Let’s stand up for women and girls

Women’s and girls’ movements are changing the world and taking giant leaps every day toward achieving equality in education, safety, and prosperity.

But the Government’s cuts to aid make it so much harder for Australia to be an ally to their cause. To do our part to achieve global gender equality, we must have a bipartisan commitment to rebuild Australian aid.

Join the call for Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten to be allies to girls all over the world and commit to rebuild Australian aid.

Authorised by Mark Carpenter, 14 Napier Close, Deakin, ACT.

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Dear Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition,

Today is International Day of the Girl, an occasion in which we celebrate the inspiring progress made by girls' and women's movements across the world, and we recommit to the cause of gender equality.

Globally, 9 out of 10 girls now complete primary school. Domestic violence is now illegal in Tunisia and the Solomon Islands. Women and girls in Saudi Arabia won the right to drive and attend sporting events. Child marriages have been outlawed in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Women and girls are taking giant leaps, and we have a long way to go to achieve equality in education, safety, and prosperity.

But the Government's recent cuts to Australian aid make it so much harder for us to be allies to the cause of girls. Reducing our contribution to aid means that programs which promote access to education, health, and protection have been cut.

I call on you to stand with girls across the world by growing the aid program by 10% each year for six years. We have an opportunity to lead the world on promoting and championing the rights of girls and women, let's take it.

Will you show bipartisan leadership and commit to rebuild aid?

Yours sincerely,