MaureenByrne
Dr.Byrne
GWI Rep NY; WG-USA
Power4Girls: Invest in girls, transform the world
UNICEF – Executive Director
Purposeful
UN Women – Deputy Director
Sierra Leone – Minister of Information & Civic Education
Canada – Permanent Representative
Global Girl Leaders Advisory Group
Adolescent Girl Leader
Additional Speakers: United Kingdom -Special Envoy for Girls & Women; Nepal – Minister for Girls, Women & Senior Citizens; Germany – Special Envoy – Feminist Foreign Policy; Wellspring Philanthropic Fund – Program Director; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
The girl child, Human rights of women
SDG 1 – No Poverty, SDG4 – Quality Education, SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG 10 – Reduced Inequality, SDG17 – Partnerships to achieve the Goal
FGM (2016), Child Marriage (2016), Young Members (2016), Sexual Health and Reproduction Education (2019), Women and STEM (2019), Securing increased Domestic Funding for Education to include equal and safe access to Digital Learning (2022)
UNICEF is very interested in partnering with civil society and grassroots organizations. NFAs should consider how such partnerships could be established.
It is clear that adolescent girls have significant strengths as well as challenges. This session addressed the issues they are facing and successful programs that have resulted from collaboration between UNICEF, national governments, philanthropic foundations, grassroots organizations, and adolescent girls themselves.
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GWI has done a commendable job bringing in young women. This session suggests that reaching down to adolescent girls at the high school level could be very beneficial for them and their communities as well as for GWI.
UNICEF has put out a 30-year review on Adolescent Girls. I will write a summary of the successes, challenges, and recommendations for the GWI Newsletter.
