A new issue of Action for Girls, a publication of the Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF (WGG) is available on-line.
Articles in this issue include:
Girls Stand Up!
Girls Stand Up! will be an exciting opportunity for girls who are attending the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in February. This orientation day, on February 20, at Pace University in Manhattan, is designed to introduce the girls to the workings of the CSW to give them the opportunity to become familiar with this year’s themes and to develop advocacy skills for doing the work of the CSW.
The keynote speaker will be Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the head of UN Women. After a series of workshops, the participants will also hear Leymah Roberta Gbowee. Ms Gbowee is the subject of the award-winning documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell.
Ensuring Safe Migration for Girls
The feminization of migration is being increasingly recognized and discussed. Many proposed strategies to help migrating women in vulnerable situations urge the adoption of a gender perspective in the creation of migration policies to protect women and to advance their status.
VGIF Promotes STEM
The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund sponsors projects empowering girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in Fiji and India.
Doris Schapira, Founding Member of WGG, Retires
WGG Recommendations for CSW 55
Read the February 2011 issue of Action for Girls at: http://www.girlsrights.org/Newsletter.html
Related Articles
- Ms. Leymah Roberta Gbowee to Address “Girls Stand Up!” in New York February 20. (thewgg.wordpress.com)
- SAVE THE DATE! Girls Stand Up! Orientation Day for CSW 55 (thewgg.wordpress.com)
- Ms. Michelle Bachelet to Deliver Keynote at “Girls Stand Up!” on February 20 in New York (thewgg.wordpress.com)