CHILD LABOUR SURVIVOR-ADVOCATES & STUDENT LEADERS UNITE TO DEMAND AN END TO CHILD LABOUR IN AFRICA
(Picture: Samuel Sasu Adonteng of the All-Africa Students Union outside the ECOWAS Parliament event on 18th May 2023) Child labour...
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Here you can find the latest updates and news from our global, national and local actions. From the impact of survivor-led child labour policy interventions to summaries of our events and open letters to decision-makers from our network of youth activists and student leaders.
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- Apr 11
OVER 70 YOUTH-LED ORGANISATIONS DEMAND THE IMF ACTS TO DELIVER RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN AFRICA
71 youth- and student-led organisations from over 30 countries have issued an urgent letter to the International Monatary Fund
- Feb 27
YOUTH-LED GLOBAL MOBILISATION DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR AFRICA ON WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
From Ghana to Greece, Chile to Cameroon, Namibia to Nicaragua, and the USA to Uganda, young people stood together against the systemic...
- Dec 22, 2022
EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT YOUTH CONSTITUENCY AND H.D. WRIGHT: MOBILISING A MOVEMENT
More than eighty youth-led NGOs from across the African continent are part of the ECW Youth- and Student constituency and they are...
- Dec 14, 2022
JUSTICE FOR AFRICA: DON'T CUT OUR FUTURE
Student unions and youth-led organisations have announced a major new mobilisation. Campaigners from across Africa and the world will...
- Oct 3, 2022
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION SUMMIT: 100 MILLION YOUTH ACTIVISTS DEMAND GLOBAL JUSTICE
The Transforming Education Summit (TES), held on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York in September 2022, was a historic
- Jun 22, 2022
END CHILD LABOUR WEEK OF ONLINE ACTION: ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK?
Winnie Nyandiga, 100 Million's Africa Regional Organiser, reflects on progress to end child labour after African youth activists, student...
- May 14, 2022
YOUTH & STUDENT ACTIVISTS HELP SHAPE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GLOBAL CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES
Over half of the world’s refugees are children, fleeing from conflict, crises and climate chaos they had no part in creating. Sadly, the...
- Feb 23, 2022
AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS DEMAND A FAIR PARTNERSHIP AHEAD OF 6TH AU-EU SUMMIT
On 17th and 18th February 2022, Heads of State and governments from the European Union and African Union met in Brussels for the 6th...
- Dec 10, 2021
WE ARE FIVE. WE ARE 100 MILLION.
International Human Rights Day 2021 marks 100 Million's fifth anniversary. Together, we've built a strong, global youth-led movement,...
- Aug 2, 2021
BUILDING BACK BETTER OR WORSE: YOUTH CAUCUS DECLARATION
Read the full declaration by youth activists from 100 Million and the Global Student Forum on the outcomes of the 2021 High-Level...
- Jun 16, 2021
20 MILLION MORE AFRICAN CHILD LABOURERS: YOUTH ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT ON THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD
There are now more child labourers in Africa than in the rest of the world combined. Youth leaders are standing together to end this...
- May 5, 2021
YEAR FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR: STUDENTS & SURVIVORS STAND TOGETHER TO END INJUSTICE
Youth leaders and student activists unite once again for the UN Year for the Elimination of Child Labour - and call for action to end...
- Feb 15, 2021
AFRICAN STUDENT & YOUTH ACTIVISTS LEAD GIRLS BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN
COVID-19 risks undoing decades of progress on girls’ education. Students and youth activists across Africa are refusing to accept the...
- Nov 27, 2020
YOUTH LEADERS: G20 FAILS TO ANNOUNCE CREDIBLE MEASURES TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE
Following the call to action issued by the Youth Leadership Caucus in advance of the G20, youth leaders respond to the disappointing...
- Nov 12, 2020
YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAUCUS & SUMMIT CALL ON G20 FOR A FAIR SHARE FOR OUR FUTURE
Youth leaders & student activists worldwide call out the G20 and make clear demands ahead of its Leaders' Summit during two unprecedented...
- Aug 12, 2020
1 BILLION YOUNG PEOPLE REPRESENTED IN JUSTICE FOR EVERY CHILD CAMPAIGN
On International Youth Day 2020, youth organisations representing over 1 billion young people have joined 100 Million's Justice for Every...
- Jan 16, 2020
RESOLUTIONS FOR 2020: INSPIRED BY A YEAR OF INSPIRATION, CONNECTION AND ACTION.
With 2020 heralding a new decade - one which the UN intends to be ‘a decade of action’ - we look back on what we achieved and learned in...
- Dec 10, 2019
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: CHILD LABOURERS, SCHOOL PUPILS & UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MARCH SIDE BY SIDE IN LIBERIA
Young people march to the House of Representatives to demand the right to education for the most marginalised children. 100 Million...
- Oct 30, 2019
WATOTO WANA SAY - CHILDREN HAVE A SAY - AND THEY WILL!
Youth activists in Kenya hold festival of rights for children, & successfully demand action from politicians. Watoto Wana Say – Swahili...
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