This is just to let Americans and Canadians know about our new blogspot that I started recently for Children's Education Foundation - Vietnam
http://cef-vietnam-usa.blogspot.com
We will have a website up in the next 4-5 weeks also:
www.cef-vietnam-usa.org
Thursday, October 20, 2011
"Investing in girls is the right thing to do"
"Investing in girls is the right thing to do.
It is also the smart thing to do."
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank
In many parts of the world, women are routinely beaten, raped or sold into prostitution. They are denied access to medical care and education. Sadly, only 43 per cent of girls in developing regions attend secondary school and in sub-Saharan Africa only 83 girls are enrolled in school for every 100 boys.
According to the World Bank, an extra year of school can increase a girl's future earnings by 10 to 20 per cent and girls who attend secondary school have the power to make $2000 more per year than those who only attend primary school – now multiply that by all of the out of school girls and the impact on development is enormous.
GirlsandWomen.com is home to the G(irls)20 Summit and a movement for empowering girls and women around the world.
Founded in 2008, The Belinda Stronach Foundation (TBSF) along with over 70 partners are working with the private sector and a number of national and international organizations to encourage G8 and G20 leaders to elevate the importance of political empowerment and economic freedom for girls and women in developed and developing nations. At the Clinton Global Initiative in September of 2009, TBSF made a commitment to Promoting Development in the G8/G20 Summit Process. TBSF committed to create a platform that aims to provide greater coordination of global advocacy efforts for the 2010 G8/G20 Summits and to promote and educate the Canadian public on development issues. As an engaged Canadian charitable organization with a track record on global development issues and a strong capacity in policy management and public communications, we are working with strategic partners to champion key issues affecting girls and women and provide opportunities for the public to lend their support to their advancement worldwide.
"The health of adolescent girls is everyone's business. We all need to step up to the plate to embrace this ambitious agenda."
— Melinda Gates
"Women and girls are not the problem; they are the solution."
— Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
"If young women had better access to farming land, fertilizers, credit and agricultural training there would be more food available for more people, and the nutritional status of children would improve. When women receive the same levels of education, experience and farm inputs as men they can increase yields of some crops by 22%."
— International Labour Organization, 2009
"Out of the world's 130 million out-of-school youth, 70 percent are girls."
— UN Foundation
"Adolescent pregnancies cost Kenya's economy US $500 million per year, while investing in girls would potentially add US $3.2 billion to the economy."
— NIKE Foundation, 2009, Girl Effect
"There's a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like CARE that focusing on women and girls is the most effective way to fight global poverty and extremism."
— Education Economics
"An extra year of secondary schooling has been demonstrated to increase women's future wages by 10-20 percent."
— Amazing Women Rock Website
"Female education is a key source of support for long-term economic growth. It has been linked to higher productivity; higher returns to investment; higher agricultural yields; and a more favourable demographic structure."
— Goldman Sachs, 2008
"Countries with the lowest number of girls in education lie at the bottom of the human development tables."
— OECD
Information above is from www.GirlsAndWomen.com
It is also the smart thing to do."
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank
In many parts of the world, women are routinely beaten, raped or sold into prostitution. They are denied access to medical care and education. Sadly, only 43 per cent of girls in developing regions attend secondary school and in sub-Saharan Africa only 83 girls are enrolled in school for every 100 boys.
According to the World Bank, an extra year of school can increase a girl's future earnings by 10 to 20 per cent and girls who attend secondary school have the power to make $2000 more per year than those who only attend primary school – now multiply that by all of the out of school girls and the impact on development is enormous.
GirlsandWomen.com is home to the G(irls)20 Summit and a movement for empowering girls and women around the world.
Founded in 2008, The Belinda Stronach Foundation (TBSF) along with over 70 partners are working with the private sector and a number of national and international organizations to encourage G8 and G20 leaders to elevate the importance of political empowerment and economic freedom for girls and women in developed and developing nations. At the Clinton Global Initiative in September of 2009, TBSF made a commitment to Promoting Development in the G8/G20 Summit Process. TBSF committed to create a platform that aims to provide greater coordination of global advocacy efforts for the 2010 G8/G20 Summits and to promote and educate the Canadian public on development issues. As an engaged Canadian charitable organization with a track record on global development issues and a strong capacity in policy management and public communications, we are working with strategic partners to champion key issues affecting girls and women and provide opportunities for the public to lend their support to their advancement worldwide.
"The health of adolescent girls is everyone's business. We all need to step up to the plate to embrace this ambitious agenda."
— Melinda Gates
"Women and girls are not the problem; they are the solution."
— Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
"If young women had better access to farming land, fertilizers, credit and agricultural training there would be more food available for more people, and the nutritional status of children would improve. When women receive the same levels of education, experience and farm inputs as men they can increase yields of some crops by 22%."
— International Labour Organization, 2009
"Out of the world's 130 million out-of-school youth, 70 percent are girls."
— UN Foundation
"Adolescent pregnancies cost Kenya's economy US $500 million per year, while investing in girls would potentially add US $3.2 billion to the economy."
— NIKE Foundation, 2009, Girl Effect
"There's a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like CARE that focusing on women and girls is the most effective way to fight global poverty and extremism."
— Education Economics
"An extra year of secondary schooling has been demonstrated to increase women's future wages by 10-20 percent."
— Amazing Women Rock Website
"Female education is a key source of support for long-term economic growth. It has been linked to higher productivity; higher returns to investment; higher agricultural yields; and a more favourable demographic structure."
— Goldman Sachs, 2008
"Countries with the lowest number of girls in education lie at the bottom of the human development tables."
— OECD
Information above is from www.GirlsAndWomen.com
Sunday, October 16, 2011
I will be in Australia at the end of the year
I am in Australia for the second half of December and the first half of January.
If any one is interested in:
Meeting and finding out more about Children's Education Foundation
Or having a small awareness-raising meeting at your home or office
Or having a small fundraising event at your home or office
Or at your children's school
I can do a talk, a powerpoint presentation, or both, or a question and answer session.
If interested please do get in touch:
c.e.f.vietnam@gmail.com
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Fundraising & awareness-raising event put on by Go Philanthropic
Go Philanthropic, a philanthropic travel company who have already organized sponsorships for a couple of the CEF-Vietnam children, put on a fundraising and awareness-raising event for CEF-Vietnam and for other NGO's they support. It was also the offical launch of their charity arm.
They were sweet and wanted me to be there for the event and lined it up to cooincide with my visit to the States. They had a wonderful display for CEF, as well as for the other NGO's. There was quite a crowd there who were all interested in the work of each NGO that Go supports. As they travel around the world with their clients they visit these projects. So it was very interesting to learn about the work they support in developing and third world countries.
Lydia, her team, and family put on this wonderful event in a lovely, bright loft space, in an old warehouse in Rochester, New York. Thank you for this truly wonderful support for each of us and our work.
www.gophilanthropic.com
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