This International Day of the Girl, we also look back to the millions of girls whose childhoods were stolen, whose dreams were shattered, and whose lives were changed forever by child marriage.
Every year, 12 million girls are married before their 18th birthday. That’s one girl every three seconds.
Girls like Atou, who was married at just 11 years old and became a mother of three by 15. Atou never got the chance to write her own future.
This October, we ask you to join us in an act of remembrance and hope.
Write a message starting with “Dear future me…”
In memory of every girl who never got the chance to grow up.
In honour of those who survived.
In hope for those still fighting.
Your words will become part of a collective tribute, a powerful reminder that we see them, we hear them, and we will not stop fighting for them.
