Helping Barneys NY celebrate #GirlPossible in honor or International Day Of The Girl. Support the movement by writing the message "Anything is possible when....." then fill in the blank. Share the photo to your social media using the hashtags #GirlPossible #IDG2015 and tag @BarneysNYOfficial and @TheGirlsLounge
Learn more about the International Day Of The Girl after the jump!
The United Nations declared October 11th of every year the International Day Of The Girl in response to an urgent problem facing our world today: the neglect and devaluation of girls around the world. On this special day every year, groups across the globe come together to highlight, discuss, celebrate and work to advance girls’ lives and opportunities across the world. When girls work together, we can teach ourselves and other people–adults, boys, and other girls–new ways of thinking about gender issues, which will help us take action to change the status quo.
October 11 is not just a day; it’s a movement. A worldwide revolution.
Girls experience inequalities every day. There are thousands of reasons to have a Day Of The Girl but here just a few:
- By 2015, females will make up 64% of the world’s illiterate (adult) population.
- Only 30% of girls in the world are enrolled in secondary school.
- Girls make up half of the high school population, but receive only 41% of all athletic participation opportunities.
- Women only hold 15.7% of top leadership positions in Fortune 500 companies.
- One in seven girls in developing countries is married off before age 15.
- More than half (54%) of all rapes of females happen before age 18.
- 1 in 5 high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
- Children as young as age 11 are forced to work as prostitutes. Some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year.
- 54% of 3rd-5th grade girls worry about their appearance and 37% worry about their weight.
- 57% of music videos feature a female portrayed exclusively as a decorative, sexual object.
- Females continue to be underrepresented in top roles in film with less than 1 in 3 speaking characters in children’s movies.
