United Nations – International Day of the Girl Child (11 Oct. 2024)

On this International Day of the Girl Child, which the UN established in 2012, France reaffirms its commitment to gender equality and the universality of women's and girls' rights. Respecting these rights is vital to a lasting peace and just societies. Girls' education and gender equality through education are some of France's feminist foreign policy and external action priorities. These issues will be central to the upcoming Feminist Foreign Policy Conference, which France will host in 2025. (…)