WORDOC 2026 Children's summit
WORDOC 2026 Children’s Summit: Empowering Children to Speak, Learn and Lead
The WORDOC 2026 Children’s Summit was a significant child-centred platform that brought together children, educators, civil society organizations, advocates, and other stakeholders to promote children’s rights, wellbeing, inclusion, education, and active participation in issues that affect their lives.
The summit provided an enabling environment where children were encouraged to express themselves, share their experiences, learn from one another, and develop the confidence to speak about challenges affecting their growth and development. It also reinforced the importance of creating safe, supportive, and inclusive spaces where every child can learn, participate, and thrive.
Peniel’s Girls Charity Organization’s Participation and Impact
Peniel’s Girls Charity Organization participated in the WORDOC 2026 Children’s Summit as part of its commitment to advancing the wellbeing, dignity, and empowerment of girls and young people. Our participation focused particularly on menstrual health, menstrual hygiene management, and the elimination of menstrual stigma.
Through our engagement at the summit, we contributed to conversations that challenged misconceptions and harmful stereotypes surrounding menstruation. We emphasized that menstruation is a natural and healthy biological process, not a disease or something a girl should be ashamed of.
Our intervention also highlighted the challenges many girls face when they lack access to adequate menstrual products, accurate information, appropriate sanitation facilities, and supportive environments. These barriers can affect girls’ confidence, participation, attendance, and overall wellbeing.
Key Impact
Through our participation, Peniel’s Girls Charity Organization:
Raised awareness about menstrual health and hygiene among children and other participants.
Challenged menstrual stigma and harmful misconceptions, encouraging more open and respectful conversations about menstruation.
Promoted dignity and confidence among girls, reinforcing the message that menstruation should never limit a girl’s ability to learn, participate, or pursue her dreams.
Amplified the voices of girls and children, encouraging them to speak openly about issues that affect their wellbeing.
Promoted menstrual health education as an essential component of the wellbeing and development of adolescent girls.
Encouraged collective responsibility among parents, schools, organizations, communities, and policymakers in creating supportive environments for girls.
Strengthened advocacy for menstrual equity, particularly for girls from underserved and vulnerable communities.
Connected menstrual health with broader child-rights issues, including education, dignity, inclusion, health, participation, and equal opportunities.
Our Message
At Peniel’s Girls Charity Organization, we believe that an informed girl is a confident girl, and a confident girl is better equipped to take charge of her future. Our participation at the WORDOC 2026 Children’s Summit further strengthened our commitment to ensuring that no girl is held back because of menstruation, stigma, lack of information, or lack of access to menstrual hygiene products.
We remain committed to building a society where girls can menstruate with dignity, learn without interruption, speak without fear, and grow with confidence.
Peniel’s Girls Charity Organization
Flowing with Confidence and Dignity
Motto: Healthy Circle, Healthy Lives
