Commonwealth ministers back strong youth agenda for Heads of Government meeting
6 May 2021
Youth ministers met on 9 April to agree priorities for young people at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda.
Members of the Commonwealth Youth Ministers Task Force joined Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, Secretariat’s policy experts and youth delegates to review progress on youth development priorities and offer advice on CHOGM policy outcomes affecting youth.
Young people, those under the age of 30, make up 60 per cent of the Commonwealth’s population. They are bearing the economic and social burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is forcing one in six young people out of work around the world. Meanwhile, the education of some 1.6 billion children has been disrupted.