What is International Day of the Girl?
International Day of the Girl Child day is to attract attention to support more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender. This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence against women and forced child marriage. The celebration of the day also "reflects the successful emergence of girls and young women as a distinct cohort in development policy, programming, campaigning and research.
The Day of Girls helps raise awareness not only of the issues that girls face, but also of what is likely to happen when those problems are solved. For example, educating girls helps reduce the rate of child marriage, disease and helps strengthen the economy by helping girls have access to higher paying jobs.
When is International Day of the Girl?
Wednesday, 11 October
Activities and how to get involved
- Learn about the amazing women in Australia and around the world
- Raise awareness in the community
- Start a conversation about gender equality