

Just 0.13% of the world's financial response to COVID-19 has been allocated to multilateral appeals that support the most marginalised children and their families.
This is immoral, unjust and will cause an unprecedented child and youth rights crisis in the wake of the pandemic.
Yet if world leaders commit to ensuring a #FairShare4Children, just 20% of the first 'economic stimulus package' for the 20% of children living on $2 or less a day, over 70 million lives could be saved.
The UN celebrates its 75th Anniversary this year and there will undoubtedly be celebrations of global solidarity and the power of multilateralism it represents. Yet at the same time the most marginalised and vulnerable children have been left behind in the international response to COVID-19, and we risk losing an entire generation as a result.
As youth and student leaders we are angry at this injustice and call on the governments present at UNGA75 to put their money where their mouth is.
Hear quick-fire remarks from youth and student leaders from across the world (and special guests!) on how COVID-19 has affected the most marginalised children and why a #FairShare4Children is so important.
Our confirmed speakers:
- Kailash Satyarthi - India - Nobel Laureate and Child Rights Activist
- Kerry Kennedy - USA - Human Rights Activist
- Maisha Reza - UK - Chairperson, Commonwealth Students' Association
- Peter Kwasi Kodjie - Ghana - Secretary General, All Africa Students' Union
- Sebastian Berger - Austria - Vice President, European Students' Union
- Ewelle Williams - Liberia - 100 Million Youth Activist
- Ashura Michaels - Kenya - 100 Million Youth Activist
- Manahil Nazir Ahmed - Pakistan -100 Million Youth Activist
- Omondi Eric - Uganda - 100 Million Youth Activist
- Krati Maheshwari - India - 100 Million Youth Activist
- Edvardas Vabuolas - Lithuanian - OBESSU Committee Member
- Alanna Mangueira - Brazil - 100 Million Brazil Youth Board Member
- Amar Lal - India - Child Rights Lawyer & 100 Million Trustee
Find our more about the #FairShare4 children demand by reading the recently released report from the Laureates and Leaders for Children - A Fair Share for Children: preventing the loss of a generation to COVID-19
Learn how youth activists and student leaders representing over a billion young people across the world have been demanding Justice for Every Child since the start of the pandemic: www.100million.org/justice-for-every-child
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