Water Youth Network meets the Dutch Prime Minister

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.

  1. Young people are looking for Pro-active leadership when it comes to water:
  2. 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.