YOUTH AT

WORLD
URBAN 
FORUM

26-30 June 2022
Speakers







Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
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Gwendolyn Myers

Founder and Executive Director of Messengers of Peace (MOP) – Liberia Inc.
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Samed Agirbas

Global Youth Expert, Turkey
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Leah Namugerwa

Climate activist and Team Leader at Fridays for Future Uganda
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Bianca Băluță

Youth project lead, OurCluj, Romania
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Yücel Yılmaz

Mayor of Balikesir Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey
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Stefan Germann

CEO, Fondation Botnar
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Michel Zuluaga

Gender and logistic advisor, Vivo Mi Calle, Colombia
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Raphael Obonyo

Global Youth Expert, Kenya
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Katarzyna Smetek

President of WUF 11 Youth Council
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Lenin Zambrano

Indigenous activist, lawyer, and musician, from Otavalo, Ecuador
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Esther Muiruri

Youth and Civil Society representative, Local 2030 Coalition
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Melih Ecertas

Board Member, Turkish Airlines
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Morris Nyombi

Climate Activist, Uganda
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Hilmi Türkmen

Mayor of Üsküdar Municipality, Turkey
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Joyati Das

Director, Healthy Cities for Adolescents Programme
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Halim Aksu

Secretary-General of the World Ethnosport Confederation
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Theodora Siatubotu

Project Manager at Powering Young Initiatives, Zambia
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Cherie Enns

Associate Professor and Lead Urban Planning, University of the Fraser Valley
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Emmanuel Jal

Peace activist and singer
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Cuong Kieu

Architect and urban design expert, UN-Habitat, Vietnam
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Nadine Khaouli

Co-founder of Kafe be Kafak, a youth-led initiative in Beruit, Lebanon
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Morten Lynge

Head of Plan International, Denmark’s Urban development and research
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Rümeysa Kadak

Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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Papa Makha Nguer Seck

Coordinator of the Local Platform of Youth CSOs for the city of Thies, Senegal
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Christelle Lahoud

Programme management officer, UN-Habitat
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Shipra Narang Suri

Chief Urban Practices Branch, UN-Habitat
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SM Shaikat

CEO of SERAC, Founder of the Bangladesh Network of Urban Youth Councils
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Esther Njiru

Urban and regional planning expert, UN-Habitat
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Nidal Benali

President, Network of Local Youth Councils of Morocco
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