This is the Future Girls Want
What is the future girls want to see? What should change in order to make the world a better place for girls and young women – for everyone?
Girls have spoken
To ensure their voices are heard, adolescent girls and young people aged 15-24 from around the world developed the Girls’ Pact for the Future sharing their concerns with the current state of the world, their vision of a positive future with gender equality at its heart, and clear and actionable recommendations for policy makers to achieve gender equality.
This is the future girls want – will world leaders listen?
I am Samikshya, a 19-year-old girl from Nepal. I want to share with you the struggles that adolescent girls like me face.
Despite progress towards the 2030 Agenda, many of us are still being denied our rights, face discrimination, and are underestimated in our potential to be change-makers. With only 12% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track, and nearly half moderately or severely off track, it’s clear that urgent action is needed.
It’s essential our voices are heard at the Summit of the Future in New York in September. The Pact for the Future (the document governments will agree as a blueprint for future development work) must call out the experiences and accept the demands of girls from across the globe – or it may not be a world in which we can even survive.
The time to act is now.
This is the #FutureGirlsWant
Download and share on social the #FutureGirlsWant to see come out of the Summit of the Future process.
Which of these demands from girls feel most urgent to you?
