The rights of girls and women aren't a distant issue — they live in classrooms, families, and communities everywhere. In every society, girls and women are navigating questions of equality, opportunity, and belonging. Their experiences are vastly different.
This isn't just a girls' issue. It never was. It's about the world we all live in, and what kind of world we want it to be.
About Girls Day Dialogues
Every year on 11 October, the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child, a United Nations observance dedicated to recognising the rights of girls and the unique challenges they face. First established in 2011 and rooted in the landmark 1995 Beijing Declaration, the day is a call to action: to ensure every girl has access to education, healthcare, safety, and the freedom to shape her own future.
In honour of International Day of Girl Child, Girls Day Dialogues invite young people from across the world to come together in live, facilitated video conferences and talk genuinely about gender equality — what it looks like where they live, what it means to them personally, and what they're already doing to change it.
These aren't panel discussions. There are no experts in the front of the room. Just young people, skilled facilitators, and a space for conversation that shifts how you see the world.
You won't leave with the answers. You'll leave seeing the question differently.
For Young People
Come curious. Leave with a wider world.
Connect with young people from different countries and cultures.
Share what matters to you — no right or wrong answers.
Earn a Certificate of Participation.
For Educators
Ready-to-use classroom activities on gender rights and inequality for ages 13–17.
Introduces intercultural dialogue and cross-cultural perspectives into your teaching.
Aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 5 Gender Equality.
How to participate?
As an educator
If you have not already:
- Register on the Teacher Portal (learn how)
- Create a class for your learners (learn how)
- Send learners a link to register to the Ultimate Dialogue Adventure (UDA) from your account (learn how)
Once you have registered and created a class:
- Book your learners into a The Rights of Girls and Women video conference between 6 - 12 October 2026 (learn how)
- Prepare your learners using activities using our Social Sciences Activity Block 1: Exploring the Impact of Girls and Women’s Rights
- Discuss the agenda questions with your learners prior to the video conference
As a learner
Step 1: If you have not already, sign up on our student gamified platform, Ultimate Dialogue Adventure, here - adventure.generation.global or simply download and register on the Generation Global App on Android or iOS
Step 2: Complete the The Rights of Girls and Women topic and participate in Dialogue Spaces to earn XPs
Step 3: Book and participate into a video conference between 6 - 12 October 2026 (learn how)
Step 4: Complete the reflection popup after the video conference (learn how)
Step 5: Download your certificate for completing the topic from the Ultimate Dialogue Adventure (learn how)
Youth Voices from Around the World
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