Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Over 150 youth representatives gathered in Addis Ababa over two days to identify their priorities for population and development beyond 2014, to be presented as a set of recommendations at the African Regional Conference on Population & Development in the city next week.
The recommendations will feed into the regional intergovernmental conference on ICPD in Africa, for the next twenty years. The themes discussed included sexual and reproductive health and rights, education, youth employment, family planning and maternal mortality and participation governance and security.
In a continent where youth under the age of 25 years account for up to 70 per cent of the national population, these recommendations are intended to identify specific interventions that would increase and accelerate progress on critical issues for youth in the region. They are to enable governments to unleash and harness youths’ potential to drive a continental economic and social renaissance.
More information on ARCPD Youth Pre-conference, including the thematic papers. Join the conversation on twitter using #icpdyouthafrica and follow facebook/Y4CARMMA.
