International Day of the Girl Child 2025: The Girl I Am, The Change I Lead

“We, the girls from rural areas, want to exercise our rights online permanently, efficiently and securely. Just as I have had the possibility thanks to this empowerment project, all girls need to be able to learn about secure platforms that help empower us and enable us to choose who we want to be in the future.” Luciana, 13 years old, from a rural farming community in Peru. Extract from her intervention in the Online Event “The Commitment of the Human Rights Council to Youth and Human Rights: Addressing the Digital Divide, Online...