After reading through, #ShowYourSelfie to tell world leaders you care about the rights of youth.

2 seconds, 1 smartphone and hey presto, you've got a picture of yourself.

2014 has indeed been the year of the 'selfie'. Just the click of a button and you can share where you are, who you're with, and what you're doing with thousands of people. And the world's gone mad for it. You can't move for selfies on social media and earlier this year, the craze literally went out of this world, with Steve Robinson taking one in outer space! 

This got us thinking at Global Citizen – can we use ‘the selfie’ to change lives!?

The year 2015 will change the world. That may sound dramatic, but it’s true. I won’t bog you down with the political proccess of how it all works, but in a nutshell, the new framework for poverty reduction will be decided, shaping the next 15 years of global policy which will define millions of lives across the world.

The 16 year olds taking group selfies today will be 31 by the time we have another opportunity like this. Whatever we decide on next year, will determine the future for today’s young people.

We need decision makers to put young people in the picture of our future world. We need to remind them that 1.8 billion people in the world today are under 25 and they are the ones who will inherit the world we’re building.

If every single person under 25 were to take a selfie right now, you’d see 1.8 billion very different stories. We want to ensure that young people all over the world have access to the same rights, can all live a happy and productive life and can participate in the decisions that impact on their world.

"Show Your Selfie" is a brand spanking new campaign, which Global Citizen is proud to be running in partnership with UNFPA. We’ve not officially launched yet, but last week, we went to the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in conflict, to tell world leaders it’s time to act for today’s youth.

It was a summit like no other and brought together government representatives from 129 countries; 1,700 delegates in total including 8 UN Agency Heads, and over 300 delegates from conflict affected countries. We invited hundreds of young people to show their selfies to the decision makers of the summit, telling them it’s time to act for young people.

And it worked. We were inundated with people taking selfies at our booth, and it acted as a simple and visual way to tell the story of young people across the world, to remind decision makers to enshrine the rights of young people, who are particularly affected by sexual violence in conflict.  

As a Global Citizen, you'll be the first to hear when we launch our new campaign. We'll be asking millions of people to ‘show their selfie’ so we can ensure the rights of young people are at the heart of the decisions that will shape their lives. We’ll be part of all the key moments to influence change, and we want to take you there with us.

Stay tuned for the campaign launch on August 12th, International Youth Day. But in the meantime, keep practising that selfie. You never know – it may well just change the world.