Know the Purpose and theme of INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD 11 October
Celebration Date: October 11 every year
Established: By the United Nations in 2011
Purpose: To highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.
First Observed: 2012
YEAR-WISE THEMES / MOTTOS
2025: “Innovating for Girls’ Education”
2024: “Our Time is Now: Amplifying Girls’ Voices”
2023: “Digital Generation, Our Generation: Girls Leading in Technology”
2022: “Our Time is Now – Our Rights, Our Future”
2021: “Digital Generation, Our Generation: Girls Leading in Technology”
2020: “My Voice, Our Equal Future”
2019: “GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable”
2018: “With Her: A Skilled GirlForce”
2017: “Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Child Marriage”
2016: “Girls Progress = Goals Progress”
2015: “Empowering Girls, Empowering Humanity”
2014: “Empowering Girls: Before, During and After Conflict”
2013: “Innovating for Girls’ Education”
2012: “Ending Child Marriage”
