Jayathma Wickramanayake

UN Envoy on Youth wraps up week-long visit to South Sudan, calls on leaders to end SGBV

January 31, 2020 Newsbeat

January 31, 2020 (SSNN)—The UN Secretary General’s Youth Envoy, Jayathma Wickramanayake, has concluded her week-long visit to South Sudan with an appeal to the leaders of South Sudan’s to end gender-based violence and forced marriage that have posed significant threats to women and girls in the country. “We have to help these young women to realize their fullest potential otherwise […]

UN Youth Envoy arrives in Juba

January 26, 2020 Breaking News, Newsbeat, USA, World

January 26th, 2020 (SSNN)—The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Affairs, Jayathma Wickramanayake arrived in the capital , Juba on Sunday for a several-day visit to have meetings with young people, politicians and civil society organizations in order to hear the challenges facing youth and how to address them. Speaking upon arrival at Juba International Airport, Jayathma was impressed by […]