Youth mental health centre takes stage at G20 Interfaith Forum

YOUTH and mental health issues were addressed at the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) as attendees broke off from the main ballroom and attended smaller discussion groups yesterday.

- THEOLIN TEMBO

The forum convenes religious leaders, civil society organisations, government officials, multilateral institutions, and scholars to explore collaborative solutions to pressing global challenges.

Yesterday's discussion sought to explore analytic work and policy proposals in the face of challenges often cited by the youth, including employment, quality education, and addressing challenges to mental health.

The discussion was moderated by Andrea Kaufman, director at World Vision International, and Angela Nielsen Redding, executive director at Radiance Foundation.

The moderators set the scene with Redding explaining that Radiance Foundation looked at Gallup World Poll data, a global network of quality data collection built to measure public opinion, which often asked questions about religiosity and well-being, but “they had never compared the relationship between the answers to those questions”.