Context: Initiative led by the world’s six largest youth organizations and supported by the World Health Organization and United Nations Foundation will fund the work of young people in communities impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic
About Global Youth Mobilization Initiative
World Health Organization and United Nations Foundation are supporting Global Youth Mobilization Initiative. Whereas, it is led by the world’s six largest youth organisations, including

• Firstly, the World Alliance of Young Men’s Christian Associations
• Secondly, World Young Women’s Christian Association
• Third, the World Organization of the Scout Movement
• Fourth, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
• Fifth, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Lastly, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

Aim: To address the negative impact of the pandemic on young people and support them to build back better.
Funding: Young people from around the world can apply for funding. It will support innovative Local Solutions to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Issues that this Initiative address

• EDUCATION DISRUPTION
• IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH
• COVID-19 HEALTH EFFECTS AND LACK OF HEALTHCARE
• ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES AND LOST EMPLOYMENT
• GRIEF AND LONELINESS
• DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
• GENDER INEQUALITY AND FAMILY PLANNING SUPPORT
• NEGATIVE STIGMA OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Need of the Initiative

• The International Labour Organisation (ILO) terms the current young population as the ‘lockdown generation’.
• As per some estimates, around 90 per cent of young people “reported increased mental anxiety during the pandemic”.
• Whereas “one in six young people worldwide has lost their jobs during the pandemic”.