Girl Up was founded by the UN Foundation in 2010 as an initiative to help support UN agencies that focus on empowering girls in various countries
The aim of Girl UP SIS is to engage girls and boys in standing up for girls, empowering each other, leading together, and changing our world.
Furthermore, Girl UP SIS plans to work with a series of focus countries to ensure that every girl gets the rights she deserves, including the right to an education, the right to contraception, and the right to sanitation.