International Day of the Girl Child - October 11
October 19 , 2019
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- It is an international observance day declared by the United Nations.
- October 11, 2012 was the first International Day of the Girl Child.
- This year theme is “GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable”.
- In 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women was convened by the UN at Beijing, China.
- It determined to recognize the rights of women and girls as human rights.
- The conference saw the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: the most comprehensive policy agenda for the empowerment of women.
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