The world needs your help!
Every day, in every part of the world, girls are kept out of school, hit, ignored, forced to marry and have sex, sold as slaves, made to fight in wars and asked to sit silently while decisions are made for them – about them. These are all violations of their rights.
Governments are asking how they can work to stop this discrimination and violence against girls. This question cannot be answered without you. Children know their issues best – and have clear ideas about how to solve problems.
Read the report and send us your answers by 15 January 2007!
That is why we, the Working Group on Girls and UNICEF’s Voices of Youth, are asking you to read this youth version of an expert report and tell us what you think should be done. The report talks about which girls are in danger of violence and unfair treatment and suggests ways governments, and their citizens, can protect them.
Your recommendations and suggestions will be presented at the 51st annual Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations headquarters in February-March 2007 and will influence how the world works to stop discrimination and violence against girls.
What to do:
Read the report by clicking below, answer the questions at the end or using our online questionnaire, and send your answers back to us by 15 January 2007.
Note: Youth version completed by the Global Youth Action Network