G20 Summit will open with clear message from children across Africa

The G20 Summit will open with a clear message from children across the continent.

Over the weekend, children gathered in Johannesburg for a pre-summit Children20 immersion.

The event saw adolescents engage on similar themes addressed by the Social Summit.

Their call is clear: children want interventions on climate justice, better early childhood development (ECD) and poverty reduction.

African children have made their voices heard at the Children20 Summit that took place in Johannesburg over the weekend.

With some joining the engagement via Zoom, children explored issues of economic justice, digital governance and ECD through creative dialogue and facilitated discussions.

The outcome: a confident call to action from the youth who refuse to be ignored.

There will be four parallel sessions at the official summit that will magnify their contributions.

Their call to the leaders is to move beyond the theoretical and implement policies.

Here are the voices of some of the young delegates who attended the Children20:

I would like to ask the president to give us an opportunity to have a seat in the Parliament,” said one delegate.

“I would tell him that immigrant students have access to quality education,” another said.

“The first thing that comes to mind is educating the youth about financial literacy and giving them platforms to become entrepreneurs, where they can do their own business and give them the life that they want,” said another.

The Children20 Summit hopes that by amplifying children's voices, leaders accept that a credible social contract must include the youth.

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