UPND Youth League

United Party for National Development Youth League
Chairperson	Gilbert Liswaniso
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Lusaka, Lusaka Province
Mother party	United Party for National Development
International affiliation	International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY)
Magazine	Youth People
Website	www.upndzambia.org

The United Party for National Development Youth League (UPNDYL) is the youth wing of the United Party for National Development, a major political party in Zambia. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Established as a platform to engage the nation's youth in political activism and leadership, the UPND Youth League plays a vital role in promoting the party’s ideologies of social and economic liberalism among young Zambians.

Formation

The Youth League was formed to help mobilise youths towards, the values, beliefs and principles of the UPND, the governing political party in Zambia. ^[4]

The Youth League was formed by the youth members of the party to spearhead the issues faced by young people in Zambia. Among them was the 4-month closure of the Copperbelt University which the Zambian Education minister had closed following student protests. ^[5]

References

1. Zed 24 News » UPND IS A PARTY OF CHOICE, NUMBERS DON’T LIE……UPND YOUTH LEAGUE ^{[ dead link ]}
2. "Peacepact: Start of better things to come – Zambia Daily Mail".
3. "PF, UPND youths in peace pledge – The Mast Online". Archived from the original on July 21, 2018.
4. "UPND youths in Kitwe challenge government on disbursement of Youth Empowerment Funds – Flava FM 87.7 Copperbelt | 96.9 Lusaka | 92.1 Solwezi".
5. "Zambia : Continued closure of CBU should be ranked one of the biggest scandals under PF-HH".