Graça Raquel Pinheiro Bragança Soares

Graça Raquel Pinheiro Bragança Soares

Portugal

I am a young portuguese diplomat (recently finished a diplomatic mission at the service of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Embassy of Bogotá), youth activist, and young changemaker from the city of Porto, in Portugal. Apart from my professional experience mostly in Diplomacy field as well as in Humanitarian Action, I dedicate a substancial part of my free time to volunteering activities in international youth organizations related with youth empowerment, promotion of access to quality education, and creation of professional opportunities and quality jobs to young people. Some examples: last year, I have been the Regional Coordinator for Europe of Youth Opportunities (YO) – a very famous and internationally recognized social startup which is one of the biggest “opportunities portal” serving, for free, millions of people around the globe with annoucements of the best education opportunities such as scholarships, jobs, internships, conferences, etc. Before, I also served at YO as a Global Portuguese Ambassador, promoting all kinds of quality opportunities to Portuguese youth in social media, organizing and taking part in events, signing partnerships, and other relevant activities to expand the community and bring access to information about YO to Portuguese youth. However, apart from these interests (SDG4 and SDG8), I also have a particular interest in issues related with Peace promotion, Peacebuilding, conflict resolution and mediation (including SDG16). Therefore, I am also part of other international youth organizations which work to promote Human Dignity, Human Rights, and a culture of Peacebuilding in the world: For example, I have been a youth delegate in Peace First, an UK-based international NGO, focused on addressing injustices on young people’s local communities. I am also part of World Youth Alliance Europe (WYA), one of the biggest international youth NGOs focused on the promotion of Human Dignity in the World.

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