Globally, rates of violence are rising, access to education and health care has been cut off, catastrophic wars and natural disasters have displaced families, and children have lost parents and other caregivers. Adolescent girls in particular are at an alarming increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
Now more than ever, we need a common-sense approach to U.S. foreign assistance funding, policies and programs that recognizes the critical and interconnected needs of children and youth—no matter where they live.
Through strong leadership, more collaboration across government, and by recognizing youth as equal partners, the U.S. has the chance to make a transformational impact on the generation of children and youth growing up today, and on those that follow.
That is why we are calling for U.S government leadership that includes: