Five ways to celebrate Day of the Girl this year

4 October 2022

This International Day of the Girl Child, ActionAid is celebrating girls’ right to education. Find out five ways you can join in this year and help empower girls. 

Students at the San Juan Villa Nueva School excitedly write their messages to their sponsors in the UK during Action Aid's annual message collection.

Students at the San Juan Villa Nueva School excitedly write their messages to their sponsors in the UK during Action Aid's annual message collection. Photo: ActionAid

On International Day of the Girl 2022, we're celebrating the incredible potential of girls around the world.

This is the 10th anniversary of Day of the Girl - a chance to recognise all the progress that's been made for girls' rights in the last decade, but also an opportunity the highlight how much further there is to go. 

Join us as we raise awareness of the obstacles that girls all over the world face. Here are five ways we can shine a light on the importance of education for girls. 

  • Girls listen to radio to catch up on lessons in Nepal

    Support on social media

    Show your support for girls’ education on social media! Tag us at @actionaiduk and tell us why you think it's important that every girl gets the education that is her right.

  • Girls in traditional dress laughing and playing games outside a homestead during ActionAid's annual child message collection, in Semanzana.

    Appreciate the girls around you!

    Take the time to check in with the girls and women in your life and help to empower them. You can even host an event or throw a party to recognise and celebrate girls' achievements.

  • Girls hold up their pictures for her sponsor during ActionAid's annual child message collection

    Share!

    Share this blog with your friends and family.

  • Education helps unlock girls' potential

    Get educated

    Learn more about International Day of the Girl and this year’s theme.

    International Day of the Girl

  • Sponsor a girl

    Give the gift of sponsorship today

    For just 65p a day you can ensure girls can continue to stay in school. When you sponsor a girl you can help us ensure girls continue their education through ActionAid's catch-up classes and other projects that support girls into and keep girls from dropping out of school.

    Sponsor a girl

 

Tags:

Top banner: Sponsored girls at a local school in Petén, Guatemala pose for a photo during the annual message collection for their sponsors. Karin Schermbrucker