Do you feel helpless when you watch the news? Are you feeling heartbroken by the cruelty you see in the world?
There are millions of young girls at risk as we speak, and your next move can completely change their lives. Are you ready to drive towards equal empowerment for all women and girls? This International Day Of The Girl, you can do just that.
What Is International Day Of The Girl?
Observed on the 11th of October, International Day Of The Girl is an initiative that “focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights”.
The day aims to recognise the unique challenges that girls around the world face, while drawing attention to their often-unmet rights to a safe, educated, healthy, and, most importantly, equal life.
“The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis,” is this year’s theme. It’s designed to highlight the bravery of girls as they step into leadership roles and call for justice in times of crisis. Even though these young girls are championing the change they need to see in their communities, their voices are often ignored.
So, raise your voice and rewrite her story.
How To Change A Girl’s Life
Making a change in someone’s life doesn’t need to be a grandiose act; small moments can help shape someone. But if you’re ready to make a huge change in a young girl’s life, then consider sponsoring a girl through World Vision.
By sponsoring a girl, you’ll be assisting World Vision in its aim to achieve global equity. In certain countries across the world, young women and girls are living in fear every single day. The statistics are staggering – 64 million girls have been forced into child labour; every minute (yes, every 60 seconds) 22 girls become child brides; and one in every three women and girls experience violence in their lives.
In the lead-up to International Day Of The Girl, World Vision aims to change the lives of 1000 girls forever. By contributing just $48 a month, you’ll be making a world of difference in giving her the tools to create a brighter future for herself. Working with your chosen girl and her community, you’ll be supporting her education, food, water and protection. Just think about what you would have spent it on instead.
We need to take action. Raise your voice and have the conversations that need to be had about empowering vulnerable young girls around the world. You can make a difference; you can change her story. Join us at marie claire’s Rewrite Her Future event on the 10th of September. See event details and get tickets here…
World Vision child sponsorship in an ongoing donation that costs just $48 a month but the benefits are far and wide. Sponsoring a child means working with a girl and her community holistically. As a child sponsor, you will give her support in education, food, water, child protection – everything she needs to create a brighter future for herself.
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