GIRLS’ BILL OF RIGHTS

• Girls have the right to be themselves - people first and female second - and to resist pressure to behave in sex-stereotyped ways.
• Girls have the right to express themselves with originality and enthusiasm.
• Girls have the right to take risks, to strive freely and take pride in success.
• Girls have the right to accept and enjoy the bodies they were born with and not feel pressure to compromise their health in order to satisfy the dictates of an "ideal" physical image.
• Girls have the right to be free of vulnerability and self-doubt and to develop as mentally and emotionally sound individuals.
• Girls have the right to prepare for interesting work and economic independence.