Imagine not knowing when your birthday was.
How about thinking that in the eyes of your government you literally do not exist.
How would you feel if there was no record of you, at all?
In a world so consumed with numbers and percentages how would you feel knowing that you were not counted?
Every year 51 million children under the age of 5 aren’t registered at birth. When you are denied a birth certificate, you become an invisible member of society. Imagine how that would make a girl feel. We need to stand up for our sisters, daughters, future mothers and aunts. We need to lend our voice to them and make sure they know and the world know that THEY COUNT!!!
There are more than 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries today. These girls are bright, talented and full of dreams, but are often unable to reach their full potential.
Many of them struggle for the opportunity to go to school, see a doctor or be included in their communities. This has serious consequences including: low levels of enrollment in school, high levels of child marriage and way too many girls facing health risks from pregnancy and early child birth.
Girl Up believes that American girls are a part of the solution. We know that girls give, girls talk and girls get involved. This generation of girls cares about global issues and is concerned about the challenges facing other girls around the world.
To celebrate International Day of the Girl, GirlUP has launched a #GIRLHERO campaign! Share a photo of your #GIRLHERO and share it on social media
Here is MY #GIRLHERO
HOW CAN YOU HELP??????
- Share the Girlafesto
Send the campaign’s “Girlafesto” to five friends and family members and ask them to join you in supporting Girl Up.
- Get the Facts
Download the tools and resources below to help you spread the word about Girl Up or set up your fundraising event!
- Buy Girl Up Gear
Visit Girl Up’s online store for ways to wear Girl Up on your sleeve (literally!) and raise awareness about the girl movement.
Once you “like” Girl Up, you can use Facebook’s tagging feature by inserting the @ sign when you begin to type in our name, so that it links back to our page
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