4. During the past year, the Working Group on Girls has
continued to focus its efforts on institutionalizing girls’
rights throughout the United Nations system.
5. To that end it has worked very deliberately with
selected Member States, UN mechanisms, NGO’s and
media outlets
• Department of Public Information
• Third Committee
• ECOSOC Commission on the Status of Women
• Gender and Human Rights Division of UNICEF
• CoNGO Civil Society Forum
• NGO/CSW
• Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
6. To that end it has worked very deliberately with
selected Member States, UN mechanisms, NGO’s and
media outlets
• Department of Public Information
• Third Committee
• ECOSOC Commission on the Status of Women
• Gender and Human Rights Division of UNICEF
• CoNGO Civil Society Forum
• NGO/CSW
• Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
7. Moving Girls’ Agenda Forward . . .
Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF
WGG Co-Chairs - Steering Committee
Overall Goal: Institutionalizing of Girls Rights through the UN System and Structures
including UN Agencies, Members States and NGOs
Strategic Development for Institutionalization of Girls Rights:
Co-Chairs and the WGG-Steering Group
Communication &
Program Administration
Communication Secretary:
Advocacy - Mary Jo Toll Task Force on Coordinator: Carolyn Winifred
Through HR Inst.
Protecting Girls from Donovan Doherty
CEDAW and CRC
Violence
Doris Schapira
Newsletter: Coordinator:
Events - Corresponding
Susan O’Malley
Third Committee Victoria Edmonds Secretary:
CSW51 - Eleanor
Implementation Schlesinger
Beth Adamson. Web-site: Coordinator:
Girls Participation Mary Ann Strain
CSW54 Ann Scholz & Adwoa Aidoo
Zelia Cordiero Allison Attenello Treasurer :
Task Force on White
House Council on Ruth
International Network for Goodgold
Women & Girls
DPI Girls
Research & Writing Jill Marie Sens
Yvonne Rafferty
Fundraising
Ad-hoc Committee Facebook Coordinator Steering
New UN Gender Entity Mary Jo Ryan & Group
Stephanie Wolfe
Ashley Steimer
8. Third Committee
Advocacy
• Monitored the opening
statements in the General
Debate to gauge which
countries would be best to
approach for advocacy on the
resolutions
• Communicated both in person
and by email with Members
utilizing WGG Talking Points
• Monitored progress on the
biennial resolution on girls’
rights
• Contributed to the resolution on
the rights of the child
9. Talking Points for the Third Committee were developed
and shared with UN Agencies and Missions
• In 2009, Section 3 of the Resolution focused on “The right of the child to express
his/her views freely in all matters affecting him/her.” We focused on the following
areas:
• Gender discrimination as a result of gender inequality
• Structural violence and discrimination against the girl child
• Family/household responsibilities
• Girls in the worst forms of child labour
• (a) Girls affected by slavery like practices (child trafficking, commercial sexual
exploitation)
• Other forms of gender-based violence and Other areas of discrimination
against girls
10. The WGG Supported the
UNICEF 20th Anniversary
Commemoration of the
Convention on the Rights
of the Child
by publicizing the event through
our network and encouraging our
member organizations to invite
girls to attend the event
11. The WGG Supported the
UNICEF 20th Anniversary
Commemoration of the
Convention on the Rights
of the Child
by publicizing the event through
our network and encouraging our
member organizations to invite
girls to attend the event
12. The WGG Supported the
UNICEF 20th Anniversary
Commemoration of the
Convention on the Rights
of the Child
by publicizing the event through
our network and encouraging our
member organizations to invite
girls to attend the event
13. The WGG Supported the
UNICEF 20th Anniversary
Commemoration of the
Convention on the Rights
of the Child
by publicizing the event through
our network and encouraging our
member organizations to invite
girls to attend the event
14. The WGG Supported the
UNICEF 20th Anniversary
Commemoration of the
Convention on the Rights
of the Child
by publicizing the event through
our network and encouraging our
member organizations to invite
girls to attend the event
15. The WGG Supported the
UNICEF 20th Anniversary
Commemoration of the
Convention on the Rights
of the Child
by publicizing the event through
our network and encouraging our
member organizations to invite
girls to attend the event
17. Collaboration with UNIFEF on UNICEF Paper for
CSW54
In this paper, we commented on the points raised by UNICEF and made a
number of substantial recommendations which were subsequently incorporated
in the UNICEF report.
