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On this page, we amplify the voices of adolescent girl leaders we work with where they write about their experiences and issues that matter to them.

October 30, 2026

My Wave of Change: My Experience at the Female Wave of Change Global Summit 2026 

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by Brianna, Adolescent Girl Leader, Let Girls Learn Initiative (LGLI)

Walking into a room filled with women leaders, changemakers and people working to make a difference, I wondered what it would be like to be one of the youngest people there. Would people listen to what I had to say? Would my ideas matter?

By the end of the Female Wave of Change Global Summit 2026, I had a different answer: my voice matters, no matter how old I am.

Hello! My name is Brianna Tiffany. I am 11 years old and an Adolescent Girl Leader with the Let Girls Learn Initiative (LGLI).

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the summit at Hill Park Hotel in Nairobi. My participation was supported by the Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP) through its Girl Advocacy Fund, which helps AGIP members create opportunities for girls to take part in advocacy spaces and important conversations. I am grateful for this opportunity because it gave me a chance to share my voice, learn from others and meet women who are working to make a difference. 

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September 2, 2024

The need for greater advocacy and action on children’s rights, specially on girls’ education remains relevant all year around. As the world leaders gear up for important global advocacy and policy spaces like the Summit of the Future and Beijing+30, I hope that the voices, aspirations, priorities, and leadership of adolescent girls will receive due attention and inclusion in these spaces. Girls’ education is significant because it brings forth progress that goes far beyond improving the literacy rates. When individual empowerment is recognised through education, the gradual progress of a country is visible. - Rushna, AGIP Girl Advisor 2023 - 2024

Empowering future through Right to Education 

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by Rushna, AGIP Girl Advisor 2023  – 2024

There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman.” – Angelina Jolie 

Girls’ education is significant because it brings forth progress that goes far beyond improving the literacy rates. When individual empowerment is recognised through education, the gradual progress of a country is visible.  

The need for greater advocacy and action on children’s rights, especially on girls’ education remains relevant all year around. Here is a brief reflection from the Workshop I organised on the World’s Children Day just last year highlighting the experiencing of my peers coming together on our shared passion for girls’ education.  

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November 24, 2023

My UNGA Journey: Empowering Adolescent Girls on the Global Stage

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by Misati, AGIP Girl Advisor 2023 

I am Misati, an adolescent girl from Kenya associated with the Northern Women Empowerment Initiative (NOWEI) Kenya. Thanks to the support of AMPLIFY Girls and the Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP), I had the incredible opportunity to participate in events at the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly and related meetings held in New York from 15 – 23 September 2023. 

In today’s world, we are confronted with numerous crises, issues, and conflicts.

Amid all these challenges, adolescent girls and young women, who have often been marginalized throughout their lives, continue to silently endure without the hope of change; in fact, their situations seem to be deteriorating. 

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October 11, 2023

Ellas quieren y, sobre todo, tienen derecho a aprender l Girls want to and, most importantly, have the right to learn!

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By Paola, AGIP Girl Advisor (2023-2024)

Al momento de experimentar mi menarquia (primera menstruación), la única “información” de la que disponía eran los conocimientos básicos transmitidos por mi madre sobre la forma de colocar una toalla sanitaria y la duración aproximada de la menstruación. Ella, como muchas mujeres, no contaba con información más detallada sobre la salud y la gestión menstrual. Leer más….

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August 12, 2023

International Youth Day 2023 

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The need for holistic shifts towards more sustainable development practices has been urgent for decades now, but the collective efforts on green transition have remained slower than needed.  

The first International Youth Day (IYD) was observed in the year 2000 and since then, the world has continued to celebrate IYD every year on 12th of August to recognise and forefront the innovative leadership of young activists.  

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