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YA24 Live Preview: Pathways to Peace and Justice: The Role of Youth

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Join this webinar to learn about the extraordinary impact that young people can and are having in peace-building across the world. Conflict often has a disproportionate effect on youth, yet youth are too often excluded from the dialogue on this topic. The U.N. has begun to try to change this, notably with the passing of Security Council Resolution 2250. This webinar will analyze the still-developing role of youth in building peace and justice and will have an additional focus on the non-violent ways that youth can actively engage with movements and initiatives to strengthen peace, justice, and institutions in their own countries and communities. Speakers: Hardy Merriman, President of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Aubrey Cox, Program Lead, Youth, U.S. Institute for Peace Discussion Points: – How are the youth in particular affected by violence and conflict? – How has the role of youth in building peace and justice been seen in the past, and how is this changing? – What are the practical ways that youth can engage in peace-building in the world today? – What nonviolent strategies can youth pursue to strive for progress and change without the risk of conflict?

YA24 Live Preview: Automating Inequality: How Algorithms Preserve Gender Inequality

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Join this webinar to learn how one of the most hyped-up technological advances, artificial intelligence (AI), may in fact be entrenching gender inequality. With technology advancing so fast, such innovations offer immense opportunities, but also come with unknown risks and repercussions that must be better considered. The upcoming Youth Assembly will explore both the challenges and opportunities posed by the new technological era and the 4th Industrial Revolution. AI, in particular, is increasingly becoming part of people’s everyday lives but is also facing growing scrutiny due to its opaque nature and the risk of data-driven discrimination. This webinar will discuss these challenges, with a particular focus on AI and algorithms and their effects on gender inequality.

Speaker: Sarah Awan, Manager, Digital, PwC

Discussion Points:
– Does new technology pose more challenges or opportunities for addressing global issues such as poverty, inequality and human rights?
– How do artificial intelligence and algorithms work and how are they being applied?
– How is AI affecting gender inequality?
– How should we respond to cases where AI or other new technologies are doing harm?

YA24 Live Preview: Youth Taking Truth to Power: Taking Responsibility for the Climate Crisis

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Join this webinar to learn about the devastating effects of climate change and what you can do to make a difference. Climate change is the “defining issue of our time” according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Millions die each year due to air pollution, and the long-term effects of climate change are also starting to show on the ground. This will be the foremost issue for young people for decades to come, and young people must take the lead in addressing it. This webinar will outline the fundamentals of this crisis, and give specific insight into the action that young people can take.
Speakers:
Melissa Griffiths Parrott, Climate Leader and Mentor, The Climate Reality Project
Emery Kiefer, Campus Corps Program Coordinator, The Climate Reality Project
Discussion Points:
  • What are the root causes of climate change?
  • How will climate change directly affect countries and communities?
  • Will certain regions or groups be hit the hardest?
  • What are the best ways for young people to take action to address climate change?
  • What can I do to make a difference in my community?

YA24 Live Previews: Education for the SDGs: The Role Youth Can Play

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This webinar will analyze the crucial importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for human development, and will cover how you can track progress and learn more about the SDGs in your own country, the importance of education for the SDGs, and how you can join the mission to spread education on the SDGs to youth around the world.

Speakers:
Sam Loni, Global Coordinator, UN SDSN Youth
Julia Guillemot, Project Lead, Global Schools, UN SDSN Youth

Discussion points:
– How are the SDGs relevant to youth working in the field of human development?
– How can youth practically track the progress and impact of the SDGs?
– How important is education for achieving the SDGs and for human development in general?
– How can education be improved to advance progress on the SDGs?
– How can young people join efforts to educate others on the SDGs?

Calling Youth to #BeatAirPollution

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In conjunction with World Environment Day, the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation will be speaking with Mr. Satya Tripathi, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UN Environment, to bring greater awareness to the complex issue of air pollution and offer insights on how people, especially the youth, can take action.
Discussion questions include:
  • What causes Air Pollution?
  • How critical is the issue?
  • Who is most affected by this problem?
  • What can we do to #BeatAirPollution?
Speaker Bio:

Satya S. Tripathi of India serves as the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Mr. Tripathi has since 2017 served as Senior Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations Environment Programme. A development economist and lawyer with over 35 years of experience, Mr. Tripathi has served with the UN since 1998 in Europe, Asia, and Africa on strategic assignments in sustainable development, human rights, democratic governance, and legal affairs.

He previously served as the Director and Executive Head of the UN Office for REDD+ Coordination in Indonesia, as well as for the UN Recovery Coordinator for the US$ 7 billion post-tsunami and post-conflict recovery efforts in Aceh and Nias. He also served as Chair of the Committees on Laws and Treaties for the UN-mediated Cyprus unification talks in 2004.

Earlier in his career, he served as a Senior Distinguished Fellow on Natural Resources Governance with the World Agroforestry Centre; and on the World Economic Forum’s Global Advisory Council on Forests.

Mr. Tripathi holds Honours Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Commerce; and Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Law from Berhampur University, India.

Youth Engagement and Mass Mobilization for Climate Action with the Power of Music and Technology

United Nations Headquarters

The Climate Action Summit of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in September 2019 will be one of the most important global climate action events of the year. The Secretary-General has announced that he wants to see “unprecedented youth and civil society mobilization and engagement” as one of the main outcomes of the summit.

The #ActionNow campaign is designed to help achieve this ambitious aim with the power of music and a combination of technology-facilitated local and global level mass mobilization activities.

At the ECOSOC Youth Forum side event, there will be:

  • welcome by Polish Mission
  • presentations and discussion on youth empowerment for climate action in the context of Agenda2030 and the UNFCCC process/Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action
  • a keynote presentation on the topic “Harnessing the power of music for Enhanced Climate Action” with Grammy award-winning artist Ricky Key from India
  • a presentation of the #ActionNow campaign & the Earth Music Awards and youth climate action engagement information and ActionNow communication technology tools like cheerity.com
  • presentation of partners (e.g. UNESCO MOST, EarthLanka, Earth Day Network, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, ..)
  • a discussion of the #ActionNow youth and civil society mobilization plans with the audience (ECOSOC youth forum participants, partners of the initiative, delegates of missions, ..)

Outcomes

  • participants of the event will learn about the UN SG Climate Summit and about innovative ways for youth and civil society mobilization for climate action
  • the event will serve as a soft launch of the Earth Music Awards 2019 Call for Music
  • the side event will be an opportunity for ECOSOC YF participants to become engaged in the initiative as musicians, local event organizers or outreach partners

Youth Action, Youth Impact: Why the SDGs Need Youth

United Nations Department of Global Communications Civil Society Unit Resource Centre

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As part of the United Nations Department of Global Communications’ Civil Society Chat Series, the session aims to introduce the importance and potential of youth action for the SDGs. As an organization with over 45 years of history, the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation will showcase impactful youth projects and support others to join in this mission by sharing our approach to engaging youth and facilitating impact. We will discuss our Theory of Change and its 3 pillars, (Connect/Engage, Educate/Develop, Action/Impact), and explain how we implement these using an integrated approach.

In addition, we will discuss our four focus areas: Environment, Human Development, Peace, and Technology, including how youth can make a strong impact in each of these fields, and how we will apply our Theory of Change to try to solve some of these leading global challenges.

During this briefing, we hope to go deeper into this theory by using examples of actual youth projects on the ground, demonstrate how it can lead to the empowerment of youth to become the leaders and changemakers who will strive together to create a sustainable world free of war, oppression, exclusion, and poverty.

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