18. The WGG at CSW 54
The Working Group on Girls (WGG) was committed to ensuring that girls were present and that their needs and concerns
were adequately addressed by the Commission. To that end the WGG:
• Submitted a written statement focusing on girls to the CSW
• Talking Points were developed and passed to the Advocacy Group to guide their discussions with missions.
• Welcomed Girls to CSW 54
• Encouraged NGOs and Member States to include girls on their delegations
• Facilitated girls’ participation at CSW 54
• Advocated with and on behalf of girls with member states and UN Agencies
• Planned preparatory and parallel events which focus on girls rights and concerns
• Communicated information about CSW 54 to our constituents
19. Our advocacy with negotiating groups was
focused on CSW 54 and the gender entity.
BUKINA
JAPAN PORTUGAL UNITED STATES
FASO
COLUMBIA NAMIBIA SPAIN
EGYPT NIGERIA SWEDEN
23. Quotes from Participants Youth Orientation for CSW
• I enjoyed this and it was a great experience that will never
leave me!
• IT WAS REALLY GOOD!
• I was so glad to be here!
• Overall, today was really helpful and motivating for the CSW.
• If the youth at CSW speak up and have a voice than the
issues can be solved.
• It was great to see so many guys there.
24. Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF
Invites Girls ages 12 - 18 yrs
Talk and Share...
A GIRLS-ONLY WORKSHOP
You are invited to attend a workshop for girls* during the 54th
Session of the CSW! This workshop will focus on learning
about the CSW 54th theme: the Beijing Platform for Action with
a particular emphasis on section L.
The workshop will also provide a space in which girls learn
about the process that government delegates use to write an
"outcome document" and mirror this process by beginning to
Girls Only Workshop
shape a girls’ statement.
This workshop is the only GIRLS-ONLY event that will be
held during CSW 54. All girls are invited to participate in this
exciting event!
* Boys are an important part of the girls’ movement, so there
At this workshop held during will be a separate discussion with them.
CSW 54, girls learned about the Date: Monday, March 1, 2010
process government delegates
Time: 4:00-5:30 PM
use to write an “outcome
Location: Church Center 11th floor
document” and mirror this 777 United Nations Plaza
(Corner of 1st Ave and 44th Street)
process by writing a girls’ New York, NY 10017
statement. This event is sponsored by:
40 girls attended. 5 boys
attended a parallel boys session.
25. Girl- Boy Dialogue
Date: All youth are invited to attend a girl - boy dialogue during
Thursday, March 4, 2010 the 54th Session of the CSW!
We will discuss Section L of the Beijing Platform for
Girl-Boy Dialogue
Action and how boys and girls come together to work
Time: toward gender parity. We’ll consider these questions:
4:00 - 5:30PM
Why is it important for boys and girls to learn about
Beijing and particularly section L?
How can boys and young men become allies for
girls and young women?
Girls and boys discussed Section Location:
Church Center 10th Floor
Why is this important in varying social and cultural
contexts?
L of the Beijing Platform for What are examples of youth taking the lead in this
work amongst their peers and how can others learn
Action. 777 United Nations Plaza
from it?
(Corner of 1st and 44th
street)
Participants included 35 youth.
New York, NY 10017
26. A Girls Global
Platform for Action:
Universal Day of the
Girl - Co-hosted with
PLAN
Girls from across the globe called
for September 22nd to be
proclaimed the Universal Day of
the Girl. A girl-led open panel and
interactive media session
debated why girls should be
celebrated and why their issues
should be permanently on the
agendas of duty-bearers in every
country.
27. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
28. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
29. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
30. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
31. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
32. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
33. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
34. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
35. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
36. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
37. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE GIRL CHILD:
PROMISING PREVENTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Parallel Event during the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza
(East Side of 1st Ave., bet. 48th and 49th St., First Floor)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 pm – 3:00pm
Commercial sexual exploitation of girls is an egregious crime, an extreme form of violence, and a major
violation of children’s human rights. It presents grave risks to the physical, psychological, spiritual and social-
emotional development of young victims. This presentation highlights a number of promising prevention
strategies and describes some noteworthy examples of innovative recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration
programs and policies.
Panel:
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
Nan Kennelly, Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United States
Department of State
Daniel Seymour, Chief, Gender Equality & Human Rights Unit – UNICEF
Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), New York
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Gary Barker, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM VIOLENCE
Co-Chairs of the Parallel Event:
Doris Schapira, League of Women Voters of the United States
Yvonne Rafferty, Pace University, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Sponsors: NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls (WGG);
League of Women Voters of the United States; Associated Country Women of the World; ECPAT; Baha'is of
the United States; Maryknoll Sisters; International Council of Jewish Women; ORT America; Pan Pacific
South East Asia Women's Association; Women of Reform Judaism; World ORT Union; Zonta; International
Federation of University Women
38. The NGO Committee
on
UNICEF Working
Group
On Girls
“Keeping our Promises to Girls”:
Girls Review the Toolkit for Follow-up to CSW 51
Keeping our We are excited to hear girl delegates showcase their worldwide response to the toolkit created for
implementation of the Agreed Conclusions of the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of
Promises to Girls
Women: “Elimination of Violence and Discrimination against the Girl Child”. Girls will present a
powerpoint review of CSW 51 and Tool kit responses to issues of Health and Poverty of the Girl
Child. We will hear directly from girl delegate(s) about their own view of the state of girls in the
world. Following, we will launch the Set III Toolkit questions on the Protection, Migration and
Trafficking of Girls, inviting YOU to participate by using these Indicator questions in Discussion
Groups such as the following: girls groups, mixed groups of girls and boys, adults, schools, church
communities, NGO’s, local, state, & government venues, and UN settings.
Girl delegates showcased their Wednesday, March 3rd
worldwide response to the toolkit 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Salvation Army
created for implementation of the Programme:
221 East 52nd Street, bet 2nd and 3rd Ave.
Agreed Conclusions of CSW 51 Greeting: Elaine Basinger, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
WGG Indicators as an Important Implementation Tool of the UN CSW51 follow-up
Girl Delegates present Powerpoint of Indicator Responses from Girls around the World
We launched Set III Toolkit Current Girl Delegates of CSW54 share their own experiences and views
questions on Protection, Open Feedback & questions from other Delegates who work with the Girl Child
Migration and Trafficking Formal Launch of Set III Indicators on Protection, Migration and Trafficking of Girls
39. WGG Advocacy:
Caucus on Girls Caucus on Girls
This caucus prepared participants, March 1, 2010
especially girls, to advocate with 12:00 - 1:30
delegations during CSW 54 using WGG 10th floor-Church Center
Talking Points
Advocacy reports were posted at: Sponsored by:
http://caucusongirls.wordpress.com/ Working Group on Girls
and
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
40. DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“Girls’ Education:
An End to Poverty?”
Thursday, 1 April 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building
Background Information
“Investing in girls’ education delivers well-known returns. When girls are educated, they are
more likely to earn higher wages and obtain better jobs, to have fewer and healthier children
and to enjoy safer childbirth.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Population Day, 11 July 2009
Established as a human right over 60 years ago, education is unquestionably a valuable
investment for countries in the development of their people, allowing them in turn to
make better lives for themselves. Nowhere is this more important than in developing
countries, and most specifically among the adolescent female population. According
to an important study on the subject by the Center for Global Development, entitled
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda: “without adequate skills and
training, and without access to economic self-sufficiency, many girls in developing
countries enter into child marriages. One in seven girls in developing countries marry
by age 15, and in 15 countries throughout South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, almost
half of all girls are married before age 18.” There is also a very strong link between
lack of education, gender inequality and poverty. This is underscored by the Girls
Count study: “approximately one-sixth of the world’s young people live on less than
two dollars a day….This level of extreme poverty determines the lives and possibilities
for many young women and girls, such as the 122 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa
who live on less than one dollar a day.”
