G8, but for kids

Save the Children is presenting this banner today in Rome, Italy.
The children on the banner are calling on world leaders meeting for the G8 in Italy this week to deliver on their promises to stop millions of children dying from preventable diseases.
More than 9.2 million children die every year but only 3% of aid G8 countries give to the developing world goes into maternal, newborn and child healthcare. This is $3.5 billion a year - half of what Save the Children is calling for.
The aid agency is calling on the G8 to double their money for child and maternal healthcare to at least $7 billion in order to try and reach their target of cutting child deaths by two thirds by 2015.

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There is only one girl out of the 8 children pictured. On top of that, she’s standing BEHIND the boys. Awesome.

There’s only one girl because the Chancellor of Germany is a woman, and none of the other leaders of G8 countries are female. They’re all standing in front of the countries they are supposed to represent; I don’t think it’s intended to be sexist. Although I agree-- hopefully in the future there will be more women leaders.

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