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International Day of the Girl Child
October 11, 2013
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.
-Sophocles
-Sophocles
The United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to recognize girls’ rights and highlight the unique challenges and solutions to realizing these rights. This year’s International Day of the Girl Child focuses on Innovating for Girls’ Education.
Selena Fox, World Forum Foundation board member, shared these thoughts about "this important opportunity to be voices for our precious vulnerable girls in nations around the world who are in situations of challenge that no one deserves. In privileged societies or communities it is so hard to comprehend… yet too many times (and once in our world would be too many) even if a girl child has the grace of life, she may miss out on education or become a victim of neglect. It breaks my heart."
Selena shared this painful video about the most dire of threats to girls: It's a Girl documentary.
Contributed by Patsy Pilay
World Forum Registrations Are About to Close
Two regions of the world -- North America and Oceania -- are about to fill their quota of registrations for the 2014 World Forum in Early Care and Education. In both regions, less than 30 spaces remain available.
Expose yourself to widely diverse perspectives and approaches to the care and education of young children. Join over 800 of your peers from over 80 nations at this important event. You will change others; you will be changed.
For more information and to register, visit www.WorldForumFoundation.org or call
(206) 673-2608.
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Bernie,
Thank you for the correction. We are sorry for the error, and we have corrected the mistake on the ExchangeEveryDay webpage.
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I question the statement that the "UN was established on Oct 11". Perhaps Oct 11 was designated to be the Day of the Girl Child by the UN.
According to Wikipedia, "The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 upon ratification of the Charter by the five then-permanent members of the Security Council—France, the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States—and by a majority of the other 46 signatories. The first meetings of the General Assembly, with 51 nations represented, and the Security Council, took place in Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London beginning 6 January 1946"
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