Indeed, for girls and women living in poverty, education is not only the key to a
brighter future but the means for survival and a critical driver for economic growth
United Nations, DPI/NGO Relations Cluster, Room S-1070 J
Tel: (917) 367-9380 / (212) 963 7709 ! Fax: (212) 963-6914 ! E-mail: section1d@un.org
The WGG partnered with Channel 13 and the Department
of Public Information to organize a briefing on “Girls’
Education: An End to Poverty?”
41. DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“Girls’ Education:
An End to Poverty?”
Thursday, 1 April 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building
Background Information
“Investing in girls’ education delivers well-known returns. When girls are educated, they are
more likely to earn higher wages and obtain better jobs, to have fewer and healthier children
and to enjoy safer childbirth.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Population Day, 11 July 2009
Established as a human right over 60 years ago, education is unquestionably a valuable
investment for countries in the development of their people, allowing them in turn to
make better lives for themselves. Nowhere is this more important than in developing
countries, and most specifically among the adolescent female population. According
to an important study on the subject by the Center for Global Development, entitled
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda: “without adequate skills and
training, and without access to economic self-sufficiency, many girls in developing
countries enter into child marriages. One in seven girls in developing countries marry
by age 15, and in 15 countries throughout South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, almost
half of all girls are married before age 18.” There is also a very strong link between
lack of education, gender inequality and poverty. This is underscored by the Girls
Count study: “approximately one-sixth of the world’s young people live on less than
two dollars a day….This level of extreme poverty determines the lives and possibilities
for many young women and girls, such as the 122 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa
who live on less than one dollar a day.”
Indeed, for girls and women living in poverty, education is not only the key to a
brighter future but the means for survival and a critical driver for economic growth
United Nations, DPI/NGO Relations Cluster, Room S-1070 J
Tel: (917) 367-9380 / (212) 963 7709 ! Fax: (212) 963-6914 ! E-mail: section1d@un.org
The WGG partnered with Channel 13 and the Department
of Public Information to organize a briefing on “Girls’
Education: An End to Poverty?”
42. DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“Girls’ Education:
An End to Poverty?”
Thursday, 1 April 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building
Background Information
“Investing in girls’ education delivers well-known returns. When girls are educated, they are
more likely to earn higher wages and obtain better jobs, to have fewer and healthier children
and to enjoy safer childbirth.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Population Day, 11 July 2009
Established as a human right over 60 years ago, education is unquestionably a valuable
investment for countries in the development of their people, allowing them in turn to
make better lives for themselves. Nowhere is this more important than in developing
countries, and most specifically among the adolescent female population. According
to an important study on the subject by the Center for Global Development, entitled
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda: “without adequate skills and
training, and without access to economic self-sufficiency, many girls in developing
countries enter into child marriages. One in seven girls in developing countries marry
by age 15, and in 15 countries throughout South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, almost
half of all girls are married before age 18.” There is also a very strong link between
lack of education, gender inequality and poverty. This is underscored by the Girls
Count study: “approximately one-sixth of the world’s young people live on less than
two dollars a day….This level of extreme poverty determines the lives and possibilities
for many young women and girls, such as the 122 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa
who live on less than one dollar a day.”
Indeed, for girls and women living in poverty, education is not only the key to a
brighter future but the means for survival and a critical driver for economic growth
United Nations, DPI/NGO Relations Cluster, Room S-1070 J
Tel: (917) 367-9380 / (212) 963 7709 ! Fax: (212) 963-6914 ! E-mail: section1d@un.org
The WGG partnered with Channel 13 and the Department
of Public Information to organize a briefing on “Girls’
Education: An End to Poverty?”
43. DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“Girls’ Education:
An End to Poverty?”
