| Young women at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India. |
On a day dedicated to the female youth of the world, nations will reflect on what issues still exist and what work must still be done for gender equality.
Four years ago, the United Nations established October 11 as the Day of the Girl to address the inequality, poverty and violence that girls experience as a result of their gender.
The United Nations has pursued gender equality, universal access to primary education, reduced child mortality and improved maternal health since 2000 as part of its Millennium Development Goals. With the deadline now over for these goals to be achieved, many of the issues that faced girls in 2000 — lack of education, poverty, violence and child marriage — still affect too many girls in 2015.
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