International Day of the Girl Child

International Day of the Girl ChildpatwariThu, 10/07/2021 - 15:43In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution adopting 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, recognizing girls ’ rights and the unique challenges girls around the world face realizing them.UNFPA works to protect the health and rights of adolescent girls through access to sexual and reproductive health counselling, information and services; comprehensive sexuality education; and through encouraging girls' empowerment and participation in the decisions that most affect them. UNFPA also works with boys and men to advance gender equality, and to encourage the abandonment of harmful practices and stereotypes.Digital Generation: Technology and innovation as accelerators of girls ’ bodily autonomyDigital connectivity for all girls is critical for human rights and can improve girls ’ bodily autonomy, decision-making, and movement building. But today, girls have less access than boys to the internet and technologies and as a result, what they could achieve, their gifts, vision, ingenuity and the passion they could offer to the world is lost.This year, under the theme, “Digital Generation: Technology and innovation as accelerators of girls’ bodily autonomy” let’s celebrate girls in the digital generation who are harnessing the power of new technologies to carve out a better future for all, and call urgent attention to those left behind by gender discrimina tion that system...
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