Youth and the 2030 Agenda
"Us youth, we can. We are not only the future, as is normally said, but also the main drivers of change - strategic actors who need to be taken into account today." - Luis Alvarado, from the Kichchwa community. At the age of 27, he serves as a UN Community Volunteer in teen pregnancy prevention and sexual and reproductive rights at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Ecuador.
We are at a time of crisis, which means that every decision we take today will have an impact on the living conditions of the next generations. This is the moment where we can decide what will happen with the Sustainable Development Goals and how we reach the year 2030. Today, more than ever, we must act, guided by the premise to “leave no one behind”, and build a sustainable, inclusive and equitable future.