FORUM: “We are Here: Bold, Diverse, and Unstoppable – DemandingAction for Girls’ Rights.” International Day of the Girl Child 2025. The discussion will focus on key issues affecting girls, such as their participation in social and political life, their education, eliminating all forms of violence and discrimination against them, championing their leadership in the climate crisis, and financing for the realization of their rights. As we honor the 30th anniversaries of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action and of the World Programme of Action for youth, these engagements are the basis of a crucial movement toward the equality and empowerment of young women and girls. Girls Speak Out 2025 is not only a celebration, but also a policy platform. It is where commitments are made, heard, and expected to be fulfilled. Let’s go beyond recognition to real action. Let’s ensure that when girls speak, the world doesn’t just listen—it respond. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #DayoftheGirl, #IDGxWGG, #GirlsRightsNow, #11DaysofAction, #GirlsVision4Future#ActionforGirlsRights#GirlchildDay, #11october, #InternationalDayoftheGirlChild.
Good morning, everybody.
And I must say, Wow. What a room.
I mean from this side, I can see all your faces, your beautiful dressings here. This is all so special.
If you’re in a room full of women or girls, it’s so powerful and colorful.
So what Andrea just said–this is your space. This is your room.
So be like a girl.
You don’t have to be sitting like this, like adult, 50-year-old ones, but really take your power and take your pride.
And I have to confess something at the beginning, because I really hesitated to take part in this event today, not because I am not an advocate for women and girls’ rights; I am, fiercely so.
But because this event is called “Girls Speak Out,” and I’m certainly not a girl anymore. I’m 44 years old. I have two teenagers, daughters.
They could sit here, and sometimes they feel embarrassed about their mother.
And as I heard from the beginning, moderator, I should sit up there in the red chairs.
But anyway, I’m thankful that I’m being invited to your girl’s event.
And though I’m obviously not a girl anymore, I was once a girl, a little girl with dreams just like you.
And when I was little, like very little, I was dreaming of becoming a gardener, because I really loved the environment and nature around me.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to become a journalist, and I even started to work as one.
Then I dreamed of becoming a war reporter.
Obviously, I’ve done at the end something differently.
I’m not reporting on wars, but I’m trying now to help to prevent them.
So I guess what I’m trying to say today here with you in this room is that it doesn’t matter if you dream of becoming a gardener, a teacher, winning an Olympic medal or a Nobel Peace Prize.
The thing which really matters is that you follow your interests with passion and that you put your whole heart in every opportunity, even when there are detours, even when you have doubts.
So my dream for you is that each day you do exactly that what you love, your passion, and you do what you love with every ounce of your being.
And that nobody and nothing will stop you.
No man, no religion, no legislation.
No system that tries to silence you.
No criticism or bullying from others at school or these times online.
Not even what can feel often like the loudest voice of all — your own self-doubt.
And frankly, I know that voice.
As first female and especially youngest Foreign Minister of my own country.
There were days when I was the only woman at the table.
There were days when others questioned whether I should be there at the table with only 30 years old and little daughters.
There were days when the firestorm on social media was so heavy that it made me waver, and I was not sure if I could stand that any longer.
But what helped me was always remembering and thinking of all the other women who have been there before and who have been also little girls with dreams, who also struggled and wavered, but always stood up again, joined forces with other women and girls who struggled.
And two weeks ago, like Andrea said in her introduction, we celebrated here at the United Nations, in the big hall, Beijing +30, the first female big event for women rights and representation.
And you cannot imagine how these women did not only struggle, but people even questioned if they could meet.
So we celebrated all these women who, with no doubt, faced not only challenges, but women like Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad, who faced the most horrible atrocities you could imagine as a woman, but stood up for her own rights against ISIS, a terrorist organization, and spoke here in the General Assembly Hall.
Women who became the first female president of their country.
And when they dreamt about even going to Parliament, people laughed about them.
We celebrated women who became the first head and President of the International Olympic Committee.
So next time when you as a girl, hear that voice again, maybe at your school yard, “well, you just run like a girl”.
Or you hear it in office, or even in Parliament, “you act like a girl”, or “you speak like a girl”, then do exactly that.
Run like a girl, meaning running fast as hell.
Act like a girl, meaning leading with empathy, with laughter, with compassion and sometimes with tears of joy or even grief,
And speak like a girl, meaning speaking bold, loud, and clear for yourself and for all the girls who cannot speak up in that moment.
