Secretary-General's message on the International Day of the Girl Child
今天，六億青春期少女正準備進入一個經過創新和自動化變革的工作領域。她們是歷史上人數最多的一代，也給所有職業領域帶來廣闊的構想和解決方案。然而，女孩常常得不到充分發揮其潛力所需的空間和機會。多重的障礙包括系統性的歧視、偏見和缺乏培訓。
我們需要協同努力，克服各種障礙，例如婦女在信息和通信技術專業畢業生中所佔比例不到30%，在全世界的研發工作中所佔比例不到30%。
與女孩接受科學、技術、工程、數學教育相關的負面的性別陳規定型觀念早在小學就開始了，併產生了使她們懷疑自身潛力的毀滅性影響。
儘管就學的女孩人數是有史以來最高的，但許多女孩仍然沒有獲得終身成功所需的技能。此外，據估計五年之後，超過三分之一被視為當今勞動力中屬重要的技能將發生變化。
我們需要讓女孩掌握可轉變的終身技能，如批判性思維、創造力和數字意識。樹立榜樣也是至關重要的，尤其是在科學和其他女性稀少的領域中。
為了幫助增強青年人的權能，我最近推出了“2030年青年”的戰略，其宗旨是與青年合作、瞭解其需求並幫助其將構想付諸行動。值此國際女童日，讓我們再次承諾支持每個女孩開發她的技能、平等地進入勞動力市場並充分發揮她的潛力。
Today, 600 million adolescent girls are preparing to enter a world of work transformed by innovation and automation. They are the largest generation in history and a vast source of ideas and solutions for all career fields. Yet far too often, girls are not given the space and opportunities they need to achieve their full potential. Multiple barriers include systematic discrimination, biases and lack of training.
We need concerted efforts to overcome the obstacles that mean that, for example, women make up less than 30 per cent of graduates in information and communications technology and occupy less than 30 per cent of research and development jobs worldwide.
Negative gender stereotypes related to girls’ education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics begin as early as primary school, and have the devastating effect of making them doubt their own potential.
Although the number of girls attending school is the highest ever, many are still not getting the skills necessary for lifelong success. Moreover, it is estimated that five years from now, over one-third of the abilities considered important in today’s workforce will have changed.
We need to equip girls with transferable and lifelong skills such as critical thinking, creativity and digital awareness. Having role models will also be critical, especially in the sciences and other fields where the presence of women is sparse.
To help empower young people, I recently launched Youth2030, a strategy that aims to work with them, understand their needs and help put their ideas into action. On this International Day of the Girl, let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms and reach her full potential.
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