicial authorization requirements are problematic overall and are particularly challenging for adolescents, owing to the range of barriers that they face in gaining access to formal judicial mechanisms, the delays that such authorizations create in the light of the time-sensitive nature of certain sexual and reproductive health services, and the stigma surrounding adolescent access to sexual and reproductive health services.20 49. The Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its general comment No. 20, stated that there should be no barriers to commodities, information and counselling on sexual and reproductive health and rights, such as requirements for third-party consent or 18 19 20 10 Fair Internship Initiative submission. Center for Sexual and Reproductive Rights submission. Ibid.