WUF13 hosts event on Youth and Civil Society Leadership

An event on Youth and Civil Society Leadership was organized within the 13th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) by the National NGO Forum of Azerbaijan, Report informs.

At the opening ceremony, speeches were delivered by Ramil Iskandarli, Chairman of the Board of the National NGO Forum of Azerbaijan, Indira Hajiyeva, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan, and Vera Bukachi, Executive Director of Kenya's Kounkuey Design Initiative.

Later, Ezekiel Nyanfor, Founder and Executive Director of the Liberia Youth Climate Action (LYCA), presented the findings of the study "Developing Sustainable and Inclusive Cities through Youth and Civil Society Leadership."

The panel session was dedicated to Towards Inclusive Green Cities: Advancing Effective Civil Society and Youth Engagement in Cooperation with UN-Habitat.

The session was moderated by Maryam Majidova, Co-founder and Executive Director of Gender Hub Azerbaijan.

Discussions featured contributions from: Maleyka Taghizada, Advocacy and Events Advisor at UN-Habitat, Leyla Hasanova, COP29 Youth Climate Champion and Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization, Aysiman Guliyeva, Chair of the ASAN Volunteers Youth Organization, Nadima Rahimli, Deputy Chair of the For Social Welfare of Citizens Public Union, Sana Ullah Rathore, Founder of the Pakistan Youth Organization.