Background:

The G20 has made itself a focal point for the world's response to COVID-19. However, this response has been unequal, unjust and immoral.

Only one country of 55 in Africa, and no low-income countries at all are members of the G20 - leaving the voices of many of the world’s most marginalised children and young people unheard, and their needs desperately unmet.

Almost 20% of the world's children, 1 in 5, live on less than US$2 a day. Yet only 0.13% of COVID-19 response financing pledged by a handful of G20 Member States has gone to multilateral funds to support the most marginalised children and their families in lower-income countries. Most of the US$8 trillion announced will stay within the world’s richest countries and companies.

This has placed millions of children’s lives at risk - and the unjust global response will deepen global inequality for years to come unless we act now to ensure #JusticeForEveryChild.

Our Event:

Ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit in November, our youth-led event will bring together young people from across the world - including grassroots activists, student unions representing millions of students, and young Members of Parliament worldwide.

Together they will issue a direct challenge to the G20 - "As world leaders taking responsibility for the global response to COVID-19, will you take responsibility for the world’s most vulnerable citizens?"

Join us for a live and interactive discussion on the future we want post-COVID-19 and how it can be achieved.

Schedule:

WELCOME:

• Dr Maisa Reza - Chairperson of Commonwealth Student's Association
• Ankit Tripathi - Steering Committee of the Global Student Forum

SESSION 1: WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITHOUT A FAIR SHARE: Examples Of What Is Happening, And What Will Happen If We Fail To Get It.

• Blessing Okebugwu - youth activist from Nigeria
• Md Chotu - youth activist from India
• Janet Nthala National Student Union President from Malawi
• Iris Kimizoglu - National Student Union President from Germany

SESSION 2: HOW WE GOT HERE: Lack Of Representation For Half The World, And How Our Decision-making Process Should Look

• Antonia Wulff - Education International
• Ms Cynthia Lopez Castro - Member of Parliament in Mexico
• Tommaso Rocco Carlini - National Secondary School Student Union from Italy
• Rudi Osman - National Student Union President of Exiled Students
• Johannah-Rae Reyes- youth activist from Trinidad and Tobago
• Lyiahandra- youth activist from Malawi

SESSION 3: WHAT WE WANT: Fair Share Demands Articulated And Discussed

• Kailash Satyarthi - Nobel Peace Laureate 2014
• Eyasu Geto - National Student Union President from Ethiopia
• Rozana Freitas - National Secondary School Student Union President from Brazil
• Shreya Konkimalla- youth activist from the United States

CALL TO ACTION: CLOSING REMARKS SHARING THE STATEMENT FROM THE YOUTH CAUCUS

• Martina Darmanin - European Students Union
• Samuel Adonteng - All-Africa Students Union

Find out more about the campaign:

Find out more about the #FairShare4Children 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