Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN) proposes the Pan African Creative Arts Youth Competition. This initiative seeks to harness the creativity of African youth to foster innovative ideas and grassroots awareness around critical economic governance topics, including sovereign debt, the AfCFTA, climate finance, asset recovery, and the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
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Fiscal discipline reduces unsustainable debt levels, freeing resources for investments in sectors like agriculture, tech, and green industries, which are critical for youth employment.
We recognize that the youth of Southern Africa represent an immense reservoir of energy, creativity, and potential that is critical to the continued progress and prosperity of our communities. As present leaders and change-makers of our region, we have a vital role to play in addressing the complex social, political, economic, and environmental challenges that we face. We have a role to complement our governments, the private sector, and all developmental actors to ensure access to quality and affordable education for the SADC child.
This urgent declaration highlights the disproportionate burden debt places on women and youth, emphasizing the need to examine debt policies through a feminist lens. Recognizing that youth make up most of Africa’s population and reflecting on the AfCoDD IV theme – Africa’s Debt Crisis: Pan Africa Feminist Perspectives and Alternatives, we recognize the critical link between debt, tax and austerity.
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Several reports have indicated that low-income nations and those experiencing poverty bear a disproportionate share of the harmful…