Leveraging SDGs as enablers of sustainable agrifood…

Objectives of the side event, including relation with the SDGs identified in the Guidelines

• Continue the year-long process of knowledge exchange, consultations and collaboration among youth, experts and policymakers to analyze SDG5 in relation to other SDGs and development challenges.
• Highlight interconnections between the SDGs, fostering a youth-led discussion focusing on the relevance of SDG4 and 8 for young women in agrifood systems.
• Bring together diverse organizations and technical experts to address the most pressing issues concerning youth, especially young women, education and employment.
• Provide opportunities for youth eager to actively participate in transforming agrifood systems to connect with technical experts to gain insights on issues related to women, decent rural employment, education and training within agrifood systems, and receive support in shaping youth priorities on these various topics.
• Collection of inputs on the interlinkages between SDGs 2, 4, 5 and 8 to inform the development of a youth recommendations paper for presentation at the HLPF 2025.