JUSTICE FOR AFRICA

Since 2016, global wealth has grown by over $12 trillion. In the same time 10,000 African children have been forced into child labour every single week and almost 100 million children and young people in Africa are still being denied their right to education.

This is a crisis of rising global inequality and discrimination against Africa.

Justice for Africa: Don't Cut Our Future is an African youth- and student-led global campaign demanding an end to this injustice.

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Justice for Africa is powered by the determination, creativity and collaboration of young people, students and survivor-advocates across the world. Since launching in early 2023, we have already held two major global mobilisations in over 30 countries on February 20th 2023, World Day of Social Justice, and 20th October 2023, ahead of Africa Human Rights Day.

We have also come together as 70+ youth- and student-led organisations to issue an urgent demand to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of the largest global financing institutions, to acts to deliver the right to education in Africa. read more about this ongoing advocacy and join us here.

LATEST ACTION OPPORTUNITY:

Ahead of this year's UN Summit of the Future, we are organising a consultation for African student and youth leaders on what they want to see prioritised in the main outcome document of the summit, the Pact for the Future. The results of this survey will be presented at an official side event during the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi in May.

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GLOBAL MAP OF ACTION

So far young people, students, survivor-advocates and their representative organisations in over 40 countries across 5 continents have taken action to demand Justice for Africa.

ACTION GUIDE

This short guide contains lots of ideas for how you can take action and stand in solidarity with Justice for Africa on the 20th February. Inside you can find:

Ideas for taking action with a group
Ideas for taking action as an individual
Key slogans, messages and facts to share

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CAMPAIGN LEADERS

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Justice for Africa is organised by a global team of representatives from youth- and student-led organisations, the vast majority from Africa. Learn out more about the incredible Justice for Africa campaign leaders and their organisations below.

As co-conveners of the campaign, 100 Million and the All-Africa Students Union (AASU) work together closely to support all campaign leaders, providing ongoing coordination, training and resources to amplify their leadership nationally, regionally and globally. AASU represents over 100 million students and young people in all 54 African countries and is the largest youth-organisation on the continent. Their commitment to mobilising members across Africa to demand the right to education for all and join Justice for Africa is core to the campaign's success and growth.

AASU's Justice for Africa lead is Samuel Sasu Adonteng, their Chief Technical Officer.

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REGIONAL LEADS

Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation

Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation - (TIIF) is a youth-led organization whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty through the provision of quality, equitable and inclusive health care and education to the most vulnerable and marginalized children in the Sansamwenje community, located in Isoka District, Zambia. TIIF operates on three key thematic areas: education, health and wellbeing and improving livelihoods. The organization has also built a primary school which currently serves over 150 children from vulnerable backgrounds. TIIF works towards a world where all vulnerable children in rural areas, regardless of their social economic challenges, completes has access to quality education.

REPRESENTED BY: Kelvin Nsekwila

Kelvin is a practicing primary school teacher in Isoka District of Zambia and the Founder & Executive Director of Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation-(TIIF).

He is a young, passionate, motivated community leader engaging students, adolescents, teachers and members of the general public on matters concerning education, SRHR, early marriages, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship and management. Kelvin is also a graduate in the faculty of education with a Bachelors Degree in Primary Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies.

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100 Million Namibia

100 Million Namibia aims to end child labor, lessen the injustices that children and young people experience in Namibia and throughout Africa, while providing victims of child injustice with access to social justice and quality education. This vision will be realised through f raising awareness of the four primary forms of child injustice that exist in Namibia: child labour, child abuse, child psychological wellness, and child trafficking. 100 Million Namibia has had the opportunity to take part in the global #JusticeForAfrica mobilisation campaign where they have engaged with over 200 youth and national leaders in Namibia.

REPRESENTED BY: Rebekka-Tsenaye Nghilalulwa

Rebekka is the National Coordinator of 100 Million Namibia. Prior to this, she served as the Ongwediva Junior Mayor from 2017 to 2019 and in 2022, she held the post as the President of the Unam Law Students Council.

Rebekka completed her LLB degree at the University of Namibia. She is passionate about facilitating conversations centered on social justice and advocating for children welfare. Rebekka has nearly ten years of experience as a public speaker, and with a notable presentation at the 77th UN General Assembly in New York. Rebekka is enthusiastic about legislation, social justice and empowering women and young people.

