You can help girls stay in school, avoid early marriage, and grow up with the freedom to pursue the life they choose.
Rights once protected are slipping away. Funding for girls’ rights programmes are shrinking. Conflict, climate disasters and instability are rising- and girls are often the first to feel the impact.
Too many girls are pulled out of school, forced into child marriage, denied medical care, or left in vulnerable and potentially violent settings simply because they’re girls.
You can stand with girls to create a different future.
When you give monthly to girls you are supporting girls’ rights programmes that:
Rights once protected are slipping away. Funding for girls’ rights programmes are shrinking. Conflict, climate disasters and instability are rising- and girls are often the first to feel the impact.
Too many girls are pulled out of school, forced into child marriage, denied medical care, or left in vulnerable and potentially violent settings simply because they’re girls.
You can stand with girls to create a different future.
When you give monthly to girls you are supporting girls’ rights programmes that:
“When girls thrive the pay-off lasts decades because a better life for girls means a better life for our future children.
Here in Ireland, we are no strangers to the struggles faced by women and girls. I grew up in the 1970s and remember vividly the death of Ann Lovett in childbirth. So many of us have been shaped by the stories of women and girls in mother-and-baby homes. Our experiences may differ, but a common thread runs through them all.
We may not have been traded for camels, sheep or goats, but Irish women have long known what it feels like to be told that biology is destiny; to be treated as a commodity, a second-class citizen. And yet, time and again, we have come together to push back.
We saw it in the movement to repeal the 8th. We’ve seen it in recent years as more women bravely step forward, waiving their right to anonymity to speak out against sexual violence. And we see it in the overwhelming solidarity they have been met with from the women- and indeed men- of Ireland.
Again and again, Ireland has shown that when we stand together, we can achieve remarkable change. And now, we must stand together with girls around the world, to say no to girls’ rights abuses, like child marriage, and take decisive steps toward true and lasting gender equality.”
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, International Human Rights Lawyer
A girl’s future can be shaped or shattered by where she’s born.
In many places, being a girl still means having fewer choices, heavier burdens, and greater risks. A girl may be expected to leave school early, care for siblings, marry as a child or give birth before she is ready.
These aren’t isolated events, they are patterns fueled by poverty, inequality, and conflict. And they’re happening to millions of girls, every day.
girls are out of school worldwide
a girl is forced to marry
are the top cause of death for teenage girls worldwide
That’s why your support matters. When you Give to Girls, your support helps create real change by:
Because every girl deserves a chance not only to survive, but to shape her story.
The length of your commitment is up to you. Many of our Girls supporters have been involved for several years and find it to be an incredibly rewarding experience. Helping advance girls’ rights and achieving equality for girls will take time. The World Economic Forum estimates we won’t achieve gender equality for another 132 years. Consistent long-term support is the key to driving fundamental shifts in mindsets and lasting change.
When you sponsor a girl, you support community-based projects in specific locations to help the children and families within those areas.
When you Give to Girls, you join a growing community in Ireland of individuals who are committed to helping champion girls’ rights. Together, you fund gender equality-focused programmes, spanning hundreds of communities around the world. You help reach girls worldwide with the support they need, helping save and transform lives while driving equality forward. You will learn about girls’ rights issues and see the progress your support makes through the eyes of the girls you’ve helped reach with empowerment opportunities.
A Give to Girls monthly gift is designed to help advance equal rights starting with girls, as they are one of the groups most at-risk of human rights violations in the countries where we work. However, our projects offer meaningful opportunities for boys, too. Gender norms and negative stereotypes are harmful to boys and men, as well.
Gender equality benefits everyone, and it takes everyone being involved to achieve it, which is why we include boys, men, women and girls of all ages and community positions within our work. If we build a school, boys will also attend. If we educate young people about sexual and reproductive health and rights, boys learn as well. Only by working together can we create a more just and equal world where all children realise and achieve what they are capable of.
