About me
Bio: Harry has been an advocate for young people in Global advocacy from the age of 15. This started by being selected to be part of the UK delegation to the G8 in Italy in 2009. Since then he has represented Unicef, British Youth Council and Restless development in High-level conferences advocating for the rights of young people. He has recently been awarded the Queens Young leader award for his services to bettering the lives of young people in the Commonwealth. He recieved this award from Her Majesty the Queen in June 2018. He has given numerous speeches in Parliament, Party conferences and Number 10 and has remained consistent in his messaging of ‘Young people are not just service users they are world changers’. In 2014 he Co-founded Youth for Change Global .The success of Youth for Change has spread globally with regional offices in Tanzania, Bangladesh and Ethiopia . Youth for Change has won numerous awards including the prestigious True Honour Award. At grass roots level he coordinated a National schools conference where they trained 200 school officials, teachers and police on Female genital mutilation and Early Forced Marriage to make schools a safer place. Since , Harry has worked as a researcher and consultant in UK politics. He has a held board position with Unicef for 5 years and is an official He for She ambassador for UN Women. He currently works in the Cabinet Office in UK government. His expertise is centred around national/international policy, global youth advocacy, Leadership, and Gender-based violence.
Projects
- Youth For Change: young people tackling gender-based violenceYouth For Change is a global network of youth activists working in partnership with organisations and governments to tackle gender-based violence and create positive change for girls, boys, young women and young men. We launched in 2014 and currently has teams based in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, UK and Tanzania. Find out more about Youth For Change here
- Prince Harry hails ‘inspiring’ former child refugee and medical student who are winners of Queen’s awardPublished by: The Evening Standard Date: 5th December, 2017 Author: Safeeyah Kazi Prince Harry today congratulated a former child refugee and a medical student who will be honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace next year for their work “transforming lives”. Harry Phinda, 24, of Croydon, who came to the UK after fleeing Zimbabwe 11 years ago, now campaigns for women’s rights and will receive a Queen’s Young Leaders Award in June. Medical student Leanne Armitage, 22, of Peckham, will also r
Projects credited in
- Leaders with social heart: 100 creative changemakersCelebrating social responsibility is at the heart of what we do, so we've partnered with Squarespace – whose mission is to inspire people with creative ideas to succeed – to shine a light on 100 influential luminaries from art, technology, charity, design, business and more that are working tirelessly to make our world a better place. To highlight these organisations, we asked 10 creative changemakers to each nominate 10 people behind inspiring brands, products and movements with amazing social
Skills
- Communication
- Policy Analysis