And always remember when the headwinds are the strongest, you’re exactly on the right pathway and you are unstoppable.
So use this power, speak up today and all the other 364 days, because you are unstoppable.
I thank you.
H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock.
EVENTS: On October 10th, starting from 10:30am- 12:30pm EST at the ECOSOC Chamber in UNHQ New York, New York; As we commemorate International Day of the Girl 2025, we affirm that progress for girls must be led by girls. Under the theme: "We are here: Bold, Diverse, and Unstoppable - Demanding Action for Girls' Rights," this year's Girls Speak Out will highlight both the challenges girls face and the leadership, resilience, and solutions they bring forward. Hosted by the Working Group on Girls (WGG) and global partners, this 2-hour advocacy focused event is co-designed and co-led by girls. It brings together girl leaders, Member States, UN agencies, and civil society actors in a hybrid, intergenerational dialogue grounded in shared accountability and transformative action.
Girls Speak Out 2025 is not only a celebration, but also a policy platform. It is where commitments are
made, heard, and expected to be fulfilled. Let’s go beyond recognition to real action. Let’s ensure that
when girls speak, the world doesn’t just listen—it responds.
The event will include an intergenerational townhall consisting of two panels: “Girls on the Frontline
of Crisis – Protection, Peace and Power” and “From Margins to Power – Girls Defying
Discrimination and Reclaiming Identity.”
SPEAKERS:
• H.E. Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly
• H.E. Gustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya, Permanent Representative of Peru to the UN
• H.E. Maritza Chan, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN
• H.E. Michael Gort, Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN
• H.E. Aslı Güven, Deputy Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the UN
• Ms. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director, Gender Equality, UNICEF
• Ms. Lopa Banerjee, Director, Civil Society Division, UN Women
• Ms. Cecile Mazzacurati, Gender Advisor, Programme Liaison Branch, UNFPA
• Girl moderators
RUN-OF-SHOW:
10:30 – 10:55: Opening Segment
including a dance performance from the Greek American Folklore Society.
10:55 – 11:30: Panel 1: Girls on the Frontline of Crisis – Protection, Peace, and Power
11:30 – 12:00: Panel 2: From Margins to Power – Girls Defying Discrimination and Reclaiming
Identity
FORUM: "Girls’ vision for the future." International Day of the Girl 2024. This year’s theme conveys both the need for urgent action and persistent hope, driven by the power of girls’ voices and vision for the future. Today’s generation of girls is disproportionately affected by global crises of climate, conflict, poverty and pushback on hard won gains for human rights and gender equality. Too many girls are still denied their rights, restricting their choices and limiting their futures. Yet, recent analysis shows that girls are not only courageous in the face of crisis, but hopeful for the future. Every day, they are taking action to realize a vision of a world in which all girls are protected, respected and empowered. But girls cannot realize this vision alone. They need allies who listen to and respond to their needs. With the right support, resources and opportunities, the potential of the world’s more than 1.1 billion girls is limitless. And when girls lead, the impact is immediate and wide reaching: families, communities and economies are all stronger, our future brighter. It is time to listen to girls, to invest in proven solutions that will accelerate progress towards a future in which every girl can fulfil her potential. Together with state governments and civil society partners, the UNICEF envisions a world where girls have space to shape government policy and spending to inform the rules and norms by which businesses should operate, and to direct the priorities for new research and innovations. These examples should not be novelties, but the norm. Participate to the IDG global platform to advocate for the full spectrum of girls’ rights. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #GirlchildDay, #11october, #InternationalDayoftheGirlChild.
EVENT: In recognition of the gaps in the full realization and protection of girls' rights, and in light of commitments made for girls in the Beijing Platform for Action's landmark Section L- The Girl-Child almost 30 years ago, this year's International Day of the Girl event will focus on the theme of Girls' Vision for the Future.
Agenda Programme Artistic Performance - Step Team from Boerum Hill School for International Studies Welcome & Opening Townhall Part I - Girl Advocates
How can girls in all their diversity be encouraged and included to participate in all aspects of society, including education, economic opportunities, and civic engagement?
What practical measures can be implemented to ensure the safety and wellbeing of girls both online and offline?
How can mental health education and support for girls become a global priority for governments?
