Younger changemakers advancing schooling and well being fairness will assist mobilize communities around the globe and restore progress for the International Objectives
Samsung Electronics at present introduced that three new Younger Leaders will be part of Generation17, an initiative in partnership with the United Nations Growth Programme (UNDP) to assist younger changemakers working to attain the 17 International Objectives.1 The addition of those three Younger Leaders will assist educate individuals about essential international challenges and the options wanted to ship a extra affluent future by 2030.
“We’re thrilled to welcome these three progressive leaders to the Galaxy neighborhood and Generation17,” stated TM Roh, President and Head of Cell eXperience (MX) Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “These Younger Leaders will encourage the Galaxy neighborhood to make optimistic modifications of their each day lives, with their dedication to harness know-how and open potentialities for a extra equitable future. Every embodies the ingenuity and progressive spirit that we have to have interaction extra individuals in serving to to attain the International Objectives.”
The New Younger Leaders
For the primary time, Samsung and UNDP performed an open name that rallied hundreds of passionate younger individuals from all around the world to use to affix Generation17. This new group of Generation17 Younger Leaders, chosen from a aggressive pool of candidates, will add new views to the initiative, and their tasks will convey forth new options in schooling, abilities and coaching, and well being fairness.
Zubair Junjunia (United Kingdom): Social entrepreneur and founding father of ZNotes, a world studying platform enabling honest and equal entry to schooling that has impacted 4 million college students globally.
“I used to be impressed to construct an schooling platform after witnessing the uneven taking part in discipline of schooling. We should empower youth to create an equitable schooling system, which is why I’m excited to affix Generation17 and produce consciousness to international schooling challenges and encourage younger individuals to face up for causes they consider in.”
Priscilla Efe Johnson (Nigeria): Gender equality activist working to de-stigmatize girls’s well being by Xari Africa, a female-led group offering ladies with entry to reproductive and sexual well being sources.
“Reproductive and sexual well being is everyone’s enterprise. This struggle, this ardour, is private. That’s the reason I’m thrilled to be chosen as a member of Generation17, working in partnership with Samsung and UNDP to raise my voice and develop entry and schooling to girls’s healthcare throughout the globe.”
Mock Yi Jun (Singapore): Schooling chief and co-founder of Advisory Singapore, a youth-led charity devoted to empowering younger individuals from all walks of life to make knowledgeable profession and schooling selections.
“Each particular person, irrespective of their background or socio-economic standing, deserves an opportunity to pursue their aspirations. Generation17 is the right platform to allow extra younger individuals like me to empower people to take their schooling and profession journey into their very own palms.”
Amplifying Youth Management on a International Stage
Samsung and UNDP launched Generation17 in October 2020, with the mission to amplify the voices and impactful work of younger individuals accelerating progress towards the International Objectives. For the reason that launch, Samsung and UNDP have gathered 17 Younger Leaders throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Center East and North America engaged on points that embody all 17 of the International Objectives.
Collectively, Samsung and UNDP present the Younger Leaders with mentorship and the newest Samsung Galaxy know-how in addition to entry to agenda-setting occasions and different alternatives to raise their platforms and join with their friends and cross-sector, international choice makers. Generation17 Younger Leaders have participated in numerous occasions, together with Samsung’s Unpacked, Cannes Lions Worldwide Competition of Creativity, UN Financial and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Discussion board, Stockholm+50 and the United Nations Common Meeting.
“To attain the International Objectives, we’d like genuine motion from younger individuals — these on the frontlines of at present’s most urgent points — to construct again progress and assist for every purpose,” stated Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator. “By means of our partnership with Samsung, we goal to foster the expansion of those Younger Leaders as they deal with essential points such because the local weather disaster and human rights issues to construct a extra resilient society.”
▲ Three Generation17 Leaders on the Cannes Lions Competition of Creativity
Generation17 is grounded in Samsung and UNDP’s dedication to leverage know-how as a drive for good. The 2 organizations first partnered in 2019 to create the Samsung International Objectives app, an schooling and donation-based cellular app that informs individuals concerning the International Objectives and encourages them to take motion simply through the use of their Galaxy units. Since then, the app has been put in on practically 300 million Galaxy units worldwide, together with smartphones, tablets and smartwatches. It has enabled the Galaxy neighborhood to generate greater than USD 10 million for UNDP’s work to advertise environmental and social resilience around the globe.
About UNDP
UNDP is the main United Nations group combating to finish the injustice of poverty, inequality, and local weather change. Working with our broad community of consultants and companions in 170 nations, we assist nations to construct built-in, lasting options for individuals and planet. www.undp.org
1 The 17 International Objectives, often called the Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs), had been adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 and supply a blueprint to finish poverty, defend the atmosphere, cut back financial inequality and guarantee peace and justice for all.
