I bring you greetings On behalf
of the organizing team for the Adolescent and Youth Pre- Consultations of
2016-30 UN Secretary General's Strategy on Women's Children and
Adolescents Health,
I would like to brig to your
attention that, the African Youth and Adolescents Network on Population and
Development (AfriYAN) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA) and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) will
host an Adolescents and Youth Pre-consultation on the 5th of
May 2015 in an effort to generate consensus on the priority issues and
recommendations for adolescents and young people in the 2016-2030 UN Secretary
General’s Revised Global Strategy, on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’
Health.
The meeting will build on the
revised Global Strategy’s additional focus on adolescents’ health, in
acknowledgment of the importance of adolescents and youth health for
sustainable health outcomes. The Adolescents and Youth Pre-consultation will
also reflect on the ongoing conversations and negotiations on the post-2015
development agenda in positioning adolescent and youth health within broader
development targets.
As part of the activities for
the Adolescent and Youth Pre-consultations, there will be a Youth
Chill-Out Session with Global Health Leaders
The Youth Chill- Out Session is
Scheduled for Date: Tuesday 5th May 2015, Time: 17:30 –
18:30, South Africa Time.
Official Hash tag: #YouthVoices
The topic of the Youth Chill out
session is: Adolescents, Youth, Health and the next 15 years’
This will be a 1 hour moderated
online, live session that will feature a panel of four global health experts
and leaders in adolescent and youth health programming and two youth health
activists and advocates.
Purpose: The
hangout session will discuss challenges and opportunities in strengthening
adolescents and youth health in the next 15 years reflecting on the ongoing
Post 2015 development framework negotiations and the consultation processes of
the new Global Strategy for Women’s Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.
The chill-out session is also
aimed at strengthening global conversations both online and offline to
effectively bridge the gap between grassroots youth action and international
commitments focusing on improving the health and well-being of adolescents.
Moderators:
· Mr.
Patrick Mwesigye: AfriYAN Uganda
· Ms.
Gogontlejang Phaladi –Gogontlejang Phaladi Pillar of Hope Project
(@GogontlejangP)
Panelists:
1. Ms.
Taona Kuo: Senior Manager, Every Woman Every Child, Executive Office of the UN
Secretary-General
2. Dr. Julitta Onabanjo:
Regional Director, UNFPA East and Southern Africa (@JulittaOnabanjo)
3. Dr. Phanuel Habimana: Acting
Director for Family and Reproductive Health, WHO Africa Regional Office
4. Ms. Robin Gorna: Executive
Director PMNCH (@RobinGorna)
5. Ms. Tikhala Itaye: AfriYAN
Namibia (@MissTikhala)
The youth chill out session will
be a physical meeting with discussions between youth participants of the
Adolescent and Youth Pre- Consultation and global leader who will comprise the
panel. Discussion at the chill-out will be streamed live on Google+ and YouTube
and there will be live feeds on other social-media platforms like twitter and
facebook for young people in the virtual audience to share their views and
opinions and ask questions.
The official hash tag for the
discussion is #YouthVoices and the official Face book page for the
discussion is: https://www.facebook.com/
This notification there serve
to invite all of us to join the discussion online and share our views, thoughts
and ask any questions to the global health leaders and experts.
As earlier mentioned, the will
be Date: Tuesday 5th May 2015 and Time is 17:30
– 18:30, South Africa Time.
Official Hash
tag: #YouthVoices
Other useful hash tags are: #Commit2Deliver, #