Townhall Part II - Open questions from the floor Closing Remarks and Video
The potential of the world’s more than 1.1 billion girls is limitless. But as we creep closer to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, the world continues to fail girls.
Girls account for more than 70 percent of new adolescent HIV infections. They are almost twice as likely as boys to miss out on education or training. And child marriage remains widespread, with approximately one in five girls globally married before the age of 18. Across the world, hard-won gains for gender equality are being erased by a war on the fundamental rights of women and girls, endangering their lives, restricting their choices, and limiting girls’ futures.
The theme of this year’s International Day of the Girl Child is ‘Girls’ Vision for the Future’.
Girls already have a vision of a world where they can thrive. They are working to turn that vision into action, and demanding their voices be heard. It is high time we listened. We must provide girls with a seat at the table, through education, and by giving them the resources they need and opportunities to participate and lead.
The courage, hope and determination of girls are a force to be reckoned with. It is time for the world to step up and help transform their vision and aspirations into reality.
This year, at a time when we are seeing a range of movements and actions to curtail girls’ and women’s rights and roll back progress on gender equality, we see particularly harsh impacts on girls. From maternal health care and parenting support for adolescent mothers, to digital and life skills training; from comprehensive sexuality education to survivor support services and violence prevention programmes; there is an urgent need for increased attention and resourcing for the key areas that enable girls to realize their rights and achieve their full potential. Responding to girls’ calls for change, the global community must move beyond reaffirming commitments and invest boldly in the action needed to make that change. When we pay attention, we see that, already, many girls are championing solutions and change in their communities. Together with our government and civil society partners, UNICEF envisions a world where girls have space to shape government policy and spending to inform the rules and norms by which businesses should operate, and to direct the priorities for new research and innovations. These examples should not be novelties, but the norm. Participate to the IDG global platform and advocate for the full spectrum of girls’ rights. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #GirlchildDay, #11october, #InternationalDayoftheGirlChild.
EVENTS: On October 11, 2023, a webinar will be organized with Plan International and other partners, this year's flagship International Day of the Girl event will explore opportunities for improving resourcing to girls and the issues that affect them. We hope you will be able to join us and organize a viewing party wherever you are, with and for girls.
INITIATIVE: UNICEF and partners call for a $1 billion increase in investments for adolescent girls.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED!
A call to action: From October 2023 – October 2024, UNICEF and our government and civil society partners collectively call for global stakeholders to:
1. Centre girls in the protection and promotion of rights: All like-minded partners must centre girls’ rights in their work to tackle the pushback against gender equality. Whether it is on maternal health care, parenting support, unpaid care work or access to financial literacy and resources, adolescent girls tend to be sidelined. Whether it is a debate in an international resolution, the crafting of a national policy, the funding of grassroots movements in response to a humanitarian emergency – start with the most marginalized girls at the centre to stop this happening.
2. Recognize, celebrate and support girls' leadership: Investing in girls' leadership includes creating space and platforms for girls to raise their voices at every level of policy-making, directly resourcing girls’ movements and networks, and centering girls’ voices, agency and leadership in all programmes.
3. Introduce and scale up multi-sectoral programmes that support adolescent girls' well-being: To quote many girl leaders, including most recently UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and climate activist Vanessa Nakate, we know that “girls don't live single-issue lives.” We also know that our best chance of scaling up sustainable programming to support girls’ well-being is building programmes around what already exists, and where girls are already finding support. Whether it is a health clinic that provides gender-based violence referrals, a cash transfer programme that includes financial literacy training, an adolescent-friendly maternal health clinic that includes a parenting programme, or a violence-prevention programme that takes place at school, we must introduce and scale-up multi-sectoral programming that address adolescent girls’ needs.
4. Ensure information, services and systems meaningfully change to be adolescent-girl-friendly: This includes tackling the stigma and poor treatment many adolescent girls have highlighted in accessing essential services, such as sexual and reproductive health services; coming to school if pregnant/having given birth; or in managing menstrual health and hygiene.
5. Make structural changes to scale up funding for girls (and not as a one-off): The paucity of funding for the issues affecting adolescent girls is stark. Major international development and humanitarian actors, governments, the private sector and civil society organizations can and must play their parts to make structural changes and policy decisions to fund adolescent girls. It is the right thing to do. But is also a smart investment – an investment in a demographic dividend that will only pay off if we invest in girls today. We are therefore amplifying Vanessa Nakate’s call at Women Deliver for $1 billion in new investments from the international development community for adolescent girls by 2025; a significant increase in public finance commitments by national policymakers, earmarked for girl-centred national policies and programmes in the long-term; and a significant increase in funding for girl-led groups, organizations and networks by 2025.
