Shabana Abbas, member of the Water Youth Network was invited to meet with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. The meeting was organised under the #Value for Water Initiative of the High Level Panel on Water. More details here on the Panel activities can be found here: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/HLPWater
In her opening remarks, Shabana made two simple points on what young people expect.
- Young people are looking for Pro-active leadership when it comes to water:
- Young people want leadership that makes wise choices and decisions. Choices that Choices that do not just make economic sense but are fair and just socially and environmentally also.