They work with girls to design and launch advocacy campaigns related to their lived gender inequities and demands for equal opportunities. This year, while we face the global Covid-19 crisis, we must seize the opportunity to reimagine a better world inspired by adolescent girls — sharing their voices, their solutions — under the theme, ‘My voice, our equal future’. Globally, more than 1.1 billion girls younger than 18 years of age are poised to take on the future. In the years following, women pressed this agenda forward, leading global movements on issues ranging from sexual and reproductive health rights to equal pay. They are being organised by and for adolescent girls — girls from all walks of life who are boldly demanding action against discrimination, violence and poor learning opportunities.

Source: The Express Tribune October 13, 2020 04:28 UTC