Image of International Day of the Girl: Inclusion and gender equality matter
International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated today. This year, the theme for International Day of the Girl is “My Voice, Our Equal Future”. The theme focuses on inclusion, gender quality and listening to what girls want, their dreams and aspirations. International Day of the Girl Child is a designated day by the United Nations, celebrated annually on October 11. also significant because the “Generation Equality” campaign was launched. It is a “multi-year, multi-stakeholder campaign and movement for bold action for gender equality”. In a year of a pandemic, a clear curriculum and a multi-pronged approach are essential to meet the needs and opportunities of adolescent girls. “Support the girls. Listen to the girls. Help the girls achieve their dreams,” Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, said today in a tweet.
Support the girls.
Listen to the girls.
Help the girls to make their dreams come true.#DayOfTheGirlpic.twitter.com/29f1YzUq4I– Henrietta H. Fore (@unicefchief) October 11, 2020
This year, International Day of the Girl marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for the Empowerment of Girls and their Rights Around the World. The Beijing Declaration is one of the first “most comprehensive international agreements on women’s rights and gender equality”.
International Day of the Girl Child: wishes, photos and messages
“Teenage girls are the new leaders of our time, creating global movements for change. They are up to the challenge. In this international #DayOfTheGirl, let’s be together with them and for them. Said UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Teenage girls are the new leaders of our time, creating global movements for change.
They are up to the challenge.
On this International #DayOfTheGirl, let’s stay together with them and for them. pic.twitter.com/dYZTgRKg6I
– António Guterres (@antonioguterres) October 11, 2020
Union ministers and others took to Twitter and wrote that gender equality was of paramount importance. On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl, let’s work to ensure gender parity in our society and reaffirm our commitment to “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”, ”said Smriti Irani. little girl, let’s make a commitment to provide our daughters with a safe, egalitarian, progressive world full of opportunities. ”
On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl, let’s work to ensure gender parity in our society and reaffirm our commitment to “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”. pic.twitter.com/9PiKpwLUZo
– Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) October 11, 2020
On this International Day of the Girl Child, let us pledge to provide our daughters with a safe, equal, progressive world full of opportunities. #DayOfTheGirl
– Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 11, 2020
Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier said her Nobel Prize “will send a positive message to young girls.”
“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and show them that women scientists can also have an impact through the research they conduct.
– 2020 chemistry laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier pic.twitter.com/pKZlrTZmXw
– The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 11, 2020
An equal world is one where girls are free to say whether or not I do it. #endchildmarriage#DayoftheGirlpic.twitter.com/D3tMkHyxXr
– Unmarried Girls (@GirlsNotBrides) October 7, 2020
Image of International Day of the Girl: let’s help girls achieve their dreams and aspirations
Happy International Day of the Girl Child 2020!
