YOUTH AT
WORLDURBAN 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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