● Global
Citizens in India made their voices heard calling on governments, business and
community leaders, who made commitments to achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals
● In response
to over 20
lakh actions and campaigning efforts by Global Citizens in India, leaders made
commitments and announced new campaigns toward ending extreme poverty
● 25 commitments and
announcements from policymakers set to affect more than 50 crore people with an
investment of US$3.37
billion (INR 22,940
crore)
● HP
committed to provide 48
mobile classrooms, investing US$3.6 million to result in 15 million people in rural
areas of India getting access to quality education and technology over 6 years
● Toilet Board
Coalition committed US$ 15
million over 3
years to help 130
million people gain improved access to sanitation and hygiene
● IDFC Bank committed to provide 200,000 micro finance loans
for water and sanitation, worth INR 200 crores (US$29.4 million) to reach 450,000 people by the end of 2019
On Saturday 19
November, the Global Citizen Festival India took place for the first time at
the MMRDA Grounds, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai. World and business leaders,
non-profit organizations, socially conscious artists, and tens of thousands of
Global Citizens united to kick-start India’s progress toward achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals with a special focus on gender equality,
education and water & sanitation.
In just two months since the launch of the Global Citizen
India movement, more than 5
lakh young Global Citizens in India took more than 20 lakh
actions calling on political, faith and business leaders, along with
celebrities, to be more accountable in their efforts to improve education,
gender equality and water, sanitation and hygiene in India.
Hugh Evans, CEO, Global Citizen, said: “Global Citizen
Festival India showed the power of youth taking action together. More than 500,000 young Global Citizens
took more than 2
million actions. And tonight, we saw the results - dozens of commitments that
will affect the lives of 500m
people. Tonight marks a moment of great celebration, but it is only the
beginning of the journey. The growing movement of more than 8 million Global Citizens
around the world will keep campaigning to make sure leaders deliver on these
promises, and commit to do even more."
Gowri Ishwaran, CEO, The Global Education and Leadership
Foundation, said: “Today’s Global Citizen Festival India brought together 70,000 young people who made
their voices heard by leaders from private industry, government,
non-governmental, community and religious organisations on the issues that
matter: Sanitation, Education and Gender Equality. Their incredible 20 lakh actions showed leaders
that young people are serious in their commitment to hold them to account to
use their resources for social good. The commitments made in response show the
world that citizen-led change is possible. The commitments made here today are
set to impact 50
crore people in India and around the world - and this is just the start.”
In response, leaders at the Global Citizen Festival India
made 25
announcements and commitments which are set to affect 500 million people (50 crore) people, with a
collective value of US$ 3.37
billion (INR 22,490
crore).
TOP CAMPAIGN VICTORIES AND COMMITMENTS
● GENDER
EQUALITY: Global Citizens took 518,000 actions in support of
investing in girls and women to achieve gender equality. These efforts secured 4 commitments that are set to
affect the lives of more than for 2 million women, including the
International Finance Corporation Banking on Women Group committing USD$2 billion towards banking on
women and promoting women entrepreneurship by end 2019. This includes a US$100 million investment in
India.
● QUALITY
EDUCATION: Global Citizens took 265,000 actions, and the Global
Citizen team advocated privately to businesses to use their expertise and CSR
spend, in support of improving the quality of education for children. In
response, six commitments were secured, including HP committing to provide 48 mobile classrooms,
investing US$3.6
million to result in 15
million people in rural areas of India getting access to quality education and
technology over 6
years.
● WATER,
SANITATION AND HYGIENE: Global Citizens took 651,000 actions calling on government,
businesses, faith groups and NGOs to outline how they would deliver on India’s
commitment to clean water and sanitation for all, securing 11 commitments and
announcements that are set to affect the lives of 486 million people
And this is just the beginning. Global Citizens will
continue to campaign to make sure that leaders deliver on these promises, and
that they commit to do even more on the 7 ongoing calls to action that were
launched from the stage of the event, and which can be taken at
www.globalcitizen.in.
The Global Citizen India movement is a 15-year commitment to catalyse
India’s journey to eradicate extreme poverty in line with the SDGs. Over the
years to come, it will continue its work to influence world leaders and
decision makers to enact policy changes and commit significant resources to
help solve the world’s biggest challenges through a distinctive mix of
youth-led events, grassroots activism, media campaigning and online activation.
The Global Citizen Festival India was presented by Colors
Viacom18
and Venky’s, and was powered by UPL and NECC. The festival, a collaboration
between The Global Education and Leadership Foundation and Global Citizen, was
hosted in Mumbai by the Government of Maharashtra and was event-produced by
Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd. Other partners include: the
United Nations; the Times of India Group; Google; Hindustan Unilever; Ola;
Spykar; Make My Trip; Taj Group of Hotels; BookMyShow; Rishtey Cineplex; Voot;
Radio Mirchi.
About Global Citizen India
Global Citizen India is a movement brought to India by
Global Citizen, a social action platform, and The Global Education and
Leadership Foundation (tGELF), an organisation focused on cultivating ethical,
altruistic leadership to improve the state of the planet through collective
action. Global Citizen India will
comprise a distinctive mix of events, grassroots activism, media campaigning and
online activation, to catalyse India’s 15-year journey towards achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals, and to bring about the end of extreme poverty.
About the Global Citizen Festival India 2016
The inaugural Global Citizen Festival India, to be held
at the MMRDA ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai on 19 November 2016, will be Global Citizen
India’s first initiative. The festival will be headlined by Coldplay, Jay Z,
Demi Lovato, Aamir Khan, Arjun Kapoor, A. R.Rahman, Arijit Singh, Amitabh
Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Freida Pinto, Kareena
Kapoor Khan, Katrina Kaif, Malaika Arora Khan, Monali Thakur, Parineeti Chopra,
Ranveer Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Sakshi Malik, Shah Rukh Khan, Shankar Ehsaan
Loy, Shraddha Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Vijender Singh and Vivek
Oberoi. Several major artists and international guests will be announced at
different stages of the campaign.
To find out more visit www.globalcitizen.in, follow
@glblctznIN on Twitter and Facebook, and on Instagram using #GlobalCitizenIndia.
Global Citizen Festival India is being presented by Colors Viacom18 and Venky’s, and is powered
by UPL and NECC. It is being hosted in Mumbai in association with the
government of Maharashtra with event-produced by Wizcraft International
Entertainment PVT. The United Nations is a partner, and the Times of India
Group and Viacom18 are
strategic partners. Other partners include Google, Hindustan Unilever, Ola,
Spykar, Make My Trip, Taj Group of Hotels and BookMyShow. Key media platforms
include Times of India group, Colors, VH1, Colors Infinity, Rishtey Cineplex,
the fast-growing digital major Voot, Times TV network and Radio Mirchi.
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