Suggested activities for students

  • Voices of Youth—an online chat room for youth on children’s rights and issues. To participate, click on UNICEF’s website at www.unicef.org and then on Voices of Youth, voice your opinions and vote on a wide range of children’s issues. Results of the voting are posted online.
  • Participate in your high school’s model United Nations club, or if one does not exist, start your own.
  • Check to see if your country has ratified the CRC and/or CEDAW and see what efforts of enforcement are being made. Write letters and send emails to your elected officials and leaders --local, national or international--who may have influence to improve the situation of girls.
  • Support a program working directly to help girls and women trapped in situations of war or poverty. Such help can be channelled through organizations such as UNICEF.