Malabo, 12 August 2022. As part of the celebration of International Youth Day, 12 August 2022, under the theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a world for all ages", United Nations Population Fund in collaboration of the Ministry of Youth - Civil Society Department - carried out a range of activities with 5 NGOs (HIDMA, IMEGE, MUSIMCA, the Voice of Youth and Youth for Sustainable Development-JDS). The latter was in charge of coordinating the activities of the thematic Forum during the youth week held on the 12th, 17th and 18thcof August 2022.
The official launching ceremony of the activities was held at the Equatoguinean Cultural Center of Malabo with opening remarks of Mr. Elias ONDO MBANA, the Director of Civil Society and Mrs. Hind JALAL, Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Fund-UNFPA. Mrs JALAL, shared as well with the assembly the Message of Mr António GUTERRES, the UN Secretary General. The event was attended by adolescent and youth from different backgrounds, Government representatives, sister UN agencies and the Guinean Civil Society organizations.
Under the slogan "Putting Young People First", more than 150 young people gathered at the above-mentioned center to be informed, trained and entertained by experts from different Government Departments, Banks, Companies, UNS and Civil Society members on the importance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs of the 2030 Agenda, the Ten-Year Plan, as well as the African Youth Charter.
During the Youth Week the young people received information and learned about different Panels on topics such as: Reproductive Health and Gender Equality; Intergenerational Collaboration; Collaboration for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence; Intergenerational Collaboration on Poverty and Hunger; Internet Revolution in Cultural Industries and Tourism; Intergenerational Collaboration to achieve the SDGs.
Youth and adolescents were informed about the existence of Youth Platforms such as "MIRADA JOVEN", "VOICES ON YOUT" etc..
The activities of “World Youth Day 2022” were successfully concluded with a closing speech by the Director General of Civil Society.
