UNhörbar #24 - Africa in the World: African Perspectives on the United Nations System

UNhörbar

Within the United Nations 193 states are represented. A significant amount of those countries are located within the African continent. The more it is interesting what African countries think about this international framework. We have invited Aya Chebbi, former African Union Youth Envoy who gives us insights into different approaches all over the African continent. We talk about youth initiatives, exchange and solidarity within and outside the African Union and brainstorm about the effective implementation of sustainable methods to give underrepresented people a voice.

Content:

- 80 % of discussions within the United Nations Security Council deal with Africa. Compared to this the influence African countries have is relatively small. More talk with each other than about each other should be implemented in near future

- Young leadership should be supported. Currently, the age gap between the population and the leaders is significantly high within African countries

- Future strategies and new instruments should be co-created with African people, especially the young generation

- Possibilities and chances arise thanks to digitalization approaches

- The world can learn a lot from Africa

Links:

· Nala Feminist Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Nalafem

· Beijing+25, the Manifesto: https://nalafem.org/manifesto/