GLOBAL CONFerence OF YOUNG mps

Call for more inclusive economic, social policies

Over 130 young MPs from all around the world, attending the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Ottawa of Canada, will identify solutions to present-day democratic, economic and social divides and lay the groundwork for more inclusive economic and social policies that leave no one behind, reports UNB. The two-day conference, jointly organised by the Parliament of Canada and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, began yesterday.

Miroslav Lajcak, President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, and the United Nations Secretary-General Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake have sent video messages. The conference is focusing, among other things, on youth

political participation, migration and social integration, and inclusive economic opportunities for all: men and women, young and old, poor and rich, educated and uneducated, from the minority or majority.

Everyone must have access to opportunities equally and without restrictions or discrimination of any kind, according to a message received from Geneva on Friday.

The urgency of the conference topics is highlighted by the need to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals at a time when 27 million young people are leaving their countries of birth to seek education and employment abroad and to escape from poverty, violence and conflict.

Featured panellists include family policy expert Paul Kershaw, Chief Trade Commissioner of Canada Ailish Campbell, women and girls’ rights activist Farah Mohamed, Head of Public Policy at Facebook, Canada, Kevin Chan, Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada Michael Wernick, and young parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Canada, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Mali and Nigeria. The newly elected IPU President, who is a young MP herself, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong will take part in the conference. The conference will empower young MPs to drive the inclusion agenda in national and global policymaking. The IPU statistics highlight the crisis of youth participation in parliaments.

 

GLOBAL CONFerence OF YOUNG mps

Call for more inclusive economic, social policies

Over 130 young MPs from all around the world, attending the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Ottawa of Canada, will identify solutions to present-day democratic, economic and social divides and lay the groundwork for more inclusive economic and social policies that leave no one behind, reports UNB. The two-day conference, jointly organised by the Parliament of Canada and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, began yesterday. Miroslav Lajcak, President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, and the United Nations Secretary-General Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake have sent video messages. The conference is focusing, among other things, on youth political participation, migration and social integration, and inclusive economic opportunities for all: men and women, young and old, poor and rich, educated and uneducated, from the minority or majority. Everyone must have access to opportunities equally and without restrictions or discrimination of any kind, according to a message received from Geneva on Friday. The urgency of the conference topics is highlighted by the need to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals at a time when 27 million young people are leaving their countries of birth to seek education and employment abroad and to escape from poverty, violence and conflict. Featured panellists include family policy expert Paul Kershaw, Chief Trade Commissioner of Canada Ailish Campbell, women and girls rights activist Farah Mohamed, Head of Public Policy at Facebook, Canada, Kevin Chan, Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada Michael Wernick, and young parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Canada, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Mali and Nigeria. The newly elected IPU President, who is a young MP herself, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong will take part in the conference. The conference will empower young MPs to drive the inclusion agenda in national and global policymaking. The IPU statistics highlight the crisis of youth participation in parliaments.