Thursday, 1 April 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building
Background Information
“Investing in girls’ education delivers well-known returns. When girls are educated, they are
more likely to earn higher wages and obtain better jobs, to have fewer and healthier children
and to enjoy safer childbirth.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Population Day, 11 July 2009
Established as a human right over 60 years ago, education is unquestionably a valuable
investment for countries in the development of their people, allowing them in turn to
make better lives for themselves. Nowhere is this more important than in developing
countries, and most specifically among the adolescent female population. According
to an important study on the subject by the Center for Global Development, entitled
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda: “without adequate skills and
training, and without access to economic self-sufficiency, many girls in developing
countries enter into child marriages. One in seven girls in developing countries marry
by age 15, and in 15 countries throughout South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, almost
half of all girls are married before age 18.” There is also a very strong link between
lack of education, gender inequality and poverty. This is underscored by the Girls
Count study: “approximately one-sixth of the world’s young people live on less than
two dollars a day….This level of extreme poverty determines the lives and possibilities
for many young women and girls, such as the 122 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa
who live on less than one dollar a day.”
Indeed, for girls and women living in poverty, education is not only the key to a
brighter future but the means for survival and a critical driver for economic growth
United Nations, DPI/NGO Relations Cluster, Room S-1070 J
Tel: (917) 367-9380 / (212) 963 7709 ! Fax: (212) 963-6914 ! E-mail: section1d@un.org
The WGG partnered with Channel 13 and the Department
of Public Information to organize a briefing on “Girls’
Education: An End to Poverty?”
44. DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“Girls’ Education:
An End to Poverty?”
Thursday, 1 April 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building
Background Information
“Investing in girls’ education delivers well-known returns. When girls are educated, they are
more likely to earn higher wages and obtain better jobs, to have fewer and healthier children
and to enjoy safer childbirth.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Population Day, 11 July 2009
Established as a human right over 60 years ago, education is unquestionably a valuable
investment for countries in the development of their people, allowing them in turn to
make better lives for themselves. Nowhere is this more important than in developing
countries, and most specifically among the adolescent female population. According
to an important study on the subject by the Center for Global Development, entitled
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda: “without adequate skills and
training, and without access to economic self-sufficiency, many girls in developing
countries enter into child marriages. One in seven girls in developing countries marry
by age 15, and in 15 countries throughout South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, almost
half of all girls are married before age 18.” There is also a very strong link between
lack of education, gender inequality and poverty. This is underscored by the Girls
Count study: “approximately one-sixth of the world’s young people live on less than
two dollars a day….This level of extreme poverty determines the lives and possibilities
for many young women and girls, such as the 122 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa
who live on less than one dollar a day.”
Indeed, for girls and women living in poverty, education is not only the key to a
brighter future but the means for survival and a critical driver for economic growth
United Nations, DPI/NGO Relations Cluster, Room S-1070 J
Tel: (917) 367-9380 / (212) 963 7709 ! Fax: (212) 963-6914 ! E-mail: section1d@un.org
The WGG partnered with Channel 13 and the Department
of Public Information to organize a briefing on “Girls’
Education: An End to Poverty?”
45. DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“Girls’ Education:
An End to Poverty?”
Thursday, 1 April 2010
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building
Background Information
“Investing in girls’ education delivers well-known returns. When girls are educated, they are
more likely to earn higher wages and obtain better jobs, to have fewer and healthier children
and to enjoy safer childbirth.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Population Day, 11 July 2009
Established as a human right over 60 years ago, education is unquestionably a valuable
investment for countries in the development of their people, allowing them in turn to
make better lives for themselves. Nowhere is this more important than in developing
countries, and most specifically among the adolescent female population. According
to an important study on the subject by the Center for Global Development, entitled
Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda: “without adequate skills and
training, and without access to economic self-sufficiency, many girls in developing
countries enter into child marriages. One in seven girls in developing countries marry
by age 15, and in 15 countries throughout South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, almost
half of all girls are married before age 18.” There is also a very strong link between
lack of education, gender inequality and poverty. This is underscored by the Girls
Count study: “approximately one-sixth of the world’s young people live on less than
two dollars a day….This level of extreme poverty determines the lives and possibilities
for many young women and girls, such as the 122 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa
who live on less than one dollar a day.”
