International Day of the Girl Child
11 October
My Voice, Our Equal Future
The International Day
of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls
face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.
Adolescent girls have the right to a safe,
educated, and healthy life, not only during these critical formative years, but
also as they mature into women. If effectively supported during the adolescent
years, girls have the potential to change the world – both as the empowered
girls of today and as tomorrow’s workers, mothers, entrepreneurs, mentors,
household heads, and political leaders. An investment in realising the power of
adolescent girls upholds their rights today and promises a more equitable and
prosperous future, one in which half of humanity is an equal partner in solving
the problems of climate change, political conflict, economic growth, disease
prevention, and global sustainability.
Girls are breaking boundaries and barriers posed
by stereotypes and exclusion, including those directed at children with
disabilities and those living in marginalized communities. As entrepreneurs,
innovators and initiators of global movements, girls are creating a world that
is relevant for them and future generations.
The gender digital divide in connectivity, devices and use,
skills and jobs is real. It is an inequity and exclusion gap across geographies
and generations that is our challenge to address if the digital revolution is
to be for all, with all, by all. Let’s seize the momentum to drive action and
accountability of GEF commitments made, for and with girls to achieve a bold
vision of bridging the digital gender divide.
Digital generation. Our generation.
Girls know their digital realities and the
solutions they need to excel on their diverse pathways as technologists for
freedom of expression, joy, and boundless potential. Let’s amplify the
diversity of these tech trailblazers while simultaneously widening the pathways
so that every girl, this generation of girls – regardless of race, gender,
language, ability, economic status and geographic origin – lives their full
potential.
Empowering women and
girls and promoting gender equality is crucial to accelerating sustainable
development. Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls is not
only a basic human right, but it also has a multiplier effect across all other
development areas.
Did you know?
• The global internet user gender gap is growing,
from 11 per cent in 2013 to 17 per cent in 2019, and widest in the world’s
least developed countries at 43 per cent.
• 2.2 billion people below the age of 25 do not
have internet access at home, with girls more likely to be cut off.
• Globally, the percentage of females among
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates is below 15 per
cent in over two-thirds of countries.
• And in middle and higher-income countries, only
14 per cent of girls who were top performers in science or mathematics expected
to work in science and engineering compared to 26 per cent of top-performing
boys.
In 2021 we
commemorate the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), launching 5-year
commitments from civil society leaders, governments, corporations and change
makers from around the world for bold gender equality impacts. At the same
time, we are in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has
accelerated digital platforms for learning, earning and connecting, while also
highlighting girls’ diverse digital realities.The gender digital divide
in connectivity, devices and use, skills and jobs is real. It is an inequity
and exclusion gap across geographies and generations that is our challenge to
address if the digital revolution is to be for all, with all, by all. Let’s
seize the momentum to drive action and accountability of GEF commitments made,
for and with girls to achieve a bold vision of bridging the digital gender
divide.
Source: UN
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