October 11 marks the International Day of the Girl, a day dedicated to promoting girl's human rights around the world through education and advocacy. These slides illustrate the existing disparities amongst girls around the world and offer solutions to tackling ongoing challenges.
Celebrating & Empowering Girls: International Day of the Girl 2014
1. Celebra'ng
&
Empowering
Girls:
Interna'onal
Day
of
the
Girl
Child
October 11 marks the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’, a day dedicated to the
promotion of girls' human rights. !
These slides highlight gender inequalities that remain between girls and boys and
address the various forms of discrimination and abuse suffered by girls around the world.!
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8. Empowering girls today
makes for a more
prosperous tomorrow.
- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
Executive Director, UN Women
These slides were provided by our friends at Jhpiego, an international non-profit dedicated to empowering
the lives of girls and women around the world. Check out their ongoing work here. !