Youth Voices Amplified: UN Youth Rep Listening Tour

Join the UN Representative Listening Tour Consultation led by Gavin Choong, the 2024 UN Australian Youth Representative. Share your global concerns, connect with like-minded peers, and ensure your voice reaches the United Nations in New York.

Gavin represents young Australians domestically and internationally, gathering input through nationwide consultations with people aged 12-25. These discussions foster connections and diverse perspectives. Following the tour, Gavin compiles a report for government, business, civil society leaders, and the UN General Assembly.

At UTS, Gavin will explore Australian life, desired changes, and his role within the UN system, all through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals. Gavin will also explore his role within the broader United Nations system and discuss current youth work being done on the international stage.

The Australian Youth Representative is appointed annually to represent youth views domestically and internationally, leading the largest face-to-face consultation, the Listening Tour, engaging with youth nationwide and meeting with prominent community members.

Meet Gavin Choong – 2024 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations

Gavin Choong is the Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2024. He is a youth and human rights advocate, with experience working in First Nations affairs, climate justice, refugee rights, and international development. Gavin is currently in the final year of his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Biomedical Science at Monash University. He is passionate about amplifying minority voices, promoting awareness of the diverse challenges faced by marginalised communities, and supporting tangible initiatives which tackle these issues.

Gavin is currently a member of Amnesty International’s Global Youth Collective, playing an important role as a spokesperson on youth issues and raising youth perspectives both internally and externally. Through his work with Amnesty International, Gavin has advocated for stronger digital rights protection for children and youth, as well as greater participation of young people in leadership more broadly. Most recently, as a scholarship recipient of the New Colombo Plan under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gavin completed an exchange program at the University of Hong Kong to strengthen Australia’s regional engagement in the Indo-Pacific.

Gavin has been recognised as a Top 100 Future Leader by the Australian Financial Review and was named on the list of ‘40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians’ in 2023. As a migrant to Australia, Gavin understands that not all young Australians have the same opportunities to have their voices heard. As a multicultural advisor and ambassador, Gavin aims to work with diverse communities during his terms as the Youth Representative, as well as empower these young people to tell their stories.

This event aligns with the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)

 

 

 

 

 

About your host UTS BUILD

• This event is hosted by UTS BUILD (Beyond UTS International Leadership Development). BUILD is an extra-curricular global leadership program with a mission to develop self-aware, informed and active global citizens and leaders in service to deliver positive social impact in the world.
• This event supports BUILD’s values of Leadership, Global Citizenship, Empowerment, Social and Environmental Sustainability.
• Find out more about UTS BUILD and consider joining - http://bit.ly/JoinUTSBUILD. If you are a Study Abroad and exchange Student you can also join BUILD by clicking - https://bit.ly/BUILDSAEX