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Fair Start Reparations

FSM Co-Director Esther Afolaranmi Takes on the U.N.

A young Nigerian attorney, Esther Afolaranmi, is overseeing a complaint before the United Nations Human Rights Council that would ensure universal self-determination through one simple change – basing political legitimacy on children’s rights.

Inequality is the greatest threat to democracy.

Disempowered people have less of a voice in democracy. Protect freedom by ensuring a fair start for all.

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A Fair Start for All:
The most effective justice starts at birth.

The Fair Start Movement is working to create a level playing field for all, for a more fair, inclusive, and sustainable future.

Every child has the right to be born into a safe, healthy environment with the resources they need to grow and thrive. But soaring inequality and the climate crisis are disproportionately impacting children, creating lifelong disparities. Without a universal effort to implement equitable and sustainable family planning programs, these disparities will only deepen, and global goals for sustainable development, health, and human rights will remain out of reach.

The Fair Start Movement changes that. We are working to unite social, environmental, and reproductive justice to dismantle systemic inequalities and create a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world—for this generation and the next.