Introducing our youth delegate blogger: Neika Masroori

Neika Masroori is a Bahá'í youth from Australia who is representing the Bahá'í International Community as a youth delegate at the United Nations Commission on Social Development in New York at its 47th session. She holds a Masters degree in Education from the University of Sydney, as well as a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. Miss Masroori is passionate about the role of youth in social development, and has facilitated educational programs for youth in various settings including schools, prisons and community centres throughout Australia, Asia, North America and South America. She has served on the National Youth Committee of the Bahá'ís of Australia, responsible for administering the affairs of over one thousand youth across the nation. Miss Masroori is interested in international discourses on social development and social justice, and in 2008 attended the International Criminal Court's Assembly of States Parties in The Hague where she liaised with international NGOs and member-states, and interviewed the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for a human rights journal.

Miss Masroori will be reporting her experiences of the Commission on Social Development on this blog.