At #CPD57 , youth leaders spoke to leaders from govts of Sierra Leone, Benin, Zambia & Colombia about the importance of prioritising + investing in adolescent + youth #SRHR . We call on govts to step up & act on the #ICPD promise for girls UN Girls' Education Initiative SheDecides AdolescentGirlsInvestmentPlan

🚨❗️🆘 More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past six months. #StopSendingArms to Israel or risk complicity in committing war crimes and genocide! #CeasefireNOW

TODAY is the Global Day of Action to #StopSendingArms ! 🛑Arms sales and transfers to Israel MUST STOP and steps towards an immediate sustained ceasefire must begin. End the human suffering in Gaza now! #CeasefireNOW

Save the date! An intergenerational panel launches The Girls’ Pact for the Future on Tuesday, May 7th at 16:00-17:30 Kenya Time (GMT+3). Join us then to explore the #FutureGirlsWant and actionable strategies for progress.

Register: bit.ly/4dhrlHT

#SummitOfTheFuture

Today at #ICPD30 , governments adopted a Political Declaration, which includes positive language on “gender equality” and “the empowerment of all women and girls”. However, it falls short on expressly supporting the #SRHR needs and rights of adolescent girls and young women.

The #FutureGirlsWant is where girls have equal and easy access to sexual & reproductive health services and comprehensive sexuality education. #CSE is critical for adolescents to gain the skills & knowledge to make healthy and respectful choices about relationships and sexuality

Youth advocate Holly wants to see #AWorldWhere young people can access SRHR resources without barriers or stigma! 👏

She also shares some of the challenges and barriers young people are facing to fulfil their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

@c2030europe #CPD57

We call on António Guterres: the UN's most senior humanitarian official must be appointed through a transparent, inclusive & merit-based process. We cannot afford to select anyone other than the best person for the job as our next Martin Griffiths.
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#BREAKING : More than 250+ NGOs call to stop sending weapons, parts and ammunition to #Israel and Palestinian armed groups. More than 33,000 people killed in #Gaza . We need a #CeasefireNOW #StopSendingArms
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Hiqmat wants a world where every individual, regardless of gender, has access to education, respect, protection and opportunities 💪. We listen to girls like Hiqmat when they tell us what matters to them, what they want to do about it and how we can support them.

Marie-Reine travelled from Togo to Geneva to make a powerful statement on children’s rights to health and education at #HRC55 #ADRC2024 👇🏿United Nations Human Rights Council United Nations SRSG on Violence against Children Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs Lithuanian Permanent Mission in Geneva Plan International Plan International Togo Child Rights Connect plan-international.org/un/case-studie…

#CSW68 concluded with some positive outcomes for women & girls🎉. For the first time, the Commission recognised the importance of investing in girls’ & the strengthening of their voice, agency & leadership as critical to breaking cycles of discrimination of violence and poverty.

This #CSW68 , young people are sharing their vision for the future they want. Aseel wants a future where education comes above all 📚 and we agree! Decision-makers must stand with young people like Aseel & invest in quality education that promotes #GenderEquality #FutureGirlsWant .

'There is nothing for the youth without the youth, and so it is that there is also nothing for women and girls without the women and girls’ inclusion in decision-making spaces, including at #CSW . It is our right.'
-Michelle, Malawi, 20
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Adolescent girls must be protected from harassment and violence, so that they can fully and meaningfully participate in decision-making #CSW68 #FutureGirlsWant

Adolescent girls around the 🌎 face specific challenges because of their age & gender, which are exacerbated by poverty & crisis #CSW68 . They face👇

Young activists from around the 🌎 are sharing their vision for what they want the future to look like. To find out more about the #FutureGirlsWant , see 👇 #CSW68 .
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