{"id":2754,"date":"2019-05-07T09:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T09:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:45:28","slug":"four-challenges-mrs-machel-posed-to-the-world-at-the-first-global-peace-inter-generational-dialogue-in-ghana-that-cannot-be-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/featured\/four-challenges-mrs-machel-posed-to-the-world-at-the-first-global-peace-inter-generational-dialogue-in-ghana-that-cannot-be-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"Four challenges Gra\u00e7a Machel presented to the world at the first Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogue in Ghana that cannot be ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mrs. Gra\u00e7a Machel and president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana are Sustainable Development Goal champions. On the 6th<\/sup> of May, they hosted the first ever Inter-Generational Dialogue in Accra Ghana. These dialogues aim at setting the tone for global discussions among Young Future Leaders, City Mayors, Captains of Business and Civil Society Leaders to deliberate on their aspirations for what a better world should look like. About 500 delegates drawn from different sectors of the country attended the event including members of the Diplomatic Corp.<\/p>\n

The Accra Inter-Generational Dialogue follows president Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s announcement (as the co-chair of the UN SDG Advocates Group) at the Global Citizen event in December 2018 that Ghana would get the ball rolling by hosting the inaugural Inter-Generational Dialogue in Accra to help forge the connection between peace and development in the country and world-wide. This is the first of a series of the dialogues that will be followed through-out 2019.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Machel\u2019s address: Don’t leave anyone behind<\/strong><\/p>\n

In her remarks she challenged young people to take advantage of the knowledge they have with technology to advocate and work with African leaders to address the crisis situations that exist on the continent. She reminded the young people that the Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogues were created to give young people a voice in shaping the future. She alluded to the fact that by allowing other people to be left behind in the fast-paced nature of the society, the world was breeding a fear for the future that leads to anxiety results in people resorting to racial, religious, ethnic, and other identity prejudices which leads to extremist behaviour.<\/p>\n

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Here are four challenging things she presented to the world at the dialogue:<\/strong><\/p>\n