Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“Every girl deserves the right to feel safe in their communities. And this starts by having them at the front of the conversation and decision making.” Allison, 20, an alum of She's the First's Girl Activist Fellowship and a member of our Girls Advisory Council, said at the What Girls Want demonstration in front of the UN on Saturday ahead of the #SummitOfTheFuture. “
More than 50 young women from around the world – including the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai – gathered to take United Nations member states to task for failing to prioritize girls and young women in the planning and content of the upcoming Summit of the Future.
At a demonstration in front of the UN, surrounded by life-size cutouts of world leaders dressed ironically as youthful “girl experts”, the activists delivered a strong message: world leaders aren’t the experts on what girls want and need for their futures – girls are.
The group is backed by an informal coalition of girl-centered non-profit organizations, institutions, networks, and funds who worked to synthesize the well-documented policy, programming, and resourcing demands of girls at WhatGirlsWant.com
Video by Mahina Martinson/Malala Fund
“Every girl deserves the right to feel safe in their communities. And this starts by having them at the front of the conversation and decision making.” Allison, 20, an alum of She's the First's Girl Activist Fellowship and a member of our Girls Advisory Council, said at the What Girls Want demonstration in front of the UN on Saturday ahead of the #SummitOfTheFuture. “
More than 50 young women from around the world – including the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai – gathered to take United Nations member states to task for failing to prioritize girls and young women in the planning and content of the upcoming Summit of the Future.
At a demonstration in front of the UN, surrounded by life-size cutouts of world leaders dressed ironically as youthful “girl experts”, the activists delivered a strong message: world leaders aren’t the experts on what girls want and need for their futures – girls are.
The group is backed by an informal coalition of girl-centered non-profit organizations, institutions, networks, and funds who worked to synthesize the well-documented policy, programming, and resourcing demands of girls at WhatGirlsWant.com
Video by Mahina Martinson/Malala Fund
