The Department of Children under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection will celebrate International Day of Girl Child Sunday, 11th October 2020.
This Day is usually used to promote girl’s empowerment and the fulfillment of their Human Rights whiles also highlighting the challenges that girls all over the world face.
The day also brings attention to the need to provide better education, protection from violence, and put a stop to child marriage, inequalities in education, legal rights, medical care, and a safe environment for the girl child.
The International Day of The Girl Child 2019 aims at sensitizing adolescents nationwide on all forms of discriminations against girls including negative cultural practices and attitudes, Promoting Adolescent health and well-being, Promoting the need to strengthen the role of the family in improving the status of girls and creating awareness on the need to promote and protect the right of girls and increase awareness of their needs and potentials.
This year, under the theme, “My voice, our equal future”, let’s seize the opportunity to reimagine a better world inspired by adolescent girls – energized and recognized, counted, and invested in.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