Street Beats Foundation

Street Beats Foundation is a youth-led organisation in South Sudan founded in 2018 by Wani Francis Joseph. Street Beats uses music, dance and other creative art forms to raise awareness and advocate for education, health, peace, unity and child protection in both Juba and rural districts across the country. Street Beats also leads community engagement activities and utilises local radio to campaign against child labour and exploitation, as well as mentoring at-risk young people with the overall aim of “Empowering, Transforming and Innovating communities”

REPRESENTED BY: Wani Francis Joseph

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Wani is a passionate youth activist for the rights of children living on the streets at risk of exploitation and child labour in South Sudan. A former street child himself, Wani experienced child labour and forced recruitment as a child soldier after his family was separated by the conflict in his country when he was just 5 years old. Determined that no child should be forced to experience the injustices he faced, Wani trained as a social worker and founded Street Beats Foundation which supports the vulnerable street children through music, education and advocacy.

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Tanzania Coalition Against Child Labour

Tanzania Coalition Against Child Labour (TCACL), is a registered coalition that “envisions a country where all children are free to be children”. The coalition brings together over 45 member organisations such as NGOs, government, trade unions, faith-based organisations, artists, financial institutions, the private sector, and media journalists to eliminate and prevent all forms of child labour, slavery, and trafficking. Together TCACL works to secure a fair share of resources, laws, and social protection for the most marginalized children and their communities by enhancing public, CSOs, Members of Parliament, and multilateral and intergovernmental institutions' participation in identifying and addressing gaps, implementing, formulating, and amending policies related to child protection.

REPRESENTED BY: Scholastica Pembe

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Scholastica Pembe, a dedicated social worker with a Master's in Arts and Social Work, specialising in Child Protection and Community Development, boasts over a decade of impactful experience. A driving force in child protection, women's empowerment, youth development, and social justice and gender equality. As founder of the New Hope New Winners Foundation, Scholastica focuses on safeguarding children's rights and empowering women in peace-building. In 2021, she initiated the Foundation of Tanzania Coalition Against Child Labour to reinforce governmental efforts and other stakeholders to eliminate child labour, trafficking, and exploitation. Scholastica's commitment is to ensure comprehensive protection for every child and dedicated to social change.

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REPRESENTED BY: Beathi Benedax

Beathi started the journey of social impact after graduating in 2019. Motivated by her own challenges, Beathi recognized the lack of guidance for youth in making crucial decisions. Her passion for public speaking, leadership, and social justice fuelled her commitment to helping others and in 2020, Beathi founded CBEL in collaboration with others to provide essential career guidance services to students. Her two years of volunteering in serving the community and the Tanzania Coalition Against Child Labour has deepened her understanding of youth perspectives, challenges, and untapped potentials. Beathi's story exemplifies resilience and a purpose-driven commitment to empowering the youth and children in Tanzania.

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Somero Uganda

Somero Uganda is a dynamic non-governmental organization established in 2009 aiming to create a future where children and young women live a sustainable life, free from exploitation. Our efforts are dedicated to promoting and safeguarding the rights of vulnerable children and young women through a multifaceted approach encompassing education, livelihood development, and health initiatives.At Somero Uganda, we firmly believe in empowering communities and key stakeholders with the knowledge and tools necessary to foster positive change. Through our advocacy efforts, we champion awareness of crucial protection laws and policies, fostering an environment where children and young women are safeguarded and supported to reach their full potential

REPRESENTED BY: Geofrey Nsubuga

Geofrey Nsubuga is the Executive Director of Somero Uganda and has over 15 years’ experience working with child labor projects at an international and national level. He is keen to promote human rights in societies in order to reach a shared vision on development strategies, protection of children and young people.

He also sits on the national steering committee on Elimination of Child Labor under the Ministries of Gender, Labor and Social Development, is a Member of Uganda Child Rights NGO Network, a member of the 8.7 alliance among others. He has participated in a number of policy and legal developments.

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National Union of Ghana Students

The National Union of Ghana Students has been one of the leading National Student Unions (NSUs) of the Justice Africa Campaign. The National Union of Ghana Students is the overarching student union in Ghana and represents well over 10 Million students from the pre-tertiary to Higher Education level. Since the first mobilisation in February 2023, the Union has built a sustained advocacy campaign calling on the government to increase budgetary allocation for education in Ghana by uncapping the Ghana Education Trust Fund. The Union's campaign has also yielded meaningful results in pressuring the government to release all accrued funding to Special-ed schools in the country.

