International Every Girl Wins Day – March 13, 2025

History of International Every Girl Wins Day

Every Girls Institute founder and C.E.O., Dr. Christine Kozachuk, established March 13 as International Every Girl Wins Day. Dr. Kozachuk started the initiative to help young girls turn their lives around and become successful members of society. The institute shows young women that they can overcome challenges holding them back from leading fulfilling personal and professional lives. The organization provides written lessons, visual interactions, and group sessions — teaching students how to turn their ambitions into achievements and create action plans for their goals in life. The Every Girl Wins Institute is not the first organization dedicated to this cause.

The women’s rights movement began in the 19th century, focusing on voting rights. In July 1848, around 300 people — most of them women — gathered in New York to lay the foundation for the women’s rights movement, including strategies to achieve their goals. This meeting is known as the Seneca Convention, and it resulted in the approval of a voting rights resolution. However, this was only the beginning of decades of activism and lobbying, for even the most tolerant and supportive male congressmen were reluctant to allow women to vote.

In 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed. Between 1910 and 1914, NAWSA made significant gains at the state level and, by 1917, succeeded in getting a woman elected to the U.S. Congress. This year coincided with the U.S’ entry into the First World War. Groups like the Women’s Land Army showed that women could play an active and productive role in the modern world if given equal opportunity and freedom. Today, hundreds of organizations are dedicated to women’s rights, including U.N. Women and the Global Fund for Women, but there’s still a long way to go.