World youth gather in Windhoek for general assembly

The Conference of Youth and Family Ministers has called for strengthening democratic youth work. The members of the conference met in Hamburg on May 22 and 23 - a key decision concerned how to deal with the principle of neutrality in youth work. It was recognized that youth work did not have to be neutral towards all political trends, in particular when they are directed against the fundamental rights guaranteed in the Basic Law. Saxony's Minist…

WINDHOEK, Republic of Namibia.— "It is in our hands to build a better future for all and we will not give up until this is achieved," said Meyvis Estévez Echevarría, the first secretary of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), speaking at the opening of the 21st General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (FMJD). During the meeting, which brings together more than 150 participants representing 78 organiz…

World youth gather in Windhoek for general assembly

Over 140 youth delegates from 53 countries around the world have gathered in the capital to attend the 21st General Council of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY). Namibia is hosting the assembly from 20 to 26 May under the theme ‘United against imperialism! For the rights of the youth, to build a world of social justice and equality’. WFDY vice president Samrat Gauchan says the general assembly will elect the new leadership that wil…