100 Million Nigeria / Prime Goals Initiative

100 Million Nigeria is a coalition of youth-led and youth-serving organisations across Nigeria united by their efforts to ensure the most marginalised children access their rights to freedom, safety and education. 100 Million Nigeria was grown from the engagement of it's the founder of Prime Goals Initiative (Aminu Danlami Gamandi) in the global 100 Million campaign. Prime Goals Initiative aims to improve the health & learning performance of school-aged children by reducing WASH related diseases. 100 Million Nigeria is at the forefront of campaigns for justice for Almajiri children in Nigeria and collaborates with child labour survivor-advocates for advocacy and mobilisation actions.

REPRESENTED BY: Aminu Danlami Gamandi

Aminu Danlami Gamandi, also known as Al Amin Gamandi, is a 29-year-old Nigerian child & youths rights activist who is dedicated to ensuring the safety, education, protection, and well-being of children. Al Amin is the founder of Prime Goals Initiative, leads 100 Million Nigeria and serves as a Regional and Policy Lead for Justice for Africa.

Al Amin is a powerful advocate and has spoken at numerous high-level events, such as a special session of the ECOWAS Parliament on child labour, as well as coordinating ongoing mobilisation and campaigning activities across Nigeria.

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Survivors Network Cameroon

Survivors’ Network (SN) Cameroon is a female led nonprofit anti-trafficking organization made up of a majority of survivors of different abuses that have come together to join their voices to advocates against human trafficking and all forms of modern day slavery including gender based biolence. Survivors’ Network is an organization that aims at promoting the rights of women and girls through educative and empowerment programs, to enhance the self-reliance and financial independence of survivors and the vulnerable population. With its headquarters based in the East Region of Cameroon, the organization works in synergy with other civil society organizations in the forefront of efforts to end human trafficking.

REPRESENTED BY: Eunice Ngwe

Eunice is a survivor of trafficking and almost a victim of rape. Ever since her rescue, she has been helping and supporting victims of human trafficking and modern day slavery like myself. She has rescued, empowered, offered psychological first aid, psycho-social support and temporary shelter to more than 2,500 vulnerable women and girls, supporting and helping them recover from experiences and ensuring their smooth integration in to the society. She also works with other survivors across Africa and co-founded the Survivor Leadership Academy which had its first cohort in 2023, training survivors to become Survivor Leaders/Advocates of Human Trafficking.

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REPRESENTED BY: Francisca Awah Mbuli

Francisca founded Survivors Network Cameroon after being trafficked by a labor agency to Kuwait in 2015. Survivors Network is made up of female victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. The organization works to build a network of education, empowerment, and awareness across Cameroon and other countries in Africa, and advocates for the most vulnerable in our societies and communities, women and children, about the dangers of working in the Middle East, child labor, human trafficking and modern-day slavery.

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West Africa Youth Network for Peace, Education and Economic Development (WAYNPEED)

WAYNPEED is a youth-led organisation that is focused on promoting and advocating for policy reform on socio-economic issues and challenges that hinder the progress and growth of marginalized groups (young people, people with disabilities, women and girls) at national and regional level across West Africa. WAYNPEED has over 250 civil society and community youth organisations as members across Sierra Leone and other countries in West Africa including Liberia, Gambia, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Togo and Mali. Their prioritises are advancing gender equality, peace building, good governance, democracy and education for all.

REPRESENTED BY: Abdul Rahman Kays

Abdul is the Executive Director of WAYNPEED SL and has over ten years of experience in Project Management and advocacy on the rights of women and girls. He has extensive experience in Strategic Project Management and Implementation with reputable international donors. Abdul also holds a BSc Hons in Accounting and Finance, and a MSc + Certified Financial Accountant, MBA in Development Finance and Governance specialising in project governance, advocacy and administration and has proven experience in research and analysis of social issues.

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REPRESENTED BY: Fatmata Millicent Kargbo

Fatmata is the Senior Programme Manager at WAYNPEED SL and is an expert in Project Management and Gender Related Programs. Fatmata also holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance, from the University of Sierra Leone.

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Association Des Jeunes Pour Le Developpement Communautaire

Association des Jeunes pour le Développement Communautaire AJDC (Youth Association for Community Development) is a youth-led organisation operating in Uvira in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). AJDC aims to promote and protect human rights, in particular those of women, children and vulnerable groups, victims of armed conflicts and sexual violence.

