Not a ‘day’ in isolation; it is part of a massive and relentless drive towards a world of equality.

UN Women‘s executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, in a statement made to commemorate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child – 11 October 2015 – said:

The cadre of 15-year-old girls living today were born at the advent of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) into a world of hope.