TYTW was founded on the first International Day of the Girl Child, held first on October 11, 2012.
To reflect on the brutal realities of the past decade for girls, TYTW held a private exhibition last week with the U.S. State Department, titled “Girls on the Brink: Holding on to Fragile Futures.” U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman delivered the keynote address, along with remarks from Afghan National Lightweight Boxing Champion and TYTW beneficiary Seema Rezai, Senior Advisor in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues Varina Winder, and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and President & Founder of TYTW Stephanie Sinclair.
This powerful multimedia exhibition, which will travel and open to the public at a later date, highlights the struggles that girls are currently facing globally and draws awareness to the dramatic rollbacks of girls’ rights that have taken place over the last several years. Showcasing original works by predominantly female and non-binary visual journalists, the exhibition explores issues such as child marriage, reproductive rights, human trafficking, racial injustice, and climate change, and how these issues have disproportionate and devastating effects on young girls around the world. The event was generously supported by the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, Canon, and the International Women’s Media Foundation.
From left to right: Afghan National Lightweight Boxing Champion and TYTW beneficiary Seema Rezai; TYTW President & Founder Stephanie Sinclair, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights Rina Amiri, and Senior Advisor in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues Varina Winder listen to the Deputy Secretary’s remarks. Photos by Andrea Bruce.
