The Upper West Regional Youth Parliament under the aegis of the National Youth Authority (NYA) yesterday convened a sitting to commemorate the International Youth Day celebration in the region on the global theme: “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”.
The sitting was supported by Community Aid for Rural Development (CARD Ghana) and Plan International Ghana under the locally carved theme: “Transforming Food Systems: The Contribution of Girls and Young Women in Ghana”.
Speaking at the forum, the Acting Upper West Regional Director of the NYA, Mr Ampofo Amankona, noted the theme for the celebration has recognized that the goal goals cannot be achieved without the meaningful participation of the youth.
Speaking later in an interview with Info Radio, Mr Ampofo said the NYA was ready to partner with international bodies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other development partners to make agriculture attractive for the youth to venture in. he said this will strengthen the country’s food systems.
Meanwhile, speaking at the youth parliamentary sitting yesterday, August 12, 2021 at the Regional House of Chiefs, the Executive Director of CARD Ghana, Madam Leenat Abdul Rahaman noted that girls and women contribute significantly to the agricultural value chain in the country and yet they are the most marginalized.
She called for concerted efforts to involved females in equitable land usage and related agricultural activities.
International Youth Day
International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
The idea for International Youth Day was proposed in 1991 by the young people who were gathered in Vienna, Austria, for the first session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System. The Forum recommended that an International Youth Day be declared, especially for fund-raising and promotional purposes, to support the United Nations Youth Fund in partnership with youth organizations.
In 1998, a resolution proclaiming 12 August as International Youth Day was adopted by the first session of the the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth , which was hosted by the Government of Portugal in cooperation with the United Nations (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998). That recommendation was subsequently endorsed by the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/54/120 entitled "Policies and programmes involving youth" (17 December 1999).
The Assembly recommended that public information activities be organized to support the Day as a way to promote better awareness of the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General Assembly in 1996.
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