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"Find your identity, your true self and live your mission … Your power is your radical self. Find it."
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Aya Chebbi"I will always push for progressive, more inclusive and more empowered positions for young people across Africa."
Aya Chebbi, is a Tunisian diplomat, and a pan-African and feminist activist. She became the first appointed African Union Envoy on Youth in November 2018. Appointed by the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, in November 2018, as the youngest senior official in the history of the African Union, and youngest diplomat in the chairperson's cabinet.
"Find your identity, your true self and live your mission … Your power is your radical self. Find it."
"We clearly live in an era where we have the most unequal societies of all time. The rich are becoming richer, the poor are becoming poorer."
"As young people, you do not need permission to participate. You must occupy your space because there is no governance without citizen engagement and youth-led accountability."
"When injustice is perceived, young people look upon violent groups as legitimate fighters, not perpetrators of violence."
"We cannot shrink the future of Africa in accepting its reality."
"We have our own voices. We just need you to listen."