It currently has more than 50 active members, including qualified professionals in various fields, as well as volunteers committed to the social well-being of communities. AJDC dreams of responsible youth involved in the peace process and community development in a space where communities live in perfect social cohesion.

100 Million USA

100 Million US is the USA chapter of the global 100 Million campaign. Led by a National Campaign Group (NCG) made up of passionate student activists from across the country, 100 Million US engages and builds its base of activists through in-person and virtual events and advocacy campaigns. Globally, 100 Million is a youth-led call to action where all young people are free, safe, and educated. We support young people in mobilizing to end violence against children, eradicate child labor, and ensure education, breaking cycles of illiteracy, poverty, and violence for good.

REPRESENTED BY: Kate Mallory

Kate Mallory is a member of the Secretariat of the 100 Million’s USA branch. She is passionate about children’s rights, conflict resolution, and access to education. Kate represented 100 Million as a Delegate to the Justice for Africa Side Event at the 2021 UN General Assembly. She worked with 100 Million to spread awareness around child marriage in the US. Kate has other advocacy experience as a Co-Chair of the United Nations Association of the USA’s Human Rights Affinity Group, a Student Fellow with the Global Campaign for Education - US, and a member of the UNESCO SDG4Youth Network. She believes policy implementation and teamwork are strong avenues for defending human rights

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REPRESENTED BY: Esha Kode

Esha Kode recently graduated from college with a B.A. in Psychology and is passionate about children's rights, mental health, and medicine. In the near future, she hopes to go to medical school to deepen my love for healthcare along with finding ways to become a physician activist/advocate. Esha also co-founded a mental health non-profit in 2019 in an effort to combat the mental health stigma and raise mental health awareness. Additionally, she loves writing and has a project called fifty coffees, where she goes on coffee dates with people and write about the conversations afterwards!

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THEMATIC LEADS

100 Million Nigeria / Prime Goals Initiative

REPRESENTED BY: Aminu Danlami Gamandi

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100 Million USA

REPRESENTED BY: Kate Mallory

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West Africa Youth Network for Peace, Education and Economic Development (WAYNPEED)

REPRESENTED BY: Abdul Rahman Kays

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REPRESENTED BY: Fatmata Millicent Kargbo

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Survivors Network Cameroon

REPRESENTED BY: Eunice Ngwe

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Somero Uganda

REPRESENTED BY: Gilbert Mugalanzi

Gilbert Mugalanzi is a dedicated social worker working with Somero Uganda, With over 7 years of hands-on experience. Gilbert specializes in serving children and young people as a youth mentor, researcher, sexual reproductive health and rights trainer, child protection advocate, parenting without violence trainer and Early Childhood Development trainer, as well as counsellor by practice.

He earned his Bachelor Degree of Arts in Social Sciences from Makerere University and is currently advancing his expertise through a postgraduate program in Project Planning and Management at Uganda Management Institute.

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National Union of Ghana Students

100 Million Liberia

100 Million Liberia was one of the first country chapter of the global 100 Million campaign, and has been actively engaged in all calls to action towards a world where all young people are free, safe, and educated. 100 Million Liberia convenes many youth-led and youth-serving organisations across Liberia to collaborate on joint advocacy and mobilisation campaigns, including the Liberian National Students Union, Word of Life International and the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, and has coordinated national marches, trainings and community sensitisation projects focused on protecting the rights of the most marginalised children.

REPRESENTED BY: Ewelle Sylvester Williams

Ewelle is the National Lead for 100 Million campaign in Liberia and a committed youth activist and advocate for marginalised children across Africa.

Examples of Ewelle's work include establishing a community soccer team with street children to challenge discriminatory views and strengthening child participation in national decision-making. Ewelle is an expert mobiliser and worked with child labour survivor-advocates to organise collective actions, such as a march to the House of Representatives, demanding education for all and engaging decision-makers and civil society to end child labour.

REPRESENTED BY: Edwin Flourish Kollie

Edwin is a Liberian youth activist who began his activism after working as a teacher and noticing lots of children who were out of school and forced to work in child labour instead.

After leaving Ghana due to the civil war in Liberia as a child, he has since worked actively with many civil society organisations across Liberia and is currently a sign language interpreter working closely with people living with disabilities. Edwin has completed numerous activism training and courses, including with Amnesty International and UNU-WIDER.

