🌍 Voluntary Youth Statement 2025

This statement is our collective call for climate justice, economic empowerment, and systemic reform, aligned with the Global 3Zeros Vision:

• ♻ Zero Carbonization – urgent climate action & renewable transition
  
  

• 💼 Zero Unemployment – job creation through innovation & green economy
  
  

• 🌾 Zero Poverty – equitable access to resources, education, and opportunities
  
  

Our Core Demands

1. 🌏 Climate Justice & Loss & Damage Finance
   
   

   • Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable nations.
     
     

   • Demand: Establish youth-led allocations in Loss & Damage Funds.
     
     

2. ⚖ Human Rights for Children & Women
   
   

   • Address child marriage, harassment, GBV, and ensure justice for Rohingya women.
     
     

   • Demand: Strengthen legal protections & survivor support mechanisms.
     
     

3. 💼 Zero Unemployment
   
   

   • Youth unemployment remains above 10%.
     
     

   • Demand: Create 1 million green jobs through public–private–CSO partnerships.
     
     

4. 🎓 Education & Dropout Reduction
   
   

   • Rising dropouts in climate-hit areas post-COVID.
     
     

   • Demand: Expand digital learning & scholarships for coastal youth.
     
     

5. 🛑 Anti-Corruption & System Reform
   
   

   • Corruption limits youth access to resources.
     
     

   • Demand: Establish independent oversight with youth representation.
     
     

6. 🚀 Support for SMEs & Social Enterprises
   
   

   • Many youth-led start-ups collapse within two years due to lack of finance.
     
     

   • Demand: Launch a National Youth Innovation Fund.
     
     

7. 📍 Localization of Resources
   
   

   • Aid often bypasses grassroots actors.
     
     

   • Demand: Allocate 30% of funds to local organizations.
     
     

Endorsement Process

1. Drafted & validated through youth consultations in Dhaka & Cox’s Bazar.
   
   

2. Officially endorsed by WAYDO, IRTD, and HEART.
   
   

3. Signed by youth leaders across Bangladesh.
   
   

4. Includes testimonies from rural & climate-affected youth.
   
   

5. Submitted to the United Nations Headquarters and national policymakers.
   
   

Action Plan

• Short-Term (0–6 months): Youth consultations, media launch, case study collection.
  
  

• Medium-Term (6–12 months): Policy dialogues & lobbying for commitments.
  
  

• Long-Term (1–3 years): Annual progress reporting to the UN.
  
  

References & Global Standards

Our statement builds on:

• 🌍 UNFCCC COP27 & COP28 Loss & Damage Finance
  
  

• 🏢 ILO Decent Work Agenda
  
  

• 🎯 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17)
  
  

• 🤝 Grand Bargain & Charter for Change (Localization)
  
  

• 📜 CRC & CEDAW (rights of children & women)
  
  

• 🚀 UNDP Youth Co:Lab framework