Take Action: Support A Day To Honor Women Worldwide

Sign the petition in favor of making September 22 International Day of the Girl!

Goal: 15,000 • Progress: 1,609

Sponsored by: Global Girlfriend

It's not easy being a girl these days. Even today, women face all kinds of adversity in our largely male-driven world.

The proof is in the numbers. Every year over two million girls are experience forced genital mutilation. Over 75 percent of war casualties are women. Approximately 80 percent of human trafficking victims are female. And worldwide, close to 50 percent of women will experience domestic violence of some kind.

Though women have made tremendous advances toward equality and empowerment in the last century, the statistics speak for themselves — and there's still a long way to go.

School Girls Unite — an organization dedicated to advancing women — is proposing to make September 22 International Day of the Girl, so on that day we may highlight and celebrate the empowerment of women worldwide.

Sign the petition in favor of making September 22 International Day of the Girl!

Dear United Nations representatives:

As you know, women today continue to face a tremendous amount of adversity. Even despite all of the advancements toward equality and human rights women have made over the years, they still experience more inequality and suffering than men ever will.

For example, one in five college women will experience rape in her college career. Seventy percent of people living in poverty worldwide are women. Women are paid 30-40 percent less than women for the same occupations. And three hundred women die each day of pregnancy-related issues. The list goes on and on.

Clearly, there is still a long way to go before women reach true equality on a global level. That's why I'm writing to you today — to ask that you designate September 22 as International Day of the Girl.

An official day for girls across the globe will encourage individuals and organizations worldwide to promote female equality, health, happiness, as well as celebrate the invaluable contributions females make to society.

Please make September 22 International Day of the Girl!

Thank you.

Petition Signatures

May 9, 2013 Barbara Cote

May 6, 2013 Phil Butler

May 4, 2013 James Crewe

May 4, 2013 Madelyne Beddoes

May 3, 2013 Janet Neihart

May 3, 2013 Linda Borell

May 3, 2013 Morag Miller

Apr 30, 2013 esther weingarten

Apr 27, 2013 Windy Rodriguez

Apr 24, 2013 marilyn graziano

Apr 24, 2013 Melanie McCutcheon

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Apr 23, 2013 Kenny Velasquez

Apr 23, 2013 Kate Simms

Apr 20, 2013 Nanci Rogers

Apr 19, 2013 baez stephanie

Apr 17, 2013 (Name not displayed)

Apr 15, 2013 Esther Gray Woman make the world go round and bring life into the world

Apr 13, 2013 shelly mckenzie

Apr 11, 2013 Arlo Jones

Apr 11, 2013 Nerry Jimenez

Apr 9, 2013 Kathleen Jordan

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Apr 6, 2013 Sandra Patterson

Apr 6, 2013 Meiju Lehtiniitty

Apr 6, 2013 Carol Walker Women today need to be respected around the world, everyday,, loved, nutured, and blessed, without a women being here on Earth, no one will be borned, so just be aware of this,,,, Thank God for allowing this to HAPPEN,,,,

Apr 3, 2013 jenny hamm

Apr 2, 2013 debbie finley

Mar 30, 2013 rhonda lawford

Mar 30, 2013 Catherine Lissefeld

Mar 30, 2013 Ernest Jae

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Mar 29, 2013 Jennifer Kelly

Mar 29, 2013 Debbie Luchka

Mar 28, 2013 Cvetka Bregant

Mar 28, 2013 Tanya Williams

Mar 27, 2013 Marcia Mitcheltree

Mar 27, 2013 (Name not displayed) DAY OF THE GIRL! DAY OF THE GIRL! Also, that's my closest friend's birthday, too!