Rubina, 10, who has been working on the streets of Kabul from the age of 5, writes on a blackboard at the classroom organized by a local NGO, Action for Development on May 20, 2017 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
According to 2017 data, some 35 per cent of Afghan women aged 20 to 24 reported they were married while still children. On International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October, we need to amplify the voices and rights of girls everywhere. The theme for this year, “My voice, our equal future”, reimagines a better world inspired and led by adolescent girls, as part of the global #GenerationEquality movement. Girls worldwide are demanding a life free from gender-based violence, access to health, skills, recognition and investment as leaders of social change.