A Force to Be Reckoned With: Celebrating #DayoftheGirl With @fxxtimxh

Faatimah is a teen advisor for the @unfoundation’s Girl Up campaign (@girlupcampaign). Today, people like Faatimah are posting photos of girls and women who inspire them using #GIRLHERO and #DayoftheGirl. Follow the hashtags on Instagram to learn more.

“I like to think of myself as a sort of Venn diagram because there are so many aspects of me that overlap,” says 17-year-old Faatimah Soloman (@fxxtimxh). “For example, I’m a feminist, I’m American, I’m Sudanese and I live in Saudi Arabia.”

Activists like Faatimah are lifting their voices to celebrate International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to bringing awareness to the issues of girls worldwide.

“Girls need resources like education in order to succeed, and it’s not just girls’ problem. It should be a top priority of global society,” Faatimah says. “Girls are a force to be reckoned with — we’re not little things. We’re a big deal. What we do, what we stand for and what we say matters, and people should pay attention. Our gender should not disadvantage us by any means.”