International Day of the Girl Child

October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child. The United Nations website explains, “The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.”

At Girls Education International, we focus on the needs and challenges faced by girls in Pakistan and Tanzania all year long, but in October we have the unique opportunity to raise even more awareness on International Day of the Girl Child.

We invite teachers and students to join us in raising awareness and celebrating the power, intelligence, and agency that girls around the world have! Let’s work together by sharing stories and inspiration to make sure girls can leverage their many strengths to become strong voices in their community, to impact change on local and global levels, to be leaders, to be educators, and to forge a path for girls that follow in their footsteps.

To get you started, we created a free curriculum to try out in your classes!

Teach & Learn about Girls Ed

Girls Education International has created this curriculum. It's available for in-person, virtual, and hybrid learning, and while it's intended for a middle school audience, it can be adapted for all ages. Learning activities include inquiry, investigation, and reflection, and are designed to engage students in content that is relevant to the world around them by exploring questions such as: 

• How is a girl's life influenced by her society and culture?

• What challenges hinder or prevent girls' access to education in Tanzania and Pakistan?

• What positive impact do I want to have in the world?

It can be taught in a 2½ hour block or in a series of smaller modular lessons. 

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