Indeed, for girls and women living in poverty, education is not only the key to a
brighter future but the means for survival and a critical driver for economic growth
United Nations, DPI/NGO Relations Cluster, Room S-1070 J
Tel: (917) 367-9380 / (212) 963 7709 ! Fax: (212) 963-6914 ! E-mail: section1d@un.org
The WGG partnered with Channel 13 and the Department
of Public Information to organize a briefing on “Girls’
Education: An End to Poverty?”
46. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
47. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
48. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
49. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
50. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
51. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
52. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
53. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
54. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
55. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
56. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
57. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
58. SAVE THE DATE! DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
Venue: UN Church Center – Hardin Room 11th Floor
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in Partnership with the
NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Girls
Presents
EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR EMPOWERMENT
PANEL MEMBERS:
! Dr. Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
! Ms. Anne Namakau Mutelo, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United
Nations
! Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Education Section UNICEF
! Ms. Malaak Compton-Rock, Founder and Director of Angelrock Projects, and students:
Jasmine Figuero
Benjamin Goode
Joshua Hall
Sydney Smart
! Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service
! Ann Scholz, SSND, Moderator—Working Group on Girls
LEADERSHIP:
Vivian Pender, Chair of NGOCSW/NY
Catherine E. Moore, Mary Ann Strain Co-chairs Working Group on Girls
With support from the Executive Committee of NGOCSW/NY and the WGG Steering
Committee
ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT:
Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army NGO Representative; member of NGOCSW/NY Executive
Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Catherine E. Moore, International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Coordinator/
Representative; member of NGOCSW Executive Committee & WGG Steering Committee
Collaboration with NGO/CSW
59. The WGG continued to make use of:
the Internet, our publications and list serve to communicate with our network
and the UN community.
60. Features of
www.girlsrights.org
• Action for Girls
• CSW 51 Tool Kit
• UNICEF News and Photo Essay
Feeds
• Task Forces
• Fact Sheets on Girls
• and much more . . .
61. Features of
www.girlsrights.org
• Action for Girls
• CSW 51 Tool Kit
• UNICEF News and Photo Essay
Feeds
• Task Forces
• Fact Sheets on Girls
• and much more . . .
62. Features of
www.girlsrights.org
• Action for Girls
• CSW 51 Tool Kit
• UNICEF News and Photo Essay
Feeds
• Task Forces
• Fact Sheets on Girls
• and much more . . .
63. Features of
www.girlsrights.org
• Action for Girls
• CSW 51 Tool Kit
• UNICEF News and Photo Essay
Feeds
• Task Forces
• Fact Sheets on Girls
• and much more . . .
66. Action for Girls
Our publication, “Action for Girls”
is published three times a year in
English, French and Spanish.
67. Action for Girls
Our publication, “Action for Girls”
is published three times a year in
English, French and Spanish.
68. Action for Girls
Our publication, “Action for Girls”
is published three times a year in
English, French and Spanish.
69. New Information
Sheet on the WGG
We developed a new information
sheet about the WGG and the
INfG that we could distribute at
events sponsored by the working
group.
70. New Information
Sheet on the WGG
We developed a new information
sheet about the WGG and the
INfG that we could distribute at
events sponsored by the working
group.
71. The WGG built capacity within its own
membership by:
• involving all members in planning programs
• engaging in ongoing self-evaluation
• mentoring new members
• networking internally
• membership expansion
• bringing in new skill sets
• inviting experts on pertinent issues to speak at membership meetings
72. The WGG built capacity within its own
membership by:
• involving all members in planning programs
• engaging in ongoing self-evaluation
• mentoring new members
• networking internally
• membership expansion
• bringing in new skill sets
• inviting experts on pertinent issues to speak at membership meetings
73. Belen Sapag of the
Chilean Mission
was our guest speaker at our
September 2009 Membership
Meeting.
She briefed the membership on
the work of the Third Committee
74. Rima Salah
Deputy Special Representative for
the UN and in Chad and esteemed
WGG member was visited in
October.
Rima shared some experiences of
her mission in Chad offering
protection to refugees and
displaced persons particularly
women and girls.
