International Day of the Girl Child
UN observance since 2012. About 12 million girls under 18 are married each year — that's 23 every minute. Girl-focused interventions cut the curve fastest.
- Category
- Awareness
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2002
A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths and 159 injuries.