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Global Youth Meet on Tobacco Control (Pre-conference Workshop)

To complement the 14th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, a two day Youth workshop: Global Youth Meet on Tobacco Control (GYM, 2009) will be held on March 6 and 7, 2009 in Mumbai, India. HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) is collaborating with Salaam Bombay Foundation, one of the hosts of the 14th WCTOH to organize this Youth Conference in Mumbai.

The intent of this youth conference will be:
  • To encourage young people from around the world to get actively involved in Tobacco Control awareness and advocacy.
  • To empower youth delegates with key leadership and advocacy skills.
  • To provide them with networking opportunities to become agents of social change.
  • To provide youth with a platform to discuss and debate these issues.
About 160 delegates (youth and adult chaperones) from 28 countries and 7 states of India will be participating in this workshop. Together with adult facilitators, young people will meet as a group and deliberate on issues related to tobacco control that will directly affect their present and future health. The sessions during this youth conference will focus on empowering youth delegates with key leadership and advocacy skills. Participants will utilize and practice these skills during the main WCTOH conference as speakers in appropriate sessions that will focus on presenting a youth perspective on tobacco control issues. The advocacy events planned during the conference will help to sensitize the general population, policy-makers and opinion-makers on tobacco control. Two days of deliberations will result in recommendations and action plans to be followed by these youth leaders as advocacy activities to be pursued at each country level on return to their countries.
 
   
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