This year’s State of the World’s Girls Report focuses on the experiences of young people whose lives are dominated by conflict. We wanted to understand how the experiences of violence, educational disruption, livelihood loss, and emotional distress, brought on by conflict, vary for girls and young women, boys and young men, and how this will affect their lives in the future.
What do these differences mean for humanitarian aid organisations, governments, policy makers, communities and for young people themselves and what can be done to really embed this understanding into action?
Despite having their lives upended, the resilient young people we spoke to still have big dreams and ambitions for the future. They want support to return to school, and they still hope to become doctors, teachers, journalists, engineers and pilots. Armed conflict must end for this to happen – and we must ensure young people’s voices are part of the solution and heard by those in power.
Download the Executive Summary (PDF 789KB).
The State of the World’s Girls is a series of research reports released every year for the International Day of the Girl.
Our 2023 Impact Report highlights the results of the generous investments made by our Girls Education and Empowerment Fund (GEEFund) donors.
The 2023 State of the World’s Girls report is focused on girls’ and young women’s activism.