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REPRESENTED BY: Rebecca K. G. Nyamndo

Rebecca is 26 years old and has been a human rights activist since the age of 13. Starting her primary education in the Kountaya Refugee Camp, Guinea, she has gone on to lead many activism programmes across Liberia.

Rebecca has served as General Secretary for Radio Child broadcaster Girls Making Media (GMM) in Lofa county since 2010 and is a volunteer for Girls Power Panel (GPP) Coordinator at the Radio Tamba Taikor Station in Foya statutory District. Rebecca is also the Ageing Focal Person for Word of Life International NGO in Liberia, whose mission is "Reaching the Unreached".

100 Million USA

REPRESENTED BY: Esha Kode

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Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation

REPRESENTED BY: Kelvin Nsekwila

Kelvin is a practicing primary school teacher in Isoka District of Zambia and the Founder & Executive Director of Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation-(TIIF).

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DEMANDS

DEMANDS JFA

Our political demands for decision-makers, at every level, are aimed at achieving a foundation of economic and political justice for African children and children that delivers their right to education. As a partnership campaign led by youth- and student-led organisations across the world, we have co-developed a set of both global and national asks. Despite being just a year old, these collective demands have already made an impact at the national and international level.

End the discrimination of Africa in global governance and financing institutions, including:
- Redistributing voting powers in the IMF to be equal, democratic and decolonised
- Two new issuances of $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights by 2030

End tax injustice and establish a UN Tax Convention that delivers a fair deal for Africa

Full debt cancellation for all low- and lower-middle-income African countries

Ensure development and climate financing reaches the most marginalised, including
- High-income countries meeting their obligation of 0.7% of their GNI to ODA, with 0.3% GNI committed to ODA to Africa
- Meet the $100billion annual climate financing promise

TARGETS: Global institutions such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, G7, G20, and high-income or donor governments.

Our national demands are determined by the youth and student activists leading the Justice for Africa campaign in their country and could include changes such as a new or stronger implementation of laws and redistribution or increase in budgetary allocations.

National campaign leads develop their demands based on the most urgent injustice experienced by children and young people in their context, their own areas of expertise and by identifying opportunities to influence decision-makers, ensuring they:

Focus on the most marginalised children and young people
Aim to deliver children and young people’s right to education, freedom or safety

Alongside policy or practice changes within their country, campaigners also ask their governments to support the wider global campaign demands in international fora.

TARGETS: African governments and intergovernmental institutions (e.g. African Union or ECOSOC), devolved district officials or local community or cultural leaders.

GLOBAL:

After joint advocacy from over 70 youth- and student-led organisations, demanding the IMF take immediate action to address the underrepresentation of Africa in their governance structure and use their global power to support education financing in Africa, the campaign received support from several donor governments. For example:

The Government of Switzerland made clear they were “committed to revisiting the adequacy of quotas at the IMF”
The German government agency BMZ confirmed it “supports better addressing multi-dimensional vulnerabilities, including social and climate vulnerabilities in the macro-economic analyses of the IMF”
The UN Undersecretary General at the Department for Social Affairs said they “fully endorse these proposals” and that they would “strongly argue for such reforms in all relevant fora"

NATIONAL:

As activists campaigning for structural change, we know that achieving our demands will take sustained action. However, the youth- and student-led organisations leading the Justice for Africa campaign in their countries have already seen promising steps as a result of their joint advocacy and mobilisations. For example:

In Uganda, border patrols were strengthened in order to reduce child trafficking in Busia district as a result of the Somero Uganda led Justice for Africa mobilisation on the 20th February 2023.
In Nigeria, after sustained efforts by activists led by 100 Million Nigeria and Prime Goals Initiative, including an intervention during a special session at the ECOWAS Parliament, the government signed the National Commission for Almajiri and Out of School Children bill into law.
In Burundi, the Ministry of Education issued a memorandum mandating the prohibition of tuition fees for marginalised children and young people in the Batwa community after ongoing advocacy by the Burundi National Students Union.
In Ghana, the government released funding for special education schools following a Justice for Africa event led by the National Union of Ghana Students on the 20th October 2023.
In Tanzania, youth-led child labour organisations have been recognised and developed a working relationship with the government in reflection to the demands for greater youth representation. An MoU with the Office of the President is now being discussed.