Senior Girls Rights Technical Specialist
Girls from the Bangladesh research team spending time together. Fabeha Monir/ActionAid. Photo: Fabeha Monir/ActionAid
Girls are facing violence everywhere, from in their homes to the streets, and the justice system keeps failing them. For 16 Days of Activism, we are spotlighting what violence looks like for girls around the world today.
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Teenage Network in partnership with Action Aid Nigeria and UK supported a team of adolescent girls in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria to conduct feminist action participatory research. . Photo: Teenage Network
This International Day of the Girl, we spotlight adolescent girls leading change. From Bangladesh to Sierra Leone, they share the barriers they face and the solutions they demand, inspiring action for a fairer future.
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Adolescent girls worldwide face unique and significant power imbalances that profoundly impact their daily lives. These are distinct from the challenges faced by girls (young children) or adult women. Structural inequalities, rooted in colonial legacies, hinder their access to education, support services, and basic rights during this critical transitional period between childhood and adulthood.
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Members of an ActionAid partner organisation, the Women and Child Care Association (WEFAQ), distributing food in Gaza. Photo: ActionAid
As we have explained in the ActionAid UK manifesto, there is much that the next UK Government – whoever that might be – needs to do to be a genuine international development and humanitarian partner. This includes implementing the commitments to women and girls that were made in the UK’s women, peace and security National Action Plan.
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