Dear John,

Did you know that according to UN research, between 40% and 68% of girls with disabilities in the world experience sexual violence before the age of 18? Or that each year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18? Or that over 200 million women and girls alive today have experienced female genital mutilation (FGM)? 
 

Today is International Day of the Girl Child, and an important reminder of why we are working toward a world in which every girl can live safe, fearless, and free - and can thrive and make a difference. 
 

We are happy to have partnered with Evoca Foundation this year to create ‘Untie the Knot’, a short campaign film produced by Evoca Pictures. The poignant film highlights the complex and irrefutable connection between the prevalence of child marriage and climate change and calls attention to the importance of a future in which every girl’s right to freedom is upheld. 
                          

Please watch this powerful video and share it with your friends, family, and networks. 

Here are a few more things you can do today:

• Follow Equality Now on X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook, share as we observe today, and continue highlighting girls’ rights.

• Listen to Equality Now’s Global Executive Director, Mona Sinha, speak on the importance of this day and what’s at stake in securing girls’ futures. 

In Solidarity,

Niki Kandirikirira 
Global Director of Programmes 
 

PS - We are thrilled to share that our partnership with philanthropic retailer Olivela.com has raised more than $20,000 for Equality Now. This week, in honor of International Day of the Girl, Olivela will be donating 20% of net proceeds from every purchase on Olivela.com to Equality Now to aid in our mission of creating a just world for women and girls everywhere. 

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