A Bangladeshi volunteer who campaigns against child marriage and violence against women – including running a sticker campaign on Dhaka public transport - has been named as a youth ambassador in a prestigious new programme celebrating and promoting the work of young people worldwide.
Joseph Mahtab is one of 22 young changemakers becoming YouthLead Ambassadors, picked from nearly 1500 applicants around the world. Joseph, 30, from Barguna, is the president of the VSO Alumni Association in Bangladesh. He will now take his place as an ambassador for the YouthLead.org programme, founded by the United States Agency for International Development.