She spoke of witnessing the
voluntary return of displaced person
and refugees, the rebuilding of
villages and the restoration of the
rule of law, the training of
magistrates, training of police etc.
75. Dorchen A.Leidholdt
Our guest speaker in October
was Dorchen A.Leidholdt,
Director of the Center for
Battered Women’s Legal
Services at Sanctuary for
Families in New York City gave
a very information Powerpoint
presentation on ‘Trafficking in
Girls and Young Women’.
76. About Me and
My Sisters
Commemorating the
20th Anniversary of the
CRC, the panel “About
Me and My Sisters”
featured five
extraordinary girls who
have contributed at the
local level with a sense
of responsibility to girls
globally. Khadija Lalani,
Adeola Okuduwa,
Sydney, Hsin-Jung
Wei, and Abbey Flynn
(via Skype) spoke at
our membership
meeting in November.
77. Workshop on
Social Networking
Mary Jo Ryan and Stephanie
Wolfe presented a very
informative workshop on Social
Networking Facebook and
Twitter and the WGG’s planned
utilization of social media
during CSW 54 at the
membership meeting in
January.
They prepared a PowerPoint
presentation which is posted on
the website.
78. Janet Nixon -
of Pan Pacific and Southeast Asian
Women’s Association and WGG member
was our guest speaker in February.
Janet has an extensive background in
diplomacy, having been posted to
American Embassies in Europe, the
Middle East and South America. She has
also served as the Chief of Protocol at
the US Mission to the United Nations.
The theme of the presentation was ‘It’s
CSW Time - Are you Representing your
NGO at your Best?’
79. Gail Bindley-Taylor Sainte
Information Officer, NGO Relations –
Department of Public Information was
our speaker in April.
2010 is the International Year of Youth.
Ms. Bindley-Taylor Sainte discussed
further opportunities for WGG
collaboration with DPI in connection
with this international year.
80. 2010 ECOSOC High Level Segment (HLS):
Implementing the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in regard to Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Our written statement urged the High Level
Segment not to overlook the rights of the the girl child to gender equality and
empowerment. Some highlights:
After decades of promises, girls are still denied their political, economic, social and cultural
rights and subjected to cultural and legally sanctioned behaviours that present a grave risk
to their physical, psychological, spiritual and social-emotional development. If we are
serious about human rights, we must acknowledge the barriers to equality that hold girls
back and act to end discrimination and violence against them.
Discrimination and violence against girls will not end until governments and their citizens
address gender inequality. This will require addressing the cultural norms, gender roles and
gender stereotypes that are at the root of gender inequality. It will also require a
commitment to ensure gender equality in education. Research has repeatedly confirmed
there is no tool for development more effective than education—especially the education of
girls and women. No other policy is as likely to (a) raise economic productivity; (b) lower
infant and maternal mortality, (c) improve nutrition, promote health; and (d) increase the
chances of education for the next generation.
This year we began following the Third Committee of the General Assembly which meets, for the most part from the beginning of October to early December. We first monitored the countries opening statements in the “General Debate”. This was especially helpful in choosing those that we would approach for advocacy on the resolutions. We communicated both in person and by e-mail. After attending informals, where we got our name on an e-mail list, we could monitor progress on the biennial resolution on girls rights. We also contributed to the resolution on the rights of the child. Belen Sapag (Chile- Rio Group) and Joyce Kafanabo (Tanzania) were especially helpful.
1.Our advocacy with negotiating groups was focused on CSW 54 and the gender entity. We had a very good visit with Soha Gendi (Egypt –NAM Non-Aligned Movement) and Waheed Al-Shami (Yemen- G 77) – here we brought a young lady (Gabrielle) whose family comes from Madagascar). We also spoke with the gender focal point from Spain who was very supportive. Our visits at the CSW (most attended by girls) included Colombia, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Burkina Faso, United States, Namibia, Sweden, and Nigeria. Choices were based on monitoring reports and interest of girls in organizations. We offered our talking points. We are pleased with the manner of inclusion of girls in the seven resolutions from CSW 54.