Riju Dhakal, 23, President at YUWA (2020-2022) is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Public Health from the Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine. YUWA is a youth-led youth-run organization that works for diverse issues of young people including SRHR. She has been an SRHR activist for more than three years and has been involved in national, regional and international level advocacy processes and evidence generation under YUWA. She is passionate about Comprehensive Sexuality Education and young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. She has represented Nepal at platforms like the 47th Human Rights Council, Generation Equality Forum, Pleasure Project, Congress of World Association for Sexual Health-2021 and many more to talk about young people’s SRHR needs and position in Nepal. Besides that, she is also passionate about poetry and traveling.

David is a young medical doctor who studied medicine at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and holds a Master's in Public Health from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Since he started medical school, he joined the National Association of Medical Students and held several positions in the Association up until 2016 when he became the President of the Association in Ecuador. In addition, he was also a member of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA), holding the position of General Assistant for the Americas Region in 2014-2015. Through the work of the IFMSA with Ipas, David started his activism for reproductive rights by advocating for safe and legal abortion, working on capacity building for advocacy with fellow medical students.

After finishing med school, David became a member of the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, being involved in high level advocacy for young people's SRHR. As a medical doctor he worked during 2018-2019 in a rural community in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest in a primary care facility, working with indigenous communities in remote locations. Currently, David is a member of the International Youth Health Organization and a Board Member of PMNCH, as Chair of the Adolescent and Youth Constituency. David is the Strategic Partnerships and Programs Coordinator at CORE Group, a Global Health NGO based in Washington DC and a Commissioner of the Lancet Commission for Adolescent Health and Well-being.

Itoro Ekanem and Molly Chan in a conversation on the need for CSE as a right for young people across the world.

Listen to The PACT Communications Lead & Levi Singh in a 10 minutes conversation podcast session discuss the expectations of all youth at the UN High Level Meeting. Levi Singh works with the SRHR Africa Trust as regional youth and policy adviser.

Pete Thitiwatt Sirasejtakorn is from Thailand. He is a HIV Activist working around human rights and equality in Thailand.

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Emitomo Tobi Nimisire is a Writer, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Advocate, and Communications Strategist. Presently, she's the Project Manager of NGWomen4Peace.

Doan Tung with Chimee Adioha on the situation in Vietnam. Discussion revolved around LGBTQI, HIV/AIDS and the future of young people in Vietnam.

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