#YOUTH4CHANGE YOUTH PANEL
Who are the
Youth Panel?
The #Youth4Change youth panel will be a group of young
people from Ghana. They will represent a variety of organisations including HACEP-Ghana,
CAMFED, NORSAC (Young Female Parliamentarians), dance4life (Heart Connection Tour
Team), Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), National Youth Authority
(NYA), PAYDP Girls Network (PGN) and Curious Minds Ghana who are passionate
about inspiring action on girls’ rights and ending Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM) and Child and Early Forced Marriage (CEFM) within a generation.
What will
the Youth Panel do?
#Youth4Change Conference
on FGM and CEFM in Ghana will be an event organised by young people for young
people. As the #Youth4Change youth panel, you will help plan the conference and
reach out to hundreds of young people nationally through an online survey and
asking them about the issues and how young people can help end FGM and CEFM.
With this information, you will help create a ‘Ghana Youth Statement of Action’
to present at the Youth4Change Conference 2014 in December at the Modern City
Hotel in Tamale. The
conference is expected to bring together 500 participants comprising young people, community members,
activists, traditional and faith leaders, government, national leaders, experts
and champions committed to the rights and empowerment of girls and women.
As young
people we can all inspire action
Thank you for supporting #Youth4Change, we are delighted that you are
joining the global movement for girl’s rights and to end FGM and CEFM - We hope our
youth conference will be the first of its kind in Ghana and around the world,
and create a “ripple effect” where young advocates help kick-start a global
youth movement on girls’ rights. #Youth4Change Youth Panel could be the start
of your own personal campaign to end FGM and CEFM and improve lives for girls
and women, both in your own communities and across the globe.
Half of the world’s people are under 25. We, as young people, can all
inspire action.
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Twitter at: @#youth4changeghana
Website: www.youth4change2014.blogspot.com