The challenge:
In almost every country, patriarchy and power dynamics afford boys comparative advantages compared to girls in most domains. These advantages accrue over time. During adolescence, paths diverge considerably. Social and gender norms constrict adolescent girls’ access to public spaces, socialize girls to be docile and obedient (“good girls”), and reinforce perceptions that girls’ appearances, and potential and actual role in care work, is valued more than their studies in school, leadership in business, or voice in policymaking.
This divergent path is fraught with multifaceted challenges and interconnected violations of girls’ rights. As a result of these patriarchal dynamics playing out at every level – from formal policymaking institutions to community norms, family behaviours and individual attitudes – we see stark ways in which girls are left behind across multiple dimensions. For example:
Nearly 1 in 5 girls are still not completing lower-secondary and nearly 4 in 10 girls are not completing upper-secondary school today. And in certain regions, the numbers are even more dismal. Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online.
Globally, girls aged 5-14 spend 160 million more hours every day on unpaid care and domestic work than boys of the same age. This unequal distribution in unpaid work intensifies in adolescence with serious implications for girls’ well-being.
Adolescent girls continue to account for 3 in 4 new HIV infections among adolescents.
Meeting adolescent girls’ demands for family planning with modern methods has been slow, increasing from 55% to 60% since 2012. This means that 4 in 10 adolescent girls aged 15-19 who want to avoid pregnancy are not using a modern method, and teenage pregnancy is a leading cause of mortality for adolescent girls.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 100 million girls were at risk of child marriage in the next decade. And now over the next ten years, up to 10 million more girls worldwide will be at risk of marrying as children because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly 1 in 4 married/partnered adolescent girls aged 15-19 have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime.
Investing in girls:
Targeted and evidence-based investments in key areas that promote girls’ leadership and well-being are needed to secure their rights and development – in every setting and context. It is imperative to increase funding in key areas, including girls' health, education, violence prevention, and economic empowerment. Such investments represent a critical step to realize girls’ rights under the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Moreover, the international community will not meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets without investing in adolescent girls who, when supported, deliver returns and powerful change for girls themselves, their families, communities and societies. Consider the following:
Education: For every additional year of secondary education a girl receives, her potential income increases by about 10-20%. This translates into greater economic productivity, reduced poverty rates, and improved overall well-being. Education confers compounding protective effects against several harmful outcomes in relation to their health and well-being.
Health: Every dollar invested in sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescent girls can yield economic returns of up to $120, leading to improved health outcomes and increased economic opportunities. A Lancet paper highlighted that targeted health and well-being interventions for adolescents can yield up to a tenfold return.
Harmful practices: Despite the imperative to prevent child marriage, a 2022 review of official development assistance (ODA) reports that only 0.07% of official development assistance in 2020 went to fighting child marriage.
Targeted resourcing for and with adolescent girls: A 2023 analysis by the Overseas Development Institute concluded that less than 6% of ODA by major bilateral donors is earmarked for gender and adolescents, despite the rights-based imperative and case for urgent action. We know multi-sectoral interventions can deliver the greatest impact, reaching adolescent girls wherever it makes the most sense for them in their context – whether a mobile health clinic, vocational centre, traditional classroom, or youth club. Evidence has indicated that multi-sectoral programming for adolescent girls can offer better value for money, delivering results across multiple outcomes for girls and their families.
Girls are ready for a decade of acceleration forward. It is time for us all to stand accountable – with and for girls – and to invest in a future that believes in their agency, leadership and potential.
On the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate the lives and achievements of girls across the world. When girls are supported to realize their human rights, they can reach their potential and create a better world for themselves, their communities and societies. When girls are educated, they are more likely to lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives. When girls receive the right healthcare, they grow up with greater self-confidence and bodily autonomy. When girls understand their rights, including the right to live without the threat of violence, they are more likely to stay safe and report abuse. Many girls today face enormous challenges. They may have had their education ended by the COVID-19 pandemic. They may have been forced from their homes by conflict. They may be unable to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. I am extremely concerned by the continued exclusion of girls from school in Afghanistan. This is deeply damaging to girls themselves, and to a country that desperately needs their energy and contributions. I once again urge the Taliban to let girls learn. Now more than ever, we must renew our commitment to work together so that girls enjoy and exercise their rights and can play a full and equal part in their communities and societies. Investing in girls is investing in our common future. On the International Day of the Girl Child, let’s redouble our efforts to make sure girls everywhere are healthy, educated and safe.
