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Julie Steendam

Julie Steendam

Coordinator of the European Citizens' Initiative Right to Cure - No Profit on Pandemic. The campaign is a coalition of over 300 European organisations, with the ambition to collect 1 million signatures to pass a legislative proposal in the European Commission to make vaccines and treatments against Covid-19 public goods"

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Make Covid-19 vaccines a public good to avoid a worsening situation

In times of crisis, it should be possible to temporarily override intellectual property rights and share existing knowledge about the development of resources against Covid-19.

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3 out of 10 children and adolescents grow up at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion in our home. The fight against childhood poverty is not only a matter of social justice and guaranteeing the recognized rights of children. It is also a challenge of collective intelligence. 

Trans people continue to face disproportionate rates of unemployment and job insecurity due to deep-rooted social prejudices and stigmas.

It is more necessary than ever to commit to multilateralism, dialogue, and the reduction of global military spending in order to address the escalation of global conflict.