The State of World Population 2016. UNFPA

Where will the 10-year-old girl be at 25? In 2030, today’s 10-year-old girl will be 25. In 15 years, as an empowered young woman, she could change the world. But she should not have to. It is up to the world to change for her. In the 2030 Agenda, almost all countries have agreed to transform development so that it includes everyone and avoids destroying the planet that we all share, including with future generations. Transformation is a tall but feasible order. All nations will need to make new choices that manifest through far-reaching shifts in laws and legal practices, policies and services, investments, norms and the measurements of success. We have every reason to put the 10-year-old girl at the very centre of all elements of this process. This is her right. It will be essential to inclusive development that leaves no one behind. And it will yield major social and economic dividends that benefit everyone.