U.N. Secretary-General.
With adversity, however, comes resourcefulness, creativity, tenacity, and resilience. The world's 600 million adolescent girls have shown time and time again that given the skills and the opportunities, they can be the changemakers driving progress in their communities, building back stronger for all, including women, boys and men.
Ways to get involved!
Share human interest stories, blogs and videos of girl changemakers, and the inspiring networks and organizations that are resourcing girls, letting girls lead, and strengthening services for girls. Let’s collectively amplify their leadership, actions, and impact to inspire others.
Engage government officials, policymakers and stakeholders to make more targeted investments that tackle inequalities experienced by girls, especially while accessing mental health and psychosocial support services in the face of conflict, forced migration, natural disasters, and the effects of climate change.
Engage key female influencers across industries to be the face of change we want girls to see as possible. Role models speak a thousand words. Let’s change the global conversation and public perception of girl leaders.
Amplify your commitment to raising awareness about and addressing factors that hold girls in your country and region back.
Nearly 1 in 4 girls aged 15–19 globally are not in education, employment or training, compared to 1 in 10 boys. The analysis presented in this report lays out six core investment themes and examples of investable opportunities and calls on commercial organizations and investors, with an eye on social and economic impact, to adopt bold investment approaches across these themes.
All over the world, an alarming number of adolescent girls are
assaulted, beaten, raped, mutilated and even murdered. ;The threat of
violence at the hands of family members, partners, teachers and peers
grossly violates their rights, diminishes their power and suppresses
their potential.
This violence is exacerbated and reinforced by the multiple deprivations adolescent girls face, including unequal access to education, skills, information, sexual and reproductive health services, and
social and economic resources. Girls are subjected to discriminatory
social norms and harmful practices – such as female genital mutilation
-- that perpetuate a cycle of violence. A culture of impunity allows
violence against adolescent girls to continue unabated; Conflict and
humanitarian crises dramatically increase the risk of violence, abuse
and exploitation.
My UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign is engaging governments, international organizations, civil society
groups, the media and citizens everywhere to raise awareness and
increase political will and resources for preventing and ending
violence against women and girls. A parallel campaign – HeForShe –
emphasizes that gender equality is not just a women’s issue by
enrolling males to act against all forms of violence and discrimination
against women and girls. As we define the post-2015 development framework
and review progress achieved under the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action, ending gender violence and promoting the
empowerment of girls and women must be at the heart of our global
agenda.
To end the cycle of violence against adolescent girls we must go beyond
and take action to equip girls with knowledge, skills, resources and
power to determine their own path in life. We must provide them with
safe transport,
and access to sources of energy and water, quality health services and
supportive environments that will allow them to thrive.
On this International Day of the Girl Child,
I call on all governments to take action to end all forms of violence
against girls in all parts of the world. Together, we must create a
world where violence against women and girls is never tolerated and
girls are always empowered to reach their full potential.
Today on the International Day of the Girl Child, I join every person around the world who believes that adolescent girls should live free of violence and discrimination.
We are guided by the international human rights to which every human being is rightfully entitled.
Every girl, no matter where she is born, should have a chance to reach her potential.
Every girl deserves to be welcomed to this world with the same joy and celebration as a boy. Every girl has the right to life and dignity.
Every girl has the right to education, including comprehensive sexuality education, and to learn and be as smart as she can be.
Every girl has the right to be a girl, and not a child bride.
Every girl has the right to live free of female genital mutilation.
Every girl has the right to health, including sexual and reproductive health.
Yet these rights continue to be violated worldwide on a massive and systematic scale.
Today on the International Day of the Girl Child, and every day, we say no to violence against girls.
We say yes to education, empowerment and equality. Now is the time for action!
We must take action when nearly one quarter of adolescent girls have been victims of physical violence since the age of 15.
We must take action when one in three adolescent girls has suffered violence committed by her husband or her partner.
