Rashid Zuberu talks to Cordaid about youth participation and empowerment

Rashid Zuberu (30) is the founder of Young Peace Brigades, one of our member organizations located in Ghana. Rashid is also a member of International Steering Group (ISG) and focal point for the Sub-Saharan youth advocacy team on the Amman Youth Declaration. Earlier this month he was in the Netherlands for the Young Peacebuilders Forum and the Annual ISG Meeting. He took the opportunity to be interviewed by Cordaid and talk about the importance of empowering youth, the challenges faced by young people and the importance of a UN Security Council resolution on Youth, Peace and Security. According to him: “A UNSCR would give 600.000 million young people in conflict-affected countries a bigger tool to force their leaders and representatives to listen to them”.

You can read the full text at Cordaid’s website.