Global Citizen India today announced
that over 4 lakh young Indians have signed up and taken action as part of the
Global Citizen movement, making it the largest youth movement in India today.
Global Citizen India is a social action platform that aims to amplify the voice
of youth to push leaders to commit to positive change on Sanitation, Education
and Gender issues so India can eradicate extreme poverty by 2030.
Nearly 1.5 million actions have been
taken by the committed global citizens who are engaged in the world,
knowledgeable about its diversity and passionate about change and who hail from
around India since the movement launched in India on 12 September. This is the
first time that the Global Citizen movement has moved outside of North America
and Indians have embraced the movement as a powerful way to amplify their voice
as well as to catalyse change.
Bhavya Bishnoi, Global Citizen India
spokesperson, said: “The Global Citizen India movement is uniquely positioned
to galvanise support from our 800 million young people on the issues that matter,
to us and to future generations, which are key to tackling the challenges the
world faces. Already, over 4 lakh youth have taken action with Global Citizen
India to really embody the call #ShuruaatHoonMain, and the number is only
growing with every action journey. As voices amplify, governments, corporates
and NGOs are all joining our youth taking the charge to actively drive this
movement by committing their time and resources. On 19 November in Mumbai, we
will see many more of these leaders coming to meet the youth and hear their
voices on these issues, and to commit their support to change on this unique
15-year journey to eradicate extreme poverty.”
By taking these actions, 23,000 global
citizens have won free tickets to the Global Citizen Festival India, a festival
where pop culture icons from Coldplay to Kareena Kapoor will join hands with
public policy makers including the most senior levels of state and central
government to commit to change and pledge their support to the issues that
matter the most to the youth of India. The Global Citizen Festival India will
be the biggest gathering of young people for a social cause that India has
seen: more than 70,000 people will attend the Festival in Mumbai on 19
November.
Now live on www.globalcitizen.in, the
fifth Action Journey is the last chance for global citizens to join their peers
to take action and be in with the chance to win free Festival tickets. Actions
include tweeting to banks to commit funds for WASH lending, lobbying world
leaders to accept India into APEC and asking all Chief Ministers in India to
remove the tax on menstrual hygiene products.
Vidya Balan, Global Citizen India
ambassador said: “In 2014, PM Modi went on stage at the Global Citizen Festival
in New York and committed to making India Open Defecation Free by 2019. His
commitment is a step in the right direction, and it’s us Global Citizens who
can make sure that this commitment is adhered to and encourage others to follow
his lead. India has a long way to go on the journey to achieve clean water,
sanitation and hygiene for all but we can surely play a part in that journey by
doing our bit, by taking action for positive change.”
VK Madhavan, Chief Executive, WaterAid
India, said: “The lack of adequate urban sanitation is a key challenge for
India in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’ target of universal
access to water and sanitation for everyone, everywhere by 2030. The impetus
provided by the Swachh Bharat Mission in achieving an open defecation free
India by 2019 is timely and welcome especially for towns and cities with
burgeoning populations in slums without access to reliable basic services. It
would be prudent to remember though that mere construction of toilets alone
will not help our cities become truly open defecation free. We need to
collectively work towards ensuring that the toilets that are constructed are
used, maintained and most importantly all waste is safely collected, treated
and disposed. For enduring success of this massive effort, we need to keep sight
of the entire sanitation value chain.”Malaika Arora Khan, Global Citizen
ambassador, said: "The Sustainable Development Goals are something which
every individual needs to be aware of. Moreover, each person must work towards
eradicating all issues and achieving these goals. We're in 2016 and aim to
transform the world by 2030 hence it is extremely necessary to spread knowledge
amongst people. One of the SDG’s, which should top our priorities list, is
clean water sanitation & hygiene. We need to make our environment safe
& healthy not only for us but for each being living on Earth."
Trisha Shetty, Founder & CEO of
SheSays, an NGO championing for women's rights and gender equality in India,
said: “It is our responsibility as Global Citizens to create a world where
women have guaranteed access to sanitary products without discrimination. We’re
partnering with Global Citizen India to petition for Sanitary Napkins to be
available tax free across India. By taxing sanitary napkins, and listing it in
a “luxury” category, we are invariably discouraging an improved standard of
life and encouraging discrimination based on sex. We believe in the change
young people can drive, our partnership with Global Citizen India amplifies
awareness on this issue and drives scope for mass impact of our message that
biology should not be a barrier to equality.”
The Global Citizen Festival India is
being presented by Colors Viacom18 and powered by UPL. The festival, a
collaboration between The Global Education and Leadership Foundation and Global
Citizen, is being hosted in Mumbai by the Government of Maharashtra and event
is being produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd.
The inaugural Global Citizen Festival
India will be held in Mumbai on 19 November 2016, and will be headlined by
Coldplay, Jay Z, Aamir Khan, Arijit Singh, Arjun Kapoor, A.R. Rahman, Amitabh
Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina
Kaif, Malaika Arora Khan, Monali Thakur, Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh,
Sachin Tendulkar, Sakshi Malik, Shah Rukh Khan, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Shraddkar
Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Vijender Singh.
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, Aamir Khan, Arjun Kapoor, A. R. Rahman,
Arijit Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar,
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 and Vijender Singh. 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 powered by UPL. 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, Makr 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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