Jayathma Wickramanayake
- January 6, 2024
- Activist
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Jayathma Wickramanayake Biography
| Name | Jayathma Wickramanayake |
| Birthday | Nov 22 |
| Birth Year | 1990 |
| Place Of Birth | Bentota |
| Home Town | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Country | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Jayathma Wickramanayake is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on November 22, 1990 in Bentota, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. Jayathma Wickramanayake (born 22 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan born international civil servant who currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. Appointed by the United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres in June 2017, she succeeds Ahmad Alhendawi of Jordan, who served as the first Envoy on Youth from 2013 to 2017.
Wickramanayake was appointed the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth in June 2017. In this role, she works to expand the engagement, participation and advocacy efforts of youth across the four main pillars of the work of the United Nations: development, human rights, peace and security and humanitarian action. One of her goals as the Envoy on Youth is “to ensure that young people have a voice in all these processes at the UN”, while bringing the UN closer to young people at the same time. She has also stressed the “need to see young people not as a liability but as an opportunity, and to see how we can proactively engage them in all discussions, at all levels”. In November 2019 She was included in the Time magazines next 100 world leaders list .
Jayathma Wickramanayake Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Activist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jayathma Wickramanayake is one of the richest Activist from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jayathma Wickramanayake 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 2012, Wickramanayake was selected as the country’s first-ever Youth Delegate to the United Nations and took part in the United Nations 67th General Assembly. As she was finishing her tenure as Youth Delegate in 2013, Wickramanayake was appointed as a member and youth lead negotiator of the International Youth Task Force of the World Youth Conference 2014, hosted by Sri Lanka. In this capacity, she advised on the conference’s programme, agenda, proceedings and declaration. Building on the outcomes of the conference, Wickramanayake also played a key role in mainstreaming youth concerns in the Post-2015 Development Agenda and in recognizing July 15 as the World Youth Skills Day, a proposal of Sri Lanka to the 69th UN General Assembly.
Later on, Wickramanayake went on to become a Senator in the Sri Lankan Youth Parliament (2013-2015) and Project Officer at the One-Text Initiative (OTI), which focuses on building political consensus and post-war reconciliation in the country. She also served as Secretary to the Secretary-General of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2016-2017). Prior to taking the role of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Wickramanayake was working as an Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service.
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Jayathma Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Jayathma Wickramanayake celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.