OCT 11 IS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD|10/11台灣女孩日 亞洲女孩人權大使揭幕

October 11 marks the International Day of the Girl Child. Since 2013, Taiwan has observed the day by organizing events to promote women's rights. This year, the Garden of Hope foundation invited four Asian Girls' Human Rights ambassadors to share their experiences about how they have fought for women's rights. I want to be brave for myself. Girls formed a circle and passed the torch symbolizing women's independence. Asian Girls' Human Rights ambassador Hadiqa Bashir of Pakistan talked about her vision. She is devoted to ending child marriage and bringing Pakistan girls back to school. ==HADIQA BASHIR, Asian Girls' Human Rights ambassador== The solution to child marriage is education and awareness. In the world country, we want to we are equal. The boys do anything we also do anything. Inessa Arshakyan, who is from Armenia, is also an ambassador for Asian girls' human rights. To improve women's rights in her country, she served as a volunteer in non-profit organizations to promote women's education and health. ==INESSA ARSHAKYAN, Asian Girls' Human Rights ambassador == Our country has less problems than some other countries, but still this problem remains very important. I think organizing more meetings and trainings for women to know they also have rights will be helpful for them. Young girls stood up for women's rights. They raised a pink girls' flag to raise the public's awareness of girls. ==CHI HUI-JUNG, Director, Garden of Hope Foundation== We hope that in every country, girls can be given equal opportunities for success. All countries should invest in girls' education. The United Nations believe that girls are the hope for the future. If we invest in girls, then all women in the future will be able to get rid of poverty. Despite the rising awareness of women's rights all over the world, gender inequalities still persist in many Asian countries. After a decade of effort, the Taiwan government made October 11 Taiwan Girls' Day in 2013, setting a new marker for awareness of women's rights in Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH ==NS== 再勇敢一點 我想要勇敢做自己 圍成圓圈，將象徵女性獨立自主的聖火傳遞出去，來自巴基斯坦的亞洲女孩人權大使哈蒂康巴希爾，勇敢拒絕童婚，挨家挨戶宣傳，要協助巴基斯坦的女孩重返校園。 ==亞洲女孩人權大使 哈蒂康巴希爾== 童婚的解決問題就是教育普及 我們希望男女平等 他們(男性)能做的我們也能做 同樣擔任亞洲女孩人權大使、來自亞美尼亞的艾妮莎艾莎肯，不滿意亞美尼亞女權低落，在NGO擔任志工，為女性的教育和健康盡一份力。 ==亞洲女孩人權大使 艾妮莎艾莎肯== 和其他的國家比起來 我的國家也不少的問題 這個問題非常重要 我想該整合 多一點會議 訓練 讓女性知道她們也有這樣的權利 我們會幫助她們 年輕女孩站出來，為女權發聲，升起粉色的女兒旗，喚起社會對女孩的重視。 ==勵馨基金會執行長 紀惠容== 全世界的每一個國家 都能夠投資女孩 給孩子公平的機會 而且要投資她們教育 因為他們(聯合國)認為說 女孩子是未來的希望 而且 如果我們投資女孩子 未來的婦女都可以脫貧 女權意識抬頭，但亞洲仍有許多地方，性別不平等，經過十年的努力，政府終於在2013年訂定10月11號是台灣女孩日，為台灣女權邁向新的里程碑。 記者 林欣儀 吳其昌 台北報導