During Tunisia’s Revolution in 2010-2011, Aya Chebbi rose to prominence as a voice for democracy and shot to global fame as a political blogger. Years later, she served as the first-ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet (2018–2021).
Over the span of the past decade, she has transformed the youth participation space across Africa and created various online and offline platforms with a holistic focus on youth and women leadership impacting over 1 million young people.
On gender advocacy, Aya has widely mobilized young women, resulting in the groundbreaking political document Africa Young Women Manifesto, and established the first of its kind Nala Feminist Collective bringing together 17 acclaimed African feminists to unite behind Africa’s agenda nationally and globally.