Plan India’s Girl Changemakers from 10 States in India stepped into the roles of Ambassadors and High Commissioners from 22 Diplomatic Missions to mark the International Day of the Girl Child (IDG) on Tuesday.
Girls in several districts of Odisha also took over important gram panchayat and Government positions. Every year, on October 11, girls from Plan-supported communities take over positions of power and significance, demonstrating their potential to lead the way into the future, championing girls’ voice, power and leadership to achieve gender under the ‘Girls Get Equal’ campaign.
The symbolic takeovers were organized in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to India, along with 22 Diplomatic Missions in New Delhi including Australia, Belgium, Slovakia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Finland, New Zealand, Germany, Israel, Poland, Slovenia, Mexico, Lithuania, Latvia, Ecuador, Sweden, Bulgaria, Argentina and Switzerland.
Apart from the Embassy takeovers, about 29 Plan India’s Girl Changemakers from Odisha took over important Gram Panchayat positions in their respective cities. The agenda of the village takeovers was women empowerment through representation of people in sphere of local governance, along with facilitating participation of disadvantaged communities in local self-governance to ensure their development and welfare.
