Aya Chebbi Speech at the 2015 United Nations UN Women
African Union (AU) Special Envoy for Youth
In office November 2018 – November 2021
President
Moussa Faki
Succeeded by
Chido Cleopatra Mpemba
Personal details
Born
Aya Chebbi
1988 (age 35–36) Dahmani
Nationality
Tunisian
Occupation
Activist
diplomat
speaker
Awards
2019 Gates Foundation Campaigner Award
(Full list)
Website
ayachebbi.com
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Aya Chebbi (Arabic: آية الشابيAya al-Chebbi; born 1988), is a Tunisian diplomat, and a pan-African and feminist activist. She became the first appointed African Union Envoy on Youth in November 2018.[1] 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. She supports the Chairperson in addressing his thematic priority of working with and for young people and advocate to Silencing the Guns by 2020. [2][3][4][5]
^Chebbi, Aya (Jan 2020). "OYE". auyouthenvoy.org. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29.
^"AU silencing the guns 2020". African Union. January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-01-30.
^"WRC Councillor Aya Chebbi Named African Union Youth Envoy". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^"Tunisian activist Aya Chebbi appointed African Union's Youth Envoy". Africanews. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
AyaChebbi (Arabic: آية الشابي Aya al-Chebbi; born 1988), is a Tunisian diplomat, and a pan-African and feminist activist. She became the first appointed...
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