International Day of Girl Child | Some Inspirational Quotes

Today's History - International Day of the Girl Child is observed on October 11 every year since 2012. The day is declared by the United Nations; it is also called the Day of Girls and the International Day of the Girl.

The idea for an international day grew out of Because I Am a Girl campaign, which raises awareness of the importance of nurturing girls globally. Ultimately, UNGA supported the idea and gave it a clean chit on December 19, 2011. The United Nations General Assembly voted to pass a resolution adopting October 11, 2012 as the inaugural International Day of Girls. The day Increases awareness of issues faced by girls around the world. According to USAID, More than 62 million girls around the world had no access to education. Worldwide girls between the age 5 to 14 spend more than 160 million hours on household chores than boys of the same age do.

The Day helps raise awareness not only of the issues that girls face, but also of what is likely to happen when those problems are solved. For example, educating girls helps reduce the rate of child marriage and also helps strengthen the economy by helping girls have access to higher paying jobs. 

This year the theme of International Day of the Girl Child is "My voice, our equal future". The theme focuses on the women who are an inspiration for others. Although, This year due to covid pandemic, it is difficult for girls to come out and celebrate it but online celebrations will surely be going. 

Here are some Inspirational Quotes by girls around the world. 

• Mary Kom - "Never buy gold, simply earn it."

• PV Sindhu - "Your dreams are what define your individuality." 

• Coco Chanel - "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous." 

• Deepika Padukone - "My choices are like my fingerprints, they make me unique."

• Maya Angelou - "If you are always trying to be normal, you’ll never know how amazing you can be." 

• Priyanka Chopra -  "I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way."

• (Anonymous) "If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do." 

• Selena Gomez - "All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better." 

• Helen Gurley Brown - "Marriage is insurance for the worst years of your life. Save the ‘best' for when you're single."

• Whitney Houston - "I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants."

• (Anonymous) "If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do."

 

• Taylor Swift - "Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down."

• Malala Yousafzai - "We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave – to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential."

• Alexandra Lebenthal - "Ask and she shall receive! Women often find it hard to ask for things, whether it's a business opportunity or a salary raise. We simply expect others to recognize our value and hard work. Asking for what you want in a gracious, thoughtful way often results in getting what you want, so put your fears aside and ask for what you want. You might just get it!"

Let's build a gender equal world. Equality is not a women's issue, it's a business issue. A gender equal world can be healthier, wealthier and more harmonious and powerful - so what's not great about that?  Share this to all the girls you know and tell them you're powerful just the way you are..