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VIDEO - https://plan-international.org/international-day-of-the-girl
UNLOCK THE POWER OF GIRLS - VIDEO
Watch the video and see girls from across the
world come together to deliver one message: You haven’t seen the best of us…
yet!
Thirteen girls from 8 countries perform this
dynamic rendition of ‘Yet’ – a poem by British writer and performer Keisha
Thompson – to rally girls around the struggle to overcome discrimination, claim
their rights and celebrate their futures.
“Women are chief executives and prime
ministers. They are also down trodden and denied the right to dream,” say the
girls.
We’re calling on everyone to stand up for
girls’ rights ahead of this International Day of the Girl by sharing and
promoting the video on social media as an act of solidarity with girls
worldwide.
11 October has been a key global moment to
celebrate the power of girls and highlight the barriers they face since the
United Nations adopted it as International Day of the Girl in December 2011.
Plan International led the call for an
international day of recognition for girls and achieving it was one of the
earliest goals of our Because I am a Girl campaign.
We led the global effort to build a coalition
of support behind the Day of the Girl, securing critical support from the
Canadian government which took our call all the way to the United Nations.
Ensuring girls' rights
Firstly, PLAN worked with girls themselves,
who truly believed that an international day could be a launch pad for global
action on girls’ rights. They were crucial in the global movement to establish
the Day of the Girl. Through their stories, ideas and views it was clear that
an international day for girls would bring global focus to their lack of
representation in the global development agenda.
While there has long been an International Women's Day and an International Day of the Child, neither of these days recognise the unique position of girls. Our research has shown that girls have the power to break the inter-generational cycle of poverty not only for themselves, but for their families, communities and entire societies as well. Ensuring girls are respected and valued in society is the first step to breaking down discriminatory barriers.