We must take action when some 70 million young women aged 20-24 in developing countries were married before the age of 18. Early, forced and child marriage deprives girls of their autonomy, their education and their health. It steals their hopes and dreams away from them before their very eyes.
We must take action when three million girls, the majority of whom are younger than 15 years of age, undergo female genital mutilation, FGM, each and every year. This can increase their vulnerability to HIV and to complications during pregnancy and childbirth, and in the worst cases result in maternal and newborn death.
UNFPA is taking action to protect the health and rights of adolescent girls.
Through comprehensive sexuality education; through sexual and reproductive health counselling, information and services; and through youth participation, UNFPA works to protect the human rights of adolescent girls. We also work with boys so they will become the first male generation to neither perpetrate nor tolerate violence against women and girls.
Through a UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme, more than 12,700 communities in Africa have abandoned FGM and an estimated three million girls will now grow up free of this harmful practice.
Development is not sustainable when adolescent girls live with the fear and the reality of violence.
Today on the International Day of the Girl Child, and every day, UNFPA will continue to work with governments, the United Nations system and civil society so that adolescent girls are empowered to claim their rights and are protected from violence.
We will not stop until the world upholds the inherent rights of every girl child.
If you change her life, you can change the world.
On this International Day of the Girl Child let us commit to creating a world where girls can live free of violence and achieve their full potential.
Violence against girls, in all its forms, is a grave human rights violation rooted in gender inequality. Up to one-third of adolescent girls report their first sexual experience as being forced.
At least 133 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation.
When an adolescent girl experiences violence, often perpetrated by those closest to her, she has limited choices and opportunities. Without redress, the effects of such violence will last throughout her lifetime and may extend to future generations.
Every day, 39,000 girls are married before they turn 18 and, if current trends continue, there will be 140 million child brides by 2020. Girls married young are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence and sexual abuse than those who marry later. They suffer complications during pregnancy and childbirth, with these complications being a leading cause of death in young women aged 15-19. This is a catastrophic loss of human potential.
Eradicating violence against the girl child is a critical area of concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark international agreement reached almost 20 years ago.
The promise made to girls at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing must be delivered. Protecting girls from all forms of violence and promoting girls’ empowerment must be at the heart of the global development agenda.
It is in our hands to make this possible, through provision of adequate services and comprehensive prevention efforts.
By providing girls and women with access to education, by ensuring their sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as engaging men and boys in the promotion of gender equality, we can protect and empower girls.
By improving justice mechanisms and supportive services, we can crush impunity and mitigate the impact of violence on survivors.
Girls themselves are part of the solution. They are a powerhouse of talent, creativity and potential.
This year, UN Women is rolling out a global youth-led programme, “Voices against Violence,” to prevent violence against girls and young women. In partnership with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and using non-formal education as a tool, the programme will reach some 800,000 young people aged 5 to 25, in 12 countries. In many more countries, we are partnering with young people to challenge gender stereotypes and norms that perpetuate violence.
With Together for Girls, a unique public-private partnership, UN Women is supporting data collection and country-driven efforts to address sexual violence against children, especially girls. In the Asia-Pacific region, a joint programme — “Partners for Prevention” — supported by UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Volunteers, is focusing on prevention of violence against women and girls through research, capacity development and communications for social change. As part of the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting with UNICEF and UNFPA, UN Women is also working to address harmful traditional practices that impact millions of girls worldwide.
The International Day of the Girl Child is an opportunity to step up collective action to break the cycle of violence against girls and women. Empowering girls today makes for a safer, healthier, more prosperous and sustainable tomorrow.
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Events : This year, the theme is "Empowering adolescent girls: Ending the cycle
of violence". UN Women Executive Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will speak at an
event at UNICEF House co-sponsored by UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA and Plan
International, from 12.30-2 p.m. [Invitation]. Watch the livestream here.
Check out our special In Focus compilation on the Girl Child, one of the
12 critical areas of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
This year, the theme is "Empowering adolescent girls: Ending the cycle of violence". UN Women
Executive Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will speak at an event at UNICEF House
co-sponsored by UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA and Plan International, from
12.30-2 p.m. [Invitation]. Watch the livestream here.
Check out our special In Focus compilation on the Girl Child, one of the 12 critical areas of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
- See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/girl-child#sthash.XOMFm74z.dpuf
