Chernor Bah
Minister of Information and Civic Education
Assumed office
2023
PresidentJulius Maada Bio
Preceded byMohamed Rahman Swaray
Personal details
Born
Chernor Bah

7th July 1985
Sierra Leone
Political partySierra Leone People's Party
Alma mater
Websitewww.ceebah.org

Chernor Bah is a Sierra Leonean politician, currently the Minister Of Information and Civic Education for the Republic of Sierra Leone.[1]

Bah is an advocate for girl's and women's education.[1][2][3] He is the co-founder of A World At School and Purposeful.[3][4]

Education

Chernor Bah holds a Bachelor's degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, and a Master's Degree from the University of Notre Dame in the United States.[5]

Career

United Nations

From 2007 to 2008, Chernor Bah served as a Special Youth Fellow at the United Nations,[6] where he worked to include the voices of war-affected youth in the Graça Machel Review Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. He travelled to various war-affected regions and co-authored a youth report presented to the UN Security Council titled "Will You Listen? Young Voices from Conflict Zones".[6]

In 2008 and 2009, Bah led the United Nations Population Fund's first post-war youth program in Liberia. He contributed to the development of Liberia's new youth policy and action plan and supported efforts to rebuild an inclusive youth infrastructure in the country.

In 2012, Bah was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as the Youth Representative on the High-Level Steering Committee for the Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative.[7][8] He also chaired the initiative's Youth Advocacy Group, where he worked in the "IamMalala" campaign.[9] During this time, he co-founded "A World at School," a digital mobilization and campaign organization for global education. He initiated and led the Global Youth Ambassador initiative, in which over 500 young leaders campaigned for education in Sierra Leone and abroad.[10][11]

Ministerial role

Bah was appointed Minister Of Information and Civic Education for the Republic of Sierra Leone in August 2023.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Newly appointed Minister Bah: member of the UNESCO Girls' and Women's Education Prize jury". UNESCO.
  2. ↑ Bah, Chernor (October 11, 2015). "'Girls' education is the global civil rights issue of our time'". The Guardian.
  3. 1 2 "UNESCO Prize for girls' and women's education - International Jury". UNESCO. March 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "A Call to Expand the International Right to Education". Human Rights Watch. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Chernor - Bah - 2011 // Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies // University of Notre Dame". Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  6. 1 2 "Chernor Bah". live.worldbank.org. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  7. ↑ "Chernor Bah". www.giraffe.org. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  8. ↑ "United Nations Photo - Global Initiative on Education". dam.media.un.org. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  9. ↑ "#MalalaDay Throwback Thursday: We held on to her every word". Theirworld. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  10. ↑ ""The most valuable right that will prevent conflict and help a country grow is education" RESULTS April Conference Call | RESULTS UK". www.results.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  11. ↑ ""Learning to Live Together – from Ideas to Action"". UNESCO. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2023-09-11.


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