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International Day of the Girl Child 2020

International Day of the Girl Child 2020

International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated on 11 October to amplify the voice of girls and those who are in the forefront of saving girl child from all kinds of exploitation.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

Every year on 11th October, the International Day of the Girl, UNICEF launches an annual campaign with girls to amplify their voices and stand up for their rights.

This year’s theme is “My voice, our equal future”,  seizing  the opportunity to re-imagine a better world inspired by adolescent girls – energized and recognized, counted and invested in.

In 2020, the world is commemorating 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the global agenda for advancing the rights and empowerment of women and girls, everywhere.

In 1995 at the World Conference on Women in Beijing countries unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Beijing Declaration is the first to specifically call